In our last newsletter we invited you to send us in some design suggestions for our new Theo Bag and I have to say I was VERY impressed with all your effort. But unfortunately there can only be one winner, well, in our case one winner and two runner-ups.

We’ve already told you about the winning design so it just leaves me to announce the two runner-ups who both won a £ 50.00 Theo Gift Voucher!!

The above design is by Jack Slater who is about to graduate. Keep up the good work Jack.

This one is by Clementine Hope who unfortunately hasn’t got a website yet so if you want to get in contact with her, just E-mail us.

Apologies to those who didn’t win this time but watch out for more design competitions in the very near future!!!

Have yourselves a most wonderful Bank Holiday Weekend. Fingers crossed it’ll be a BBQ weather weekend!!!

See you all next week.

You may know by now that I do love a good Souvenir! So when I found this rather lovely collection of vintage souvenir spoons at a car boot sale last weekend I simply couldn’t resist.

These are only a selection, I have about 40 or 50, and once I polish them up a bit (they are silver plated you know!!) I’ll put them onto the site for you to buy if you wish to do so…and let’s be honest, who wouldn’t!!!

Here is a sneaky little preview into our very latest product, a range of lovely cushions by our dear friends Daniel Emma. We just had to do some colour testing to make sure they are the best colour they can be!

The cushions will be available soon EXCLUSIVELY from us here at Theo.

Oh look, it’s our new happy Theo Bags designed by our good friends Daniel Emma. They’re EXCLUSIVE to Theo and are available to pre-order here!!!

I love the colours of these rusty barrels I photographed in Italy recently.

I don’t think I can ever visit Germany without eating a Currywurst at least twice!! And when it’s organic and served out of a beautiful refurbished Airstream caravan it’s got to be a winner.

I saw this in Cologne during their annual furniture fair and to my surprise Benbergs Benys is run by an old friend. I think if I ever need a career change I might possibly consider getting myself a mobile Currywurst Stall. The only problem with that is that I’d probably eat all the stock.

You can find Benbergs Benys from Monday – Friday in Dortmund on Europaplatz.

I was hugely privileged to be asked by the British Council to be part of their Design Explore Program which they ran in Marrakesh just a few weeks ago. Design Explore was a two week course which aims to offer 10 young, aspiring Moroccan designers a chance to develop their skills and knowledge of contemporary product design and to explore ideas of cultural identity.

And what a great bunch of designers they were, truly amazing. Watch this space for more info on them and the results.

It was also my first time in Marrakesh and I absolutely LOVE the city and the people. Here are a few pictures I took.

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Shops don’t get much more exciting than the fabulous Home Store set up by Alastair Hendy. The immaculate restoration of a three-storey Georgian townhouse in Hasting’s Old Town now houses a shop of everyday essentials like brushes, candles, ceramics and glassware as well as a carefully selected range of vintage items. It also has a restaurant which I hear is pretty good.

This has got to be one of my all time favourite shops EVER!!!

 Home Store - 36 High Street - Hastings TN34 3ER

If you’re currently in London you’ve got to make sure you go and visit PICK ME UP at Somerset House. The UK’s ‘original contemporary graphic arts festival’ is on until Sunday the 28th and you can pick up a lovely print or several from  some of the industry’s best established and emerging talent.