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Designer’s products into three top Conran stores
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service times CHRISTINGLE services have be- come a highlight of the festive sea- son and are held at churches and schools throughout Maidstone in aid of the Children’s Society. The tradition was introduced to Britain more than 40 years ago from Moravia. During the service, children are given an orange, deco- rated with a candle and sweets, and donations are made to the charity. Christingle services include:
Sunday, December 4, 3pm and 4.45pm, Holy Cross Church, Bearsted. Saturday, December 24, 4pm, All Saints’ Church, Mill Street, Maidstone. Saturday, December 24, 4.30pm, All Saints’ Church, Hollingbourne. Saturday, December 24, 3pm, St Nicholas’ Church, Leeds.
BEARSTED-based designer Daniel Savage has described him- self as “beyond thrilled” after se- curing orders from one of the country’s trendiest chain of stores. Mr Savage’s company produces
a new homeware brand which has been selected to go on sale at three of Sir Terence Conran’s flagship stores. Just six months after launching, Daniel’s neon-edged Flash Tidy stationery trays are on sale at The Conran Shop in Paris, Chelsea and Marylebone. Daniel (34) said: “I’m beyond thrilled. If you’d have asked me be- fore this who I regarded as the most important British designers, Sir Terence Conran would have been top of the list. “And now I’ve seen my brand
sitting right alongside his! It’s our most exciting milestone yet.” Daniel’s business, Lund London, encompasses the Lund London collection and BySavvy brand. Daniel and his team believe their
ria, Singapore, New Zealand, Swe- den and the US. Lund London’s small team of self-titled “designers and creative characters” are based at the Oasts, off Bearsted Green. Last year, Mr Savage decided to launch his own range of products, after working in the homeware in- dustry for 13 years, because he felt the high street “wasn’t giving peo- ple the kind of diversity and cus- tomisation he craved as a consumer”. He then set about putting his
Designer Daniel Savage
products are making waves in the homewares industry because they bring fresh finishes and clever up- dates to everyday products. Their designs have proved pop-
ular with retailers across the world and are already on sale in stores in 21 countries including Japan, Nige-
many ideas into products, from storage items to stylish and elegant watches. Sir Terence Conran is world- renowned for his homeware de- signs, first having come to notice during the 1951 Festival of Britain. He founded the first Habitat
store in London and rapidly ex- panded his retail empire to include other iconic brands such as Bhs. He has also ventured into inte- rior design and architecture.
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