In the year 2000 Block was born, with the objective of producing high quality, original products in their definitive style. Based in St Germans, Block is helping to bring the attention of the design world back down to Cornwall at last!
Lead Designer, Tara Ashe who graduated from Plymouth College of Art and Design in 1999, has found inspiration for her work from her own background of applied arts and engineering. Working with the relatively new material of acrylic, she has combined it with glass, wood and metal to create contemporary and modern designs that compliment most settings.
Their work has been recognised by companies such as Vanity Fair who commissioned Block to make the table settings for the After Oscars Parties and have found their way onto film sets such as Bridget Jones’s Diary.
Block’s aim is to liven up dull interiors all over the world with their riotous kaleidoscope of colours. They want to bring colour back to the frontline of design.
Price range: £10 - £50
2008
Autumn Fair, Birmingham, UK. September
Top Drawer, London, UK. September
International Gift Fair, New York, USA. August
Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK. February
2007
East London Design Show, London, UK. December
100% Design, London, UK. September
Autumn Fair, Birmingham, UK. August
International Gift Fair, New York, USA. August
Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK. February
International Gift Fair, New York, USA. January/February
Heals, 196 Tottenham Court Rd, London, WIT 7LQ. Tel: 0207 6361 666
Calico, 39a Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR36 1HE. Tel: 01736 799880
Jass Interiors, 24-26 Low Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 7ED. Tel: 01159 500333
Indish, 16 Broadway Parade, London, N8 9DE. Tel: 0208 3429 496
Living Glaze, 206b Trentham Retail Village, Trentham Gardens, Stone Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8AX. Tel: 01872 657842
The Perfect Pad, 15-15A Lower Goat Lane, Norwich, NR2 1SL. Tel: 01603 765766
Still, 3-4 Bloomfield Commercial Centre, 5 Factory St, Belfast, BT5 5AW. Tel: 02890 466080
The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, G1 3NU. Tel: 0141 221 6362
The Design Shop, Dean Clough Limited, Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 5AH. Tel: 01422 250250
Live Easy, 8 St Mary's Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1EB. Tel: 01743 289 866
Area, 69 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS7 3PQ. Tel: 0113 2282605