Timorous Beasties’ Glasgow
Toile (left); Nord’s ‘Wally tile’ (above); and Graphical House’s poster (below)
graphic design is dillerent.‘ says Daniel. Although they'ye done ten dil‘l’erent anitnations l‘or (‘hannel 4 they are still a (llasgow company. not quite as associated with (ilasgoyws music scene as Sayille was with Manchester's. but getting there. It can't be long bel‘ore their close association with the city‘s cultural dynamism brings their work more international recognition.
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Anyone under labouring under the deltision that 'l‘ilttot‘otts Beasties' success was down to simple talent should meet Ali. one of the designers. Their new shop is open in Glasgow and he‘s often there late. standing beneath the long strands ot‘ tine hand printed wallpaper with huge
geometric or floral design. A rose by another
name is still a rose. but their bold patterns turn the llower into a comment. 'l’heir contribution to the Scottish show is the (ilasgow 'I‘oile. a cloth embroidered with rural scenes. ot~ the kind that was popular in early lllth (‘entury lirance. 'l‘imorous Beasties' design picks out the heroin addict and the Norman Foster‘s Armadillo as scenes of Glaswegian bliss. lt‘s typically galltrs. but the tar t‘rom timorous approach belies the
hard work that Alistair and Paul haye put in to the company. ‘lt's only in the last tour or the years that things haye taken ol't~ for Us. The lirst ten years were horrendomf says Alistair. While the Scottish Show shows that you can succeed internationally from Scotland. 'l'imorous Beasties show how hard it is to achieye. ‘liyery year lot' the last ten. we‘ye gone to the International (‘ontemporary l‘urniture l-‘air in New York. We make 300-7300 contacts and we‘re lucky because now we get I()‘é of our business out of them.‘ Their shop acts as a showroom for trade to the comerted Victorian piles of the West lind and the Villas of Milngayie beyond. 'l‘hey‘ye just sold a large mnnber ot‘ rolls ol‘ a new design in tour-ply silk to a casino in London tor £600 each. ‘\\'e aim for the top of the market so we can enjoy our work. The (ilasgow 'l‘oile took about two months.~ says Ali. 'l‘heir unique ambitions haye been rewarded by a nomination for the pt‘estigiotts Design Mitseum Award — the lirst Scottish company to be so acknowledged. And the (iuardian had the cheek to mistakenly call their latest design the (ilasgow Toilet.
The Scottish Show is at the Lighthouse, Glasgow, from Friday 5 February.
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