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News: Bompas & Parr at Kew Gardens

Have you ever noticed how there are specialists in every field? People who have honed down a very focused set of skills, hammered out a niche for themselves, and set up shop? Have you ever noticed someone who is an expert in everything at once? Maybe not quite, but the …

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JEMIMA: Studio Visit

The born and bred London designer Jemima Janney let us pop round to her design studio for a visit and a chat before she heads over the pond to move into her new Brooklyn based home with Mumford & Sons boyfriend, Ben. We’re already jealous. Having previously worked for Rag&Bone, …

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Icon Brand’s Home Collection

General accessories company Icon Brand has an extensive collection with unique styles.  They’re now moving to home accessorizing with a series called “Lost + Found” which is inspired by the treasures and gems you’d find on long journeys or in dark corners of vintage shops.  The designs are heavily anatomical, fitting in …

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NOTION 060: Cover 2 of 2 – Charli XCX

The second of our Special 60th Edition covers is the fabulous Charli XCX. We’ve been longtime supporters of Charli, featuring her way back in Summer last year in Notion 052, in a feature we called Teengrrl Fantasy.18 months later, and she’s poised to take over the charts, the …

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NOTION 060: Cover 1 of 2 – Marques Toliver & Lianne La Havas

The first of our Special 60th Edition covers is two of our favourite up-and-coming musicians, the seductive songstress and Mercury-nominated Lianne La Havas stars with the indescribably great pop-soulster Marques Toliver. In our exclusive interview and photoshoot, the two chart the course of their creative friendship in a brilliant feature …

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Graf von Faber-Castell – Bringing Back The Handwritten Word

Here at Notion we get tens, no hundreds, of emails every day. We get phone calls, text, BBMs, tweets, Facebook messages – heck, we even get sent things in the actual mail! Rare is the day, however, that we see the curved arch of a pencil line, the smudge of …

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Hub: Challenge the Obvious

Dutch footwear brand HUB have joined forces with street artists Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas, aka Haas & Hahn, for the first in a series of documentaries inspired by the company’s ‘Challenge the Obvious’ motto.

The 30-minute short film, which documents Urhahn and Koolhaas’ endeavours to utilise art as …

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Four and Twenty Blackbirds: The Art of Jess Eaton

Jess Eaton fuses fashion and fur in an unprecedented way, creating intriguing and often challenging pieces that question the industry’s approach to animal products. We sent Andrew Gonsalves to interview her and find out more about the inspiration behind such an odd mix of media.

The idea for the first …

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Fred Butler and Two Inch Punch make a track for LFW

One of Planet Notion’s favourite designers; Fred Butler, has created a new, original track with artist Two Inch Punch at The Reb Bull Studio in London. So, not only has she made threads for the likes of Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Beth Ditto and Bjork – the lass can …

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Hardy Amies release eyewear collection

A British luxury fashion house soaked in history, based in London’s Saville Row. Hardy Amies proudly acknowledges its heritage and legacy. In 1961 Hardy Amies held the very first men’s catwalk show, for more than 40 years he was the Queen’s official dressmaker, he is 1 of only 4 British …

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