Holly Palmer - Contemporary Furniture Designer

Looking Glass Cottage in Brighton - Holiday Let

2012-01-30T06:46:00.000-08:00

Luxury Boutique 16th Century Alice in Wonderland Cottage in Centre/Seafront area. Holiday let - features a grey Tea Cup Stool.

http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p895007

Homes & Interiors Scotland at the SECC, Glasgow

2012-01-08T10:25:00.001-08:00

http://homes-exhibition.com/

The Tea Cup Stool was featured as part of the 'editors pick' at the show.

With Hunkydory Home.

The Homes & Interiors Scotland Exhibition is a yearly event in October.

Thought Box in Business Punk

2011-09-16T06:46:00.000-07:00

May 2011_Business Punk http://www.business-punk.com/

Trend Bible - Kids - 2012

2011-06-07T10:13:00.001-07:00

Featuring the Book Porcupine and Tea Cup Stool...

Tea Party in Corsham, Wiltshire

2011-05-16T08:23:00.000-07:00

Recently delivered Tea Party set with the Tea Cup Stools in all five colours (bar white)

Impress Tea House & Gallery, Australia

2011-04-26T10:45:00.000-07:00

Window display at the Impress Tea House in Elmore, Victoria.

Cardex Showroom

2011-03-11T11:38:00.001-08:00

Four Tea Cup Stools as part of the reception space/break area. Milano.

Rodhus Studio Opening Event, Brighton

2011-01-30T11:38:00.000-08:00

1000 Designs for the Garden

2011-01-20T07:49:00.000-08:00

To be published in 2010. The guide features the Tea Cup Stool. Available to pre-order on Amazon.

LIVE - Ribble Valley - September 2010

2011-01-01T06:07:00.001-08:00

Not so grim up north...

Raffia, Clitheroe's newest gift and lifestyle store, is attempting to dispel the ugly rumour that the best in British design stems from the bright lights of London...

Holly Palmer - Cheshire based furniture designer, Holly Palmer, creates confident contemporary pieces inspired by surrealism. Having been nominated for the 2010 House and Garden Classic Design Award, Holly's giant teacup stools are unquestionably her most accessible and popular product. Available in a range of colours to suit any décor: "They are a definite focal and talking point," Charlotte explains. "These stools definitely attract those customers looking for a quirky touch."

Frisch Gekocht - Dezember 2010

2011-01-01T05:24:00.000-08:00

Frisch Gekocht, a German speaking cooking magazine, featured a white Tea Cup Stool in a photo shoot for the December issue.

"Playful and dream-like. Decorative and enchanting. Gifts for romantics."

Holly Palmer does Ear Furniture

2010-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:00

http://www.misi.co.uk/shop_info.php?domain=tinfoileyes

Made using recycled, de-constructed jewellery found in thrift stores and charity shops. Due to the nature of how materials are sourced this design may vary very slightly from piece to piece.
Made to order.

Also available, hand sewn brooches.

Tea Cup Stool in the LA Times

2010-11-04T10:21:00.001-07:00

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/11/sleek-identity-pop-up-shower-octopus.html#more

Livingetc_September2010

2010-08-24T06:48:00.001-07:00

Book Porcupine featured in Livingetc.

'New Angles - Book Porcupine storage unit.' Styling Idea - Books help furnish a room, so mix your current page-turners with cool-covered retro reads. - Niki Jones.

Tea Cup Stools at Treacleworld

2010-08-04T03:26:00.001-07:00

The Tea Cup Stools were featured by Bux Bailey of Treacleworld at the Chiswick House Festival this July.
Chiswick House is a magnificent neo-Palladian villa set in beautiful historic gardens in west London. Built by the third Earl of Burlington in 1729 to showcase his art collection and to enthral his guests, the house continues to display many spectacular works of art and provides a stunning venue for entertaining.
http://www.housefestival.co.uk/chiswickhouse_gardentrust.php

Also in July with Treacleworld:
Lollibop - Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London
A festival for under tens and their families.
http://www.lollibopfestival.com/

New Designers - Where Are You Now? Cafe

2010-07-16T09:57:00.001-07:00

Showcasing the Padlock Table at the Business Design Centre, Islington...

Sleek Identity at Dwell on Design

2010-06-29T10:41:00.000-07:00

Sleek Identity, based is Santa Monica USA showing the Tea Cup Stools at Dwell on Design
http://www.dwell.com/articles/sleek-identity.html

Mocha blog

2010-06-29T10:40:00.001-07:00

http://blog.mocha.uk.com/ Interview with Holly Palmer

New Designers_July2010

2010-06-29T10:22:00.001-07:00

Antony House, Torpoint

2010-06-28T03:33:00.000-07:00

Tim Burton was looking for 'a perfect, pocket-sized mansion; something beautifully symmetrical, with intimate interiors, wide views and landscaped gardens'. From an initial list of 30 candidates, the hidden secret location of Antony House was selected.

The much anticipated Disney film, which blends the very latest in stop-motion technology with the more traditional on set filming, is a staggering celebration of Tim Burton's uniquely surrealist, Gothic vision. Unusually, Antony House provided the only 'real' location for the Alice in Wonderland film.

A selection of Tea Cup Stools are dotted around the house and gardens along with other 'props' such as large fibreglass toadstools and Alice herself. The Stools are used every weekend as part of a 'Mad Hatters Tea Party'.

DesignEX 2010

2010-05-25T06:43:00.000-07:00

designEX ran from the 22-24 April 2010 and was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia. The Tea Cup Stool was part of the 'Storytellers' Exhibition by New Black Press.

Fastcompany

2010-05-13T09:33:00.000-07:00

Holly Palmer on Fastcompany's list of the '10 international furniture designers you should know'
www.fastcompany.com/pics/10-international-furniture-designers-you-should-know#0

Le Nouvelliste_Switzerland_April10

2010-05-07T03:01:00.000-07:00

Featuring the Book Porcupine...

Cosmopolitan_May2010

2010-04-27T02:22:00.001-07:00

Cosmo Living
Wonderful and whimsical Alice-inspired homeware is the hottest high-street trend right now. Curiouser and curiouser...

Style

2010-04-08T12:53:00.001-07:00

DesignEX_22nd-24th April_Sydney, Australia

2010-04-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

'Observatory - Storytellers exhibition.

Since the dawn of time, man has been telling stories through the things he has made.

Visual and oral storytelling vastly predates that of the written language, a method that has been with us a comparatively short time. Some of our most treasured tales were ages old before they were bound in the written word.

As we move into a technological age where the written word in its most tactile form (the book) may become obsolete, how then shall we tell our stories?

The role of narrative in design is being rediscovered. Architects, designers and craftsmen are no loner abandoning the narrative concept in favour of the utilitarian objective. The objects being produced, exemplified by those in the high-design market, seek to engage with us on an emotional level.'

Genty Marshall

The yellow Tea Cup Stool will be featured.

LivingEtc_May2010

2010-04-08T12:05:00.000-07:00

'Big it up

Go off the scale with proportion-defying accessories that will trick and intrigue in equal measure'

Styled by Harriet Paterson

The Times_ 26.03.10

2010-03-26T08:21:00.000-07:00

'Go Pop - Brighten up with light-hearted pieces for the new season, says Kasia Maciejowska.

Alice Fever. Wonderland-inspired pieces are everywhere. Holly Palmer's teacup stool will make you feel the size of a cupcake.'

London Evening Standard_25.03.10

2010-03-26T04:29:00.001-07:00

SKK, Soho, London

2010-03-23T09:40:00.000-07:00

Alice in Wonderland - Tea Cup Stools at the Ideal Home Show

2010-03-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

Style Magazine_Sunday Times_14.03.10

2010-03-19T05:56:00.001-07:00

'Play House - Create your own wonderland with these fantastical, witty pieces.
By Pip McCormac'

Tea Party at the Ideal Home Show

2010-03-11T02:21:00.000-08:00

20th March - 5th April, Earls Court, London

'Tea Party' will be part of the central show garden at the Ideal Home Show this year...

'The Show Gardens at this years Ideal Home Show will strive to entertain and educate all who visit. Designed by top TV Gardener David Domoney, the gardens will feature a tribute to Alice in Wonderland, a section dedicated to 'sexy plants', as well as introducing you to a series of brand new plants, never seen before.

The centre piece of these gardens however will appeal to the sweet tooted amongst us, a pure chocoholics dream, with a garden completely made of chocolate!'

www.idealhomeshow.co.uk

Alice's Tea Cup Stool

2010-03-01T08:57:00.000-08:00

Baltic Mill, Monday 22 February 2010

2010-03-01T03:37:00.000-08:00

'DELVE INTO WONDERLAND AT BALTIC SHOP

This spring, Baltic Shop has been inspired by the new Alice in Wonderland film, which launches in cinemas in March. You don't need to jump down a rabbit hole to discover a world where everyday objects are not what they seem - the magical range of products available from Baltic Shop, play with scale and proportion offer interesting alternatives for the home, as well as unique and unusual gifts which are sure to delight.

Here's a tea cup for the very thirsty! Designed by Holly Palmer, these quirky oversized stools were inspired by Alice's adventures at the Mad Hatters Tea Party. Suitable for use both indoors and outdoors, they would be the perfect seating choice for your very own garden party. Make sure the Cheshire Cat gets an invite!'

Gallery information : Baltic is a major international centre for contemporary art situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, England. Baltic presents a constantly changing, distinctive and ambitious programme of exhibitions and events, and is a world leader in the presentation, commissioning and communication of contemporary visual art. Baltic has welcomed over 3 million visitors, since opening the the public in July 2002.

SECC Beauty and The Beast

2010-02-24T02:45:00.000-08:00

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) - Beauty and the Beast -December 10th to January 3rd 2010

The show was originally adapted for the West End stage from the Oscar-winning Disney film.

It has toured all over the world, visiting destinations including New York, Sydney and Tokyo and entertained millions of the people.

The Tea Cup Stool was used as part of a press event with the children who played Chip.

Financial Times, House&Home supplement_Jan2010

2010-02-18T09:00:00.001-08:00

Trendspotter

…. ‘But interest in the teacup is brewing among interior designers too…the splashiest entrant, though, is a sturdy plastic teacup stool by Holly Palmer that’s more Alice in Wonderland than Al Capone: she even makes a giant mug tree to store a set.

Mark Ellwood

Home and Garden_Romania_Jan10

2010-02-18T03:15:00.001-08:00

Book Porcupine...

Tea Cup Stools at YELP's first birthday party_London

2010-02-15T04:56:00.000-08:00

Glamour Magazine_Italy

2010-01-27T04:16:00.000-08:00

January 2010 - Tea Cup Stools

Holly Palmer Collaborates with Plant&Moss at Interiors Birmingham

2010-01-18T08:53:00.000-08:00

24th-27th January 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham.

Plant&Moss is a British design brand co founded by designers James Plant and James Moss. With shared first names and gardening-esqe surnames, they also share the same vision and underlying approach to their work. The duo graduated in product and furniture design in 2008 and formed Plant&Moss a year later.
They have exhibited at a One Year On at New Designers, an exhibition curated by Thorsten van Elten in the Business Design Centre, at The Dock, an exhibition instigated by Tom Dixon.
Interiors 2010 will see the launch of the Tube chair.They will be showing 3 customised versions of the tube chair, created in collaboration with Holly Palmer, Abigail Borg and Kat Mammone.

Holly's Design:

“The tube chair is a piece of furniture that has been designed to arrive in the post in parts for the consumer to assemble.
My design is therefore inspired by self-assembly instructions with images that people are familiar with and understand.
The idea is to eliminate the need for separate instructions integrating them into the manufacture process and making it even easier to put together as the parts are self labelled”.

More information:

http://www.verydesignersblock.com/2009/2010/01/13/plant-moss-tube-chair/#mor

Tea Cup Stool at Hoopers

2009-11-30T03:41:00.000-08:00

Window display at Hoopers in Tunbridge Wells. In association with the English National Ballet performing Alice in Wonderland in the following months...

Tea Cup Stool in Grazia..

2009-11-27T02:22:00.001-08:00

Tea Cup Stools in Aria, Islington

2009-11-03T12:56:00.000-08:00

TEA CUP STOOL ON 60 MINUTE MAKEOVER

2009-10-14T10:25:00.000-07:00

TO BE AIRED FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2009, ON ITV1 AT 2PM

Mocoloco

2009-10-09T08:21:00.001-07:00

http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2009/09/30/book-porcupine-by-holly-palmer.php

Red Magazine _September 2009

2009-10-08T05:54:00.001-07:00

Tea Cup Stool (yellow) in a feature on side tables and chairs, 'editors choice' section.

'Nisha'_Israeli Design Magazine_Oct2009

2009-10-05T08:14:00.000-07:00

Part of Nisha Magazine's overview for the London Design Festival 2009 included the Book Porcupine...

DesignExchange_Aug-Oct2009_Issue016

2009-10-03T05:17:00.000-07:00

www.demagazine.co.uk

100%Futures at 100%Design, Earls Court, London

2009-10-03T01:39:00.000-07:00

Stand at 100%futures (by selection)

Link to an editorial about 'What Women Make' focusing on 100%Design> http://girlonthestreet.com/whatwomenmake/2009/09/women-stand-behind-their-work-at-the-london-design-fair/

Moroni Gomma

2009-09-11T10:24:00.000-07:00

The Tea Cup Stools at the Moroni Gomma shop (based in Corso Matteotti in Milan city centre)
http://www.moronigomma.it/

100%futures, Earls Court, London

2009-08-18T03:59:00.000-07:00

The Tea Cup Stools, Book Porcupine and Maths tables will be appearing at 100% futures at 100% design in September, from the 24th-27th. Stand J86. There will also be a new hand painted version of the Tea Cup Stool in a Meissan Blue Onion inspired pattern...

60 Minute Makeover

2009-08-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

Tea Cup Stool (Red) used in a child's 'Alice in Wonderland' themed room

Designer: Derrek Taylor

Series featured in to be shown from October through to the New Year.

Updates_August

2009-08-07T03:28:00.000-07:00

*Stockists list is now updated to include Baltic Shop, Aria and Panick-Design. Watch this space...

*TEA CUP STOOLS IN WINDOW EXHIBITION AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE DURING DESIGN WEEK as part of the 'Best of British' display, featuring 1 red and 1 white Tea Cup Stools. Until the end of October/November.

*The Tea Cup Stools are due to be featured in the windows of Hoopers, Tunbridge Wells as part of their collaboration with the ballet there performing Alice in Wonderland over the next few months.

*60 minute makeover to be screened early next year, featuring a red Tea Cup Stool in a child's Alice in Wonderland themed bedroom.

*Lunartik (http://www.lunartik.com/) is using one of the stools to create an oversized version of his ceramic 'Lunartik in a cup of tea' for exhibition

*Book Porcupine will shortly be in production - constructed by CNCing layers and laminating.

*Tea Cup Stools due to be featured in BMW flyer through Pink&Brown

any images will be uploaded shortly :)

WUW (Whatever You Want) Magazine_August 2009

2009-08-04T07:41:00.000-07:00

Volume 1 Issue D

The best in art & design...'the little book of ideas'

Trend Bible_Autumn/Winter 2010/11

2009-07-13T08:51:00.000-07:00

Book Porcupine, as seen in http://www.trendbible.co.uk/

Press from Milan

2009-06-30T11:21:00.000-07:00

Press from Milan (April 2009)
Exhibition at the Modern Art Gallery, Villa Reale

DOMUS video for Milan APR

2009-06-30T11:16:00.001-07:00

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Maths

2009-06-05T06:50:00.001-07:00

Press Release_2009*
Maths

_Maths is an original and effective take on the nest of tables. A set of three, they were inspired by negative representation and the idea of addition and subtraction.
Ideal for use in smaller spaces.

The tables come in either solid white or white with a bright colour on one side (please ask for details) and a high gloss finish.

_Available from selected UK stores and direct from www.hollypalmeronline.co.uk, please see website for details and stockists.

Product Information and Prices
>Maths
>Width: 400(mm) x Depth: 400
Largest table – Height: 520
Medium – Height: 465
Small – Height: 410
>Wooden frame with a paint finish.
>£TBC – this is a new product, please email us or check on the website
(trade price also available on request)

Pulse, Earls Court 2009

2009-06-05T06:41:00.000-07:00

stand lp35, showcasing new product 'Maths'

PDM (Plastics Design and Manufacturing Exhibition) 2009

2009-05-21T02:40:00.001-07:00

PDM 19th-21st May 2009_ with Orchid Plastics

The Tea Cup Stools were part of a display in the foyer.

TEA CUP STOOLS IN MILAN_ 22-26th April 2009

2009-05-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

Part of the Icon Design Trail

the exhibition_ 22nd - 26th April 2009_British Design Embassy at the Modern Art Gallery, Villa Reale, Milan ‘Emerging British Designer’ section Event created by Paul Smith, sponsored by Icon Magazine and Moroso

the product_Tea Cup Stool _ the Tea Cup Stool took inspiration from children's literature and surrealism. They are available in a series of bold colours for indoor and outdoor use.

Images from the event...

Icon Magazine

Links to photos/videos of the event...

Flickr images from Design Embassy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/visionet-art/3480036535/in/set-72157617304446717/

British Design Embassy on Weblogart TV

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/british-design-embassy/17319913

Domus Web (see 2.50 mins)

http://www.domusweb.it/salonemilano09/video.cfm?id=1903

Video of the Embassy on MagiaChannel

http://www.magiachannel.tv/mobile_2009/default_16_9_eng.asp?cat=&data=22/04/2009&video=3211&gruppo=vela

It's Trade_ April 2009

2009-05-20T10:26:00.000-07:00

It's Trade - April 2009

Article translated_Sitting on ‘the Cup’
By a curious coincidence, the same word in Italian – if somewhat archaic – can indicate two completely different ceramic objects. The first, and more common, use is to indicate china tableware, as in a tea or breakfast set. The second, less used, meaning refers to the classic, indispensable, toilet!
British designer Holly Palmer (www.hollypalmeronline.co.uk) has invented an object – showcased within the British collective during the latest edition of Macef, in Milan – which could be said to reunite both meanings. The “Tea Cup Stool” has in fact the shape of a huge tea cup – which looks as if it has jumped out of “Alice in Wonderland” –, but can be found very useful within a bathroom. Created in synthetic material (in a dozen of vivid colours), through a rotational printing technique, it isn’t upset by humidity. So, it can be used as seat or coffee table, indoors, outdoors – or in the ‘ladies’ chamber’!

SHOWROOM_March2009

2009-05-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

Corner Hooks featured in the 'Soglia & Dintorni' section of Showroom Magazine.

Article translated _ Give me a corner...
And I’ll give it a use! British designer Holly Palmer (www.hollypalmeronline.co.uk) has created a metallic plaque – showcased within the British collective during the latest edition of Macef, in Milan –which can be hung on door or shelf corners, for various uses. With its handy little hooks, it transforms a useless corner in useful hanging space. For example, in a hall area it can hold whatever one needs to ‘wear’ before going out: a jacket, the car keys, a watch. A truly handy “Corner Hook”.

Sunday Mirror - Homes & Holidays_22nd March 2009

2009-03-22T05:00:00.000-07:00

'Double Take
They might appear to be one thing, but look again and you'll realise they are something totally different...a cup that's a stool, a stiletto that's a door stopper and a tap that's a radio. And they could give you loads of fun on April Fool's Day...
Caption - 'It looks like a plain teacup, below, but it's really a giant plastic stool, pictured right > Height 41cm, diameter 58cm £139.99 http://www.mocha.uk.com/
Compiled by Lena Gustavson

2009-03-13T06:46:00.001-07:00

Due to feature in the 'Up and Coming Designers' section of Icon Magazine (May Issue)

Cherry Tree Gallery

2009-03-13T06:25:00.000-07:00

Cherry Tree Callery and Giftshop, Knutsford, Cheshire.

Weight tests

2009-02-24T03:00:00.000-08:00

Testing the stools with bags of 25kg plaster at my local builders merchants...!

Press Release 2009_Tea Cup Stools

2009-02-24T02:29:00.000-08:00

PRESS RELEASE _2009
Tea Cup Stools from ‘Tea Party’
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The Tea Cup Stool took inspiration from children's literature and surrealism, in particular the images and ideas created by 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll.
Scale became very important in allowing the tea cup to attain a new purpose, creating a piece of furniture that one could imagine a shrunken Alice might use. Because of the story’s standing in popular culture it is possible for the piece to appeals to everyone’s imagination.
The Tea Cup Stools are now available for purchase in a series of bold colours – for the young and young at heart; they have the ability to brighten up any room.
For both contract and domestic use.
Available from selected UK stores and direct from www.hollypalmeronline.co.uk, please see website for details and stockists. Introduced to Italy at Macef in January 2009, the Tea Cup stools will first appear in a dedicated section of the Melchionni store in Alessandria soon.
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Product Information and Prices
Tea Cup Stool,
Height: 41cm, Diameter: 58cm
Plastic (MDPE) 5kilos
£140, €150, $210
For further information including hi-resolution images please contact:
Holly Palmer
E: Holly_Palmer@hotmail.co.uk
T: +44(0)7738 252041
www.hollypalmeronline.co.uk

Designer Magazine, September 2008, Issue 98

2009-02-23T02:28:00.000-08:00

September 2008, Issue 98

Designer Magazine

'New Designers 2008

There was a real buzz about New Designers this year - a sense of excitement and energy that many shows can only imagine. Designer was there to meet some of the most exciting up-and-coming designers in the UK.

Adventures in Wonderland

Holly Palmer of Bucks University presented a colourdul and eye-catching design for seating, which took its inspiration from the popular children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', by Lewis Carroll. Tea Party comprises three stools in the form of over-sized tea cups and comes with either a large solid maple mug tree or wall mounted panel for storage. The stools are vacuum-formed ABS plastic and come in a series of bright colours.'

Macef, Milan, January 2009

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Tea Cup Stools in Milan.

New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, July 2008

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Products shown: Tea Party (mug tree) and Book Porcupine

Bucks Contemporary Furniture and Related Product Design, Graduate Exhibition, June 2008

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Products shown - Tea Party including Mug Tree and Wall Panel. Book Porcupine and Thought Box.

D&AD New Blood, Earls Court, London, June 2008

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'Bucks Wonderland' - Tiny Show, Big Ideas.

The stand was based on 'Tea Party' with additions such as the white rabbit rug.