Posted on 5th Aug 2016
Safari Living in Prahran has been one of my favourite stores for years. Founded
by Felicity Rulikowski, it is an Aladdin’s cave of treasures. Felicity’s passion for
design and her sense of colour and style is inspiring, and is ever present in her
thoughtfully curated collection of interiors, textiles, homewares and furnishing. l
have held onto a desire for many years to have my creations sitting amongst it
all.
And now, lucky me ... l have collaborated with Felicity to design a small home
collection in my Paisley design, exclusively for Safari Living. We hope this is just
the first of many more collaborations for Safari Living.
DESIGNER RUGSI love the process of collaborations, working alongside like-minded people andseeing my designs interpreted in a different medium.One of my favourite design partnerships has been with Designer Rugs, acompany whose focus on design and exceptional quality sits well with my ownvalues. It was a wonderful process, looking back over my archives and creatingthe rug [...]
COLLABORATIONSSCOOTER CARDS AND GIFTSHow lucky am I to have my very own personalised stationery! Putting together a range of greeting cards, gift cards and bookmarks with Scooter Cards was a trip down memory lane for me, a lovely reminder of past fashion and homeware collections. The designs are little snippets from my archive. You can see my collection [...]
I just completed a labour of love for a dear friend.I love the process of collaboration and designing with someone special in mind.The brief was simple and inspiring:"Please make me a quilt in my favourite colour to throw over my couch and bed and if possible please incorporate my hand embroidered Indian Kantha quilt".Searching through my archive fabrics and making [...]
Like any true lover of textiles l have serious fabric hoarding issues…the upside of this, when it comes to my remnants, is that l have become an extreme textile environmentalist …what follows is an example of my zero waste policy!I find it hard to throw away the smallest off cut…each fabric remnant displays a bit of my creative history, l [...]
A little over two years ago, the Vixen shop closed. I've loved spending time with my two little girls, Rose and Eve, and now it's time to get back to work. I'm starting a new label - Georgia Chapman - and it's all the things you loved about Vixen. Everything is still my original designs and [...]