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Must-have designs now on sale Words: Louisa Pearson
ulie Kelly has taken a break from blowing up an inflatable chill-out room. The Danish design (think tranquil igloo) fits up to four people and is just one of the products on sale at the Lighthouse‘ new retail outlet. Form. As retail manager. Kelly has the enviable job of searching the UK for the coolest. most imaginative design products around. ‘ln visiting the trade shows my objective is to look at what‘s going to appeal to a wide audience] she says. That doean mean the products aren‘t diverse. but it does mean you can find £3 linger puppets as easily as a £250 Alessi kettle. ‘There's things
like the chill-out rooms that you might sell one of
every couple of months. then there‘s other things like little Japanese-style journals that we just can't stock enough of.‘ she says.
Glasgow designers Team Q were in charge of
transforming the former gallery space into three functional components: the Form shop. an office and a showroom for furniture gurus Vitra. Since the 50s Vitra has been producing classic designs by Charles and Ray liames. Philippe Starke and numerous other luminaries and this is its first Scottish venture. showcasing ergonomic design.
While the Vitra furniture might be out of
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traditionally the time when everyone vows to get fit and healthy or make their life a bit less stressful. Helping you to achieve this aim is new Edinburgh Shiatsu clinic A Touch Of Zen. Offering acupresswe treatments designed to help with stress-related and physical complaints. options include the Classic Reviver ($210). a fifteen-minute seated treatment designed to remove tension from the head. neck and shoulders. through to the hour-long Shiatsu Clinic Treatment (230) which aims for deep relaxation. Based at 7 Dundonald Street. 0131 557 5159. wwwatouchofzencouk I lF YOU’VE GOT THE winter blues, a new product from fresh cosmetic gurus Lush might be able to help. Happy is their new bubble bar and it combines three particularly feelgood
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I CELEBS EVERYWHERE have been declaring their love for MAC cosmetics. Kylie sports them in her forthcoming video and is said to have enjoyed wearing Electron Pink Lipstain so much that she swiped the sample for her own make-up bag. Meanwhile Kate Moss, Posh and Mis- Teeq have all been heard singing the praises of the winter range to their make- up artists, while poor Renée Zellweger actually bought her own an Glam Ill lipstick in Toronto. Decide for yourself at
most people's price range. l’orm offers a place to essential oils — www.maccosmetics. discover the work of established designers and tangerine, neroli and com
new talent at affordable prices. The Lighthouse
stock includes scarves decorated with pistachio nuts
is working with the Scottish Arts (‘ouncil to promote craft—makers and designers and resource centre will be available to those who are desperately seeking. say. a cabinet maker or textile designer.
Kelly recently had a customer looking for a wooden phone. An unusual request and they
didn‘t have any in stock but with a bit of
research the item was located. Kelly stresses that if people are searching for a particular item they‘ll do their best to find a supplier.
So what‘s in stock at present‘.’ A big selection from Italian makers Alessi. glasswork from Notoriani. scarves by Susie Freeman decorated with pistachio nut shells. sequins and seashells. a ‘slide light” from Stick [K which you can slot 25 of your own photo slides into. ceramics by Geraldine McCioyne and loads more.
Kelly feels that Form is an interactive experience with a clear aim: ‘We want to be able to bring design into people‘s lives through products.‘
Form, the Lighthouse, 1 1 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, 0141 221 6362.
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I SUPPORT BREASTS Not Dictators has been one of the attention- grabbing slogans used in the ‘Bchott Triumph' campaign. and now the NOrwegian Olympic Team has cancelled a sponsorship deal with bra producers Triumph International. The campaign is being waged over clothing manufacturers producing in Burma.
I YOU MIGHT HAVE thought that the internet would have heralded the end of the road for catalogue shopping, but not so it seems. Search engine Google has created a site dedicated to mail- order bibles. vwvwcatalogsgooglec om. where you can trawl through over 600 (mostly American) catalogues to see what they‘ve got to Offer. Here. you can browse scanned catalogue pages or go straight to the website you want to explore.
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