Last week jumped on a train to Hampton Court to visit the RHS Garden Show. My cushions were on display in one of the show…
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We’ve had samples of our wallpaper arrive in the studio this week alongside the Greenfinch are our new wallpapers. One featuring long tailed tits flocking…
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We’ve been extra busy in the studio the past couple of weeks, Lorna has been designing new designs and we’ve all been working together to…
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It’s coming to end of the school year so what better present for your favourite teacher than one of our personalised notebooks? Drop us an…
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I was delighted to be invited for the second time to go to 10 Downing street. This time to meet the prime minister himself! The…
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Happy National Pink Day, in celebration here’s a sneaky look at one of the new designs Lorna has been working on! Pink is not a…
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Keep a look out for our Willow Tit, Juneberry & Bird, Broom & Bee and Flock Storm cushions that are being used in CouCou Design‘s…
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Thank you Detail Magazine for featuring the Broom & Bee and Bradbury Elderberry wallpaper designs.
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Lorna has been working hard over the past few weeks creating even more new designs to add to the Bloom Collection. An important step is…
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So lovely to have the Junberry & Bird Wallpaper featured in Coast Magazine, alongside amazing companies Florrie + Bill and Orla Kiely!
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Thank you for all of our lovely regulars and the new customers that came along to our open studios. It’s invaluable for me to meet…
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I joined in with The Wildlife Trust’s new campaign called My Wild Life it encourages people to share their stories about what wildlife means to…
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Whilst researching the my winter animals Christmas cards (yes it is still May) I came across these great wildlife watch sheets! With the bank holiday…
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For national museum day we are highlighting of of my very favourite museums, the National History museum. It is currently showing The Wildlife Photographer of…
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As my first wedding anniversary was approaching I couldn’t let the opportunity pass to head off glamping again and after our wonderful trip to Dandelion…
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We’ve got some exciting new card designs the studio! Just in time for Open Studios so come by and check them out this weekend at…
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I love these unique plates by Yvonne Ellen, I love how the designs spread across the plates which make for an original and quirky design.…
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Pens and paper at the ready, today marks the start of National Stationary week! Yes, a whole week dedicated to gorgeous notebooks, fun and quirky…
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Today is international penguin day and to celebrate we are showing a sneak preview of our Penguin card which is going to be launched at…
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We are delighted to let our lovely followers that we will be showing at Holborn AND Deptford open studios this summer!! As a key part…
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I am delighted to announce that you can learn even more about the Lorna Syson installations by going via www.structuraltextiles.co.uk where we have uploaded a number…
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This year we are championing International Creativity & Innovation day. On social media we are asking people creative and not to share what they are…
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I get inspired by the world around me, from the way the sun hits flora and forna creating exciting silhouettes and shapes to the huge…
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I think it’s really hard to find a unique clock these days but I’ve managed to find this Wooden Mountain View Clock on Not On…
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My best ideas come to me when I’m not over thinking, therefore holidays, weekends and away and walking the dog are times when I find…
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I’m known for wearing my Alex Monroe Bumblebee necklace here at the studio, and have also been featured wearing it on the large billboard SageOne…
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I met Emma at The Modern show in November last year. She up-cycles furniture using wallpaper, you can see some of her fab work on…
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After a longer absence than expected we’re so please to say that our cheerful little Robin cushion back in stock in the studio! I’ve seen…
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Jenkins our Happy Havanese, studio dog turns two today! Lorna Syson and Jenkins fans will know how popular the Christmas cards were! Soon you can…
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My new cactus and succulent obsession continues in the form of interesting ways to plant them. I’ve seen so many glass terrariums on Pinterest but…
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We’ve been tidying up our documents and came across this photo of Lorna’s Bespoke Ruffle Cushions and a bespoke bed throw that we had to share…
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So lovely to be featured in House Beautiful and see our Bradbury fabric and Juneberry & Bird Lampshade featured in House Beautiful this month!
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I met Matt years ago when I did my first ever 100% Design in 2010, he was making these gorgeous little owls and I thought…
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We’ve been updating our Pinterest page, so we’d like to share some of our most favourite boards with you which include Percy the Puffin , Cornish Country…
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We had to share this amazing photos sent to us by our manufacturer of the Juneberry and Bird and the Willow Tit cushions being made!…
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Jenkins our studio dog snuggled on the sofa of one of our lovely customers . We’re sure he’s enjoying our Juneberry & Bird wallpaper in…
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There is a huge trend for cactuses at the moment and I love these wood cut prints on tote bags by Amelie Mancini, I love the…
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I spent a wonderful day with my family and Jenkins walking along the beaches and costal paths around Wells Next to Sea. It was a…
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I recently came across this jewellery collection on Instagram. It really caught my eye because I’m an animal lover! Lucy Watson the founder, based her…
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Cian loves Anthropologie’s reclaimed wood tables Theres nothing like a big old hunk of reclaimed wood in your house to make you feel at one…
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What is your daily life in the Lorna Syson Studio as an intern? I am in the studio from Monday to Thursday every week, being…
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I just had to share this!!! A friend of mine sent me a link to Barbara Bernat’s Hungarian money project she did for her MA…
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I was interviewed by Real Business about what I want from the next government, big issues but very important to those of us running a…
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Thank you to the lovely people of Shop Tent for making sure the Land’s End Blizzard cushion was featured in Red magazine’s March issue
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Thank you to Ameilia’s Magazine for featuring our designs in their Tent round up! We love the mag and it’s just celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary in 2014! Lovely little…
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How exciting to see our Bradbury lampshade in Real Homes magazine!!! Thank you lovely editors!
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I met the lovely Jacinta behind Whinberry & Antler at The Spirit of Christmas back in November. I love her work and ended up going home…
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I came across Floss & Mischeif at the Crafty Fox Market last month. Floss & Mischeif is perfect for people who love pretty butterflies but…
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I was delighted to see this lovely feature of one of Oliver Burns homes on Houzz recently. My Warwick fabric was used as the blinds…
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Come and visit us at Maison et Objet this January in Hall 8! We’re on aisle Cbis100 in the creator sector with other fantastic British…
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Last week we headed north of the river to visit Yeshen in his new photography studio. It was a lovely day and the whole team was…
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I was lucky to be invited along to the new google offices at Russell square to be involved with #MicroBizMattersDay. The lovely people from Sageone were there supporting…
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I am delighted to say we’ve installed the buddhist veil over the weekend and I’m delighted with how it looks! Thank you so much to…
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I was delighted to be contacted by a lovely lady wanting a commission for a set of cushions and a lampshade to match a stand…
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I had to share Katie Spragg’s wonderful ceramics with you, I spotted them on the liberty website and did some searching to find out more…
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Well I was DELIGHTED to see my kitchen photo of the Juneberry & Bird wallpaper and Flock Sunrise lampshade in Wednesday evenings Evening Standard paper!! Thank you so much!!
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Congratulations Della for being the first of our winners! Keep up to date with the journal to see the winners over the next 12 days!
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Saying Goodbye to Some of Our Christmas Cards One of the hardest parts of being an independent designer is knowing when it's time to say…
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Copper, usually outshone by silver and gold, is taking the forefront this year as the forecasted colour of the season. It can be painted, foiled,…
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I’ve been really lucky to get involved with a fantastic project with the West London Buddhist centres new building. It’s going up soon and here…
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For my Alex Love’s feature this month I have chosen Origami-Est! Esther Thorpe creates gorgeous origami decorations using unique colour combinations that really make her…
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Thank you to the Evening Standard for using my Robin Cushion for their Christmas Markets feature. The clever writers were letting you know about Cockpit Arts…
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I thought I’d keep everyone updated with some of the exciting changes in the studio! We have NEW DESIGNS coming out in January. I’m inspired…
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I LOVE a rucksack. Prepared for anything, whether I’m commenting or hiking somewhere, it rare that I’m seen without one. I love these duffle bags by…
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Our BIGGEST competition yet! We are giving away one prize for the 12 days of Christmas, all you need to do is sign up to…
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This month I am loving Betty & Walter which is a british brand created by textile artist Lisa Levis. I’ve been obsessing over their instagram…
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My studio isn’t usually open to the public but twice a year all of the Designer Makers at Cockpit Arts throw their doors wide open…
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Argentinian brand SUD are responsible for these awesome glazed ceramic pots. Delicate white objects based on casts of everyday objects- my favourites the pineapple- and…
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Thank you www.moewes.info for sending over this fantastic photo of their German Book shop!! LOVE the yellow Have any photos of Lorna Syson products in your home?…
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I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be involved in a really exciting Pop Up Shop run by Laura Lea on the Roman Road from the…
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It goes without saying that over the past 5 years I would not be where I am today without the wonderful support from our customers.…
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This Midcentury Modern show in South East London is a fantastic day out for anyone who loves classic design from the past and looking for…
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This egg and solider set designed by Takae Mizutani and creating in Cornwall is a huge favourite of mine! You don’t have to be a kid…
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We support the campaign for wool, I’ve been using 100% wool since I started my wallflowers in 2009. Since then I have created a number…
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We’re showing at the Spirit of Christmas in 4 weeks time! Come and see us, grab some Christmas presents and Cards! We also will have…
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I’ve been selling my lampshades with Huttons Putney for a couple of years and was delighted when they took the collection into more of their London…
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Perhaps not the most grown up of choices but I love these Lets Make Some Great Art placemats from illustrator and author Marion Deuchars. The…
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I visited Brighton a few weeks ago and found this shop called Cable & Cotton and instantly fell in love. The best thing about the…
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Meet James and Jo the betrothed pair behind the fantastic BlogAndBuySaleI met James 10 years ago when I moved into Halls at University, he’s always…
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We are pleased to announce that you can buy three items from the Lorna Syson collection on the National Trust website. My husband and I…
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After the first day at Tent we thought we’d share our top 3 favourite stands from the show 1. Tamasine Osher Design – Hall T1…
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Barbara Chandler’s 20/20 Vision exhibition at 100% Design is a fantastic display of how 100% Design has started, supported and helped designers careers to flourish.…
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This is our first year showing at Tent London and we’re excited! Come and visit the Lorna Syson Pop Up shop #lornasysonpopup and check out…
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Any excuse to share a cute picture of Jenkins on the website, we take it! Here is Jenkin’s second #Happyhavanese feature. (check out #Happyhavanese on…
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This week I’ve picked Rose & Grey’s Round mirror with hanging string. Rose & Grey is one of my favourite online shops, their styling and…
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This year journalist and photographer Barbara Chandler is doing an exciting exhibition within 100% Design called 20/20 vision. This is 100% Designs 20th year and…
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With London Design Week just around the corner, it’s great to see the Warwick lampshade featured in the Victoria Gray’s best geometrics in Sunday Express Magazine. There are so…
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Thank you to the lovely people at Absolutely for featuring the Warwick fabric and the Bradbury Elderberry lampshade in Octobers Magazine! Great Geometric picks!
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Click to see all the items in this look and recreate it at home! The entire songbird collection is designed to work together so if…
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I am so impressed with the stylist behind this whole feature in Good Homes magazine. They have seemlessly created fantastic interior looks combining manipulated fabrics…
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I adore these tassel garlands from Confetti System! It one of those creative ideas you wish you’d come up with first. Made from silks, plastics…
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Our designer lampshades are hugely popular with our customers so it’s great to see them in magazines too! My favouate design at the moment is…
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The team at Lorna Syson is growing even bigger! This is Alex, she started with us recently in March 2014 and here’s what she gets…
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One of our favorite stockiest Anecdoes Deisgn was featured in the Weekender and we were delighted that they chose to use our Bradbury Cushion in the magazine!…
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Come and visit the Lorna Syson Pop Up at Tent London 18-21st September 2014. We will be launching the flock storm and flock sunrise cushions…
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Thank you House magazine for featuring two of our bird fabric designs in their Top 5 picks!
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I’ve know and worked with Steve and Barbara for about 3 years. They are such a fantastic couple and it’s always such a pleasure to…
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I am so impressed with the stylist behind this whole feature in Good Homes magazine. They have seemlessly created fantastic interior looks combining manipulated fabrics…
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We sell on Not on the High Street and it is a great way for new customers to find out about Lorna Syson! The high…
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I am a huge fan of Anthropologie so for my first ‘Alex Loves’ I have chosen one of their classic mug designs. Everyone has that…
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I can’t believe it! The business is 5 years old today… where has the time gone?! It feels like just yesterday I started up from…
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Stylonylon kindly shared about the bullfinch cushions she bought, on her blog a couple of years ago and since then she has been on our…
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One of my friends, Morgan Malwah is organising a Ball at the Plymouth Aquarium on the 21st of November 2014 on behalf of the Lullaby Trust.…
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My husband and I headed out to the gorgeous Westport in Ireland for a wedding last weekend and I fell in love with all the…
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Welcome to the first instalment of Happy Havanese. A new monthly feature on the Lorna Syson journal basically showing you super cute pictures of our…
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Thank you Period Homes for featuring the Warwick fabric in their Graphic Impact feature. LOVE IT
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Welcome to our NEW ‘loves’ feature, each week one of the studio team will be sharing what we have found out there in the world…
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We love having the opportunity to work closely with our clients and this snowscape piece gave us the perfect opportunity to do this. It was…
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It’s taken me a while to write this post and I’m loving the opportunity to go over my honeymoon photos again and share them with…
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Here’s a cheeky sneak peek of some new cushions that will be available on the website soon, we are still sampling the fabric and size…
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Great to be featured in Homes and Antiques Magazine alongside Fanny Shorter for the Cockpit Arts Open Studios!
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Lorna recently gave a talk at New Designers this year about ’20 Things I wish I knew Before I was 20.’ Each slide had to…
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Lorna sometimes works in schools with the Bow Arts organisation. Working in such a different way adds so much excitement and energy into the studio.…
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The studio is feeling like a small family lately, here’s a picture of the team! From left to right we have Tiz, Cian Lorna and…
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Always fun getting the whole team together here at Lorna Syson and we all (including Jenkins) popped out for our team meeting last week. So…
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A few weeks ago we had a two day photoshoot with amazing photographer Yeshen Venema! Yeshen was wonderful to work with and together we’ve got some…
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I had to share with my lovely customers the wonderful place we stayed at straight after our wedding in May. It’s called Dandelion hideaway in…
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After the busy weekend we had at the Holborn Open Studios we had an even busier weekend here at the studio in Deptford! We had…
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We love sharing our shop and this one is beauty. It’s in Brighton called Present in the laine. Our Juneberry and Bird wallpaper looks gorgeous as…
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We have just released a gorgeous new line of greetings cards featuring all the Lorna Syson designs. You can now send your favourite designs on…
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Go and check out the billboard in Old Street advertising Lorna Syson while its up! Sage have given us this fantastic advertising space following our…
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Holborn Open Studios was a super busy but fun weekend! It was great catching up with some familiar faces and meeting so many new ones! Our…
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Izzy has been with us for a couple of months and we thought we’d share what life is like for her as in intern at…
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Great to have the Robin cushion featured in this months issue of Homespun magazine alongside some other lovely robins. Find the Robin Cushion here.
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Wealden Times has photographed Interior Designer Phoebe Oldrey and her husband, Miles’ recently decorated house. The results are beautiful including a lovely photo of a…
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Love doing Google Hangouts with Sage One! Paul Lancaster (Sage One UK & Ireland) and I have a chat about my business and what’s going…
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Lorna and Tiz headed over to the Bright Bazaar Book Launch at West Elm on Wednesday evening. It was a wonderful setting full of fantastic…
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A delayed post featuring a blue Dahlia Wallflower here in Vogue Living. So amazing to be featured alongside other British designers Zoe Murphy, Lee Broom and Curiousa & Curiousa.
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Lovely to be interviewed by Homemaker magazine, see it here. Love the layout here!
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It’s so exciting to be featured in the current March/April issue of Selvedge magazine alongside the wonderful Helen Minns, Catarina Riccabona, Laura Adburgham, Rowena Pinto,…
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Have a look at these beautiful photos from our stockist Uniquely Eclectic, their shop looks great! The shop is in such a gorgeous building in…
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We had a great day at Decorfest last sunday! Thanks to Zoe Brewer for the fabulous styling, the cushions looked great in the Room Sets!…
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The Lorna Syson staff is growing so we thought we’d introduce you to the team! Our first profile is Tiz, she has been here since…
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Spring has sprung! Juneberry and Bird Wallpaper featured along with the Flock lampshade in this issue of Cross stitcher. View the Juneberry& Bird Wallpaper here…
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We love working with British manufacturers and seeing what the UK can offer. One of the most impressive places must be Anstey in Loughborough. I…
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Come to the Spring Fair on the 4th of February to hear Lorna talk about her experiences selling online
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Come and Visit us at Maison et Objet in Paris to see all of the collections!
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Twice a year Cockpit Arts opens it’s doors and welcomes to public in to view the designers studios and buy directly from the maker! This…
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Lorna was asked to talk to final year students at the fashion retail academy about her business, how she started and how she uses technology…
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Lorna Syson was named one of The Small Business Saturdays top 100 small business in their countdown.
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Lorna’s Songbird collection was in the Stylist magazine along with other fantastic female designer makers. See the Songbird Collection
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Lorna was filmed by Design Milk about her new Land’s End Design.
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Lorna’s Bradbury fabric was featured in Mix’s Geometrics See the Bradbury Fabric here
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A lovely full page in Confessions of a Design geek London Design festival review! Shop the Coast & Countryside Collection
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Lorna was selected as one of the Guardian’s best in show for Design week 2013. The Land’s End Design which is shown was also shortlisted…
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Lorna’s Juneberry and Bird Wallpaper was featured in a full page spread in Utopia kitchens and Bathrooms magazine View all of Lorna’s Wallpapers
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Lorna was featured in the Telegraph’s Design special and one of London’s bright new designers Shop the Collection here
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Lorna’s new Land’s End design was shortlisted for the 100% Design award in Accessories. This Design was also featured in the Guardians top ten picks…
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At 100% Design this year I donated some of my work to the 100% Design Take away. I was really pleased that my work raised…
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I started working with SageOne recently after a talk at the London Stock Exchange. The fantastic photographer Kerry Harrison popped by my home and the studio…
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Thank you to Bury Magazine for featuring the Lorna Syson wallflowers in your fireplaces feature! Some great ideas here but we hope you love the wallflowers as…
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Lorna will be showing new products from her coast and countryside collection at 100% Design this year. Visit Lorna on stand D20 in the Emerging…
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The Telegraph magazine, popped into the studio for an interview and photo shoot the other day. It was lovely to have them in the studio…
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Lorna was asked to be part of Sage One’s financial analyst meeting at the Stock Exchange. They were showing how their new accounting software…
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In England, there are several historic dates that are significant over the Easter weekend, including: Good Friday: This is the Friday before Easter Sunday and…
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The two toned wallflower on a stripy wallpaper background! That’s some good looking styling by Good Homes magazine! Shop the Wallflower collection
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The Cream single coloured linear fold is styled really well and is really brought out by geometric cushions. Why not give this a go with…
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The Bradbury lampshade mixes in really well in this geometric feature in Germany’s Living at Home Magazine View Bradbury Lampshades
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Great floral feature in Living at Home’s magazine! See Lorna’s Wallflowers here
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The Bradbury Elderberry wallpaper made it into Living Etc’s wallpaper feature View the Bradbury Elderberry Wallpaper
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The nettle soup acorn cushion looks fantastic in Elle Deco’s styling! See the Nettle soup cushions here
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Lorna has created a bespoke installation for the upcoming Clerkenwell Design Week. Make sure to come down and see the installation at Actiu: http://www.actiu.com/en/
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We can’t believe it’s been a year already and it’s that time again for Cockpit Arts annual summer open. The time really has flown by…
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Lorna Syson is exhibiting her Bradbury Chair at Maison&Objet in Paris. She is so excited to be launching the chair at the interiors fair and we…
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Lorna Syson will be exhibiting at this year’s 100% Design. Make sure you come down to see what we have been working like busy bees…
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