We head to Decorex for the first time, a show that focuses on craft and making.

With a bent towards the luxury end of the market, Decorex is not a show we’ve covered on Design Milk before, but its focus on craft and making has slowly been bringing it to our attention. Last year, we covered the New Craftsmen’s Crafthouse installations there, and this year we decided it was time to include a full round-up in our London Design Festival coverage. (Detail above from a table by British furniture designer Sebastian Cox.)

Making their Decorex debut, Mourne Textiles is a third generation weaving workshop and design studio based at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. It was established by Norwegian-born Gerd Hay-Edie in 1949 and is now run by her grandson Mario. “Inspired by my grandmother?s legacy and my mother?s expertise, I feel greatly privileged to once again be breathing life into Mourne Textiles and to be presenting a carefully selected collection of much-loved designs from my grandmother?s archives,” he says. Displayed hanging from two full-sized trees, they breathed life into the trade show environment.
Curated by applied arts and design journalist Corinne Julius since its launch in 2014, Future Heritage is the highlight of Decorex that draws in the crowds. Each year, Corinne works with a selection of talented craftspeople to redefine what ‘craft’ is and what it could and should be. Much of the work was made e...