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'The best tools last a lifetime - or even several…' The Story of Tools is Hole & Corner’s first foray into book publishing and will be released this May.

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The Story of Tools is the first hardback book from Hole & Corner. Published by Pavilion, our book explores our relationship with the most fundamental of objects – those that allow us to realise our potential as makers, problem solvers and doers.

Long Reads

Sebastian Cox explains how he’s combining tradition with biotech futurism to create a homeware range out of mushrooms. ‘It’s very satisfying to email a customer and write, Thank you for your order, your product is now growing,’ he says…

Travel

For clothing designer Ashley Watson, a work trip to Skye with his vintage motorbike afforded an unexpected bonus – a visit to Carloway Mill on the Isle of Harris, home of one of the world’s most respected fabrics. It made me think, he says, how all too often I look for inspiration from far-flung places …

Travel

With the Venice Biennale up and running once more (until 25 November 2018), we asked the people who know it best – the hoteliers, the art critics, the artists and most of all the curators – to open up their little black books for us…

Long Reads

At Nymphenburg’s Munich headquarters, the fine line between art and craft is blended in a way that only the stillest of hands can achieve, armed with 300 years of acquired skill in porcelain manufacture – but always with the attitude of an open and enquiring mind. ‘You always have to learn,’ says master craftsman Anton Hörl…

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Motivated by the need to keep traditional skills alive as new generations move on from their parents’ vocations, Christina Kim has built her own business into an internationally-respected brand – all thanks to a special talent: ‘I can see and mimic,’ she says…

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In the tiny French village of Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche, a centuries-old performance takes place every day, as the craftspeople at Saint-Louis crystal work in eight-hour shifts to produce some of the most exquisite glassware in the world. Come and join the dance…

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The local landscape has always informed Jessica Seaton’s work; be it Toast, the fashion brand she co-founded with her husband Jamie, or foraging for ingredients in West Wales – which is where we found her, listening to trees…

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Benchmark founder Sean Sutcliffe talks about Conran, furniture, and the happiness principle in building a successful craft business...

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Ben Short gave up an advertising job in London to become a charcoal burner and hedge-layer in Dorset. He isn’t a craftsman, he insists, more of a semi-skilled labourer devoted to The Old Way. ‘I didn’t know what I wanted to do,’ he says, ‘but I knew I wanted to be useful.’

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A trained ballet dancer turned actor, advertising director and ceramicist, Stephanie Buttle has found a way to combine all of her previous vocations in the name of art. It’s all about brinkmanship, she says …

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Felicity Irons is one of the last of the English rush weavers, keeping alive a craft that remains unchanged since Anglo Saxon times, using crops she harvests herself from a punt on the river Ouse. How did she learn this ancient art? ‘I taught myself from a book…’

H&C Selects

In the Elements Issue, Maria Sigma speaks about her zero waste philosophy, her love for wool as a material and how her work connects back to the earth...

Long Reads

Founded in Bristol in the 1970s, Cameron Balloons have earned their reputation as the best hot-air balloon company in the world. They may have come a long way from the early days of stitching canopies in their own flat, but the principle remains the same, as founder Don Cameron explains: ‘Heat air and it expands…’ 

Long Reads

For designer Ilse Crawford, working with Bosnian furniture company Zanat on a unique project to celebrate native Konjic woodcarving offered the chance to explore how hands-on craft is remaking itself in the wake of digital. ‘I think the physical world needs to be better,’ she says. ‘It needs to step up…’

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Collaboration is key for Commune, the LA design brand whose golden rules of creativity put respect for the maker at the pinnacle. ‘A lot of people want something from an artist,’ they say. ‘It’s only successful when both parties are proud of the result…’

Long Reads

In this exclusive extract from Issue 15, we discover how the acclaimed artist has been fashioning elaborate sculptural forms out of natural material ever since creating complex treehouses as a child. ‘There’s lots of muscle involved’, she explains…

Craft Collaboration

In a unique collaboration between The Merchant of Venice and writer Andrea di Robilant, the essence of the rare Moceniga Rose has been captured in a fragrance…

St James's Craft Collaboration

In our series of craft innovation centred around the ever-evolving St James's in London, we begin with the intriguing tale of the set of scales that became a legend, as the wine merchant's Creative Director Geordie Willis explains…

St James's Craft Collaboration

In the second of our exclusive films on the craft innovation of St James's, we trace the journey of a knitwear classic, from historic mill to cutting-edge London boutique…

My Hole & Corner

Ben Branson, owner of non-alcoholic spirits brand Seedlip, on the ‘invigorating quiet’ of the barley fields beside his home…

Notes

For the Italian furniture brand, single-use plastic means simply creating classics that you never throw away…

Long Reads

Is there such thing as a 'New Craft Movement'? If so, how do we nurture it and build upon it to ensure the skills required are developed – to take it to the next level for a new generation? Hole & Corner assembles a panel of experts to discuss the future of making…

Recommends

A beautiful monograph on the work of Alejandro Aravena, one of the most visionary architects of the 21st century…

Seven Questions With

The interiors architect and designer, Duchaufour-Lawrance, on how materials inform his process, the purity of natural shapes and his plans for a studio space facing the ocean…

Seven Questions With

The experts in hand-embroidered wall coverings and Chinoserie reveal their inspirations, the secrets of the trade – and the importance of smiling…

Long Reads

As the book Fashion Image Revolution is published, photographer Kevin Davies praises Brian Dowling, the undisputed master of the darkroom…

Interviews

Two experts of their craft, furniture designer Matthew Elton and his father, the sculptor, caster and patinist Andy Elton, sit down to discuss their shared love of material, making and the elemental…

Notes

From the foot of the mountain to the high street… why is everyone dressing for an assault on the Eiger?