melin tregwynt at ICFF New York

We’re delighted to be showing at ICFF in New York 18^th – 21^st May and we hope you’ll come along and see all of us at Booth 2308.

Sophia our designer and Helene our product developer will be there on Saturday 18^th and Sunday 19^th May and Amanda and I will be there on Monday 20^th and Tuesday 21st. We have further meetings in New York on the 22^nd and 23^rd. If you want to arrange to meet us either at ICFF, or later in the week, please let me know by return so we can put it on our schedule.

We will be showing our range of fabrics, blankets throws and cushions in pure new wool and lambswool. We will also showcase our new upholstery fabrics - made in all British yarn and suitable for contract use, along with a great range of bags and accessories featuring our signature cloths.

All our designs are exclusively woven by us at our very own mill in Pembrokeshire which has been in our family for over 100 years. Many of our fabrics are vintage classics dating from the 1950s but re coloured to suit contemporary taste.

We specialise in short runs with  bespoke and custom ranges for designers, hotels and selected stores This  year we are collaborating on projects with Heals, Tate Britain and The Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

You can download our latest catalogue here and you can register for free entry to the show at  http://icff.com/for-attendees/trade-registration

Hope to see you in New York

and now for something completely different

After the urban delights of Milan Design Fair we’re back here in Pembrokeshire and now spring is finally here and the bluebells are out….

 
Abermawr beach nearby…

and Martha, Daisy and Molly really enjoyed their walk

Milan Design Fair 2013

We’ve been back from Milan some weeks now and I’ve been too busy to update the blog. but now here are some images from our time in Milan. I think the woman below embodies the style of the city. Enjoy

 

Below are some views of the Designjunction show at the Jaialai Pelota building in the Brera Design District where we were showing as part of the Milan Design Fair

 

Milan is beautiful but also feels dark and secretive

Some of the weird and wonderful objects in the exhibition crated by the fabulous Rosanna Orlandi at the amazing Bagatti Valsecci museum 

The streets of Milan full of designers looking for the next big thing…

Some images from the Nike exhibition at Milan Design Fair

I loved the lifts that were a feature of every apartment courtyard

Some images from the Rijksmuseum show at Droog

 

A short video showing some of the activity in Brera Design District

melin tregwynt at salone mobile Milan

Melin Tregwynt will be showing in Milan next week and we’d like to welcome you to EDIT by designjunction inside La Pelota. Regular visitors to Milan Design Week will know this historic former sports arena well. We’re sharing the space with a number of other major design brands and old friends. The venue is also the main press registration centre for the Brera design district and Dezeen’s HQ in Milan for the fair. La Marzocco will also be offering their Italian coffee expertise so there are loads of reasons to visit.

You can download our latest catalogue here 

you can register for free entry to the show at http://editbydesignjunction.eventbrite.com/

Hope to see you in Milan

Alun Callender - portrait of a Mill

Last year Homes & Gardens magazine commissioned talented photographer Alun Callender to head West into the beautiful Pembrokeshire landscape to visit us here at Melin Tregwynt.

He spent the day photographing the mill and many of us who work here. Here are some of his images.

our mill is hidden away in a wooded valley in West Wales

the mill interior with Somet looms

Ivy tyeing the warp on the back of the loom

Geoff weaving at a loom

Sophia our designer in her studio

Jean who mends our cloth and has just retired at 80 years old

Rolls of finished cloth

Me pretending I know how to operate this machine