New Year, New Menu from Forge & Co

Hungry eyes look away now – Forge & Co Central unveil their new menu for 2016. Housed within the beautiful setting of our Tottenham Court Road store, the Modern Grill’s revitalised menu features modern British classics with a contemporary twist, cooked with expertly-sourced ingredients. Both hearty and healthy dishes are available, along with small plates and […]

Jump for YOY!

The latest creation from lighting pioneers Innermost, the YOY table lamp takes shadeless design to a whole new level. Designed in Tokyo by Naoki Ono and Yuki Yamamoto, better known as studio YOY, this off the wall LED light was unveiled at the MoMA in New York last year and is now being sold within select stores in […]

Go with the Flow: new from Tomoko Azumi

Designed by Tomoko Azumi for furniture brand Ercol, the Flow Chair marries eastern minimalism and British craft. An exclusive new design for Heal’s, this smooth beech wood chair features a distinctive profile that looks at home within our Ercol showroom alongside key designs such as the Romana Table (pictured above). Utilising traditional steam bending processes, Japanese designer Tomoko Azumi has […]

Designer DIY: Make your own ‘Floating Forest’

Looking for a new project this January? Why not try your hand at some designer DIY courtesy of Phaidon’s Do It Yourself book. The perfect project for green fingered hobbyists, Michael Anastassiades’s ‘Floating Forest’ lets you create three different kinds of indoor garden to brighten up your desk or display. Follow the simple instructions below and pair alongside one of the […]

The Perfect Package: New Look Vitra

For Vitra’s new range of packaging, Swedish based design firm BVD have perfectly captured the interior specialist’s simple yet striking collection. Taking a minimal approach to the design process, the bold range of graphics clear away the clutter favouring instead bright block prints set against environmentally friendly recycled cardboard. From the Eames Hang It All coat […]

Child’s Play: Ambrose Heal at the V&A

The latest addition to the V&A’s collection, the Joan Chair is an invaluable piece of Ambrose Heal’s Arts & Crafts design. Dating from 1901, this one-off chair was commissioned by leather tycoon Joseph Angus for his youngest child Joan, and is just one of a number of pieces made by Heal & Son especially for […]

Heal’s Highlights of 2015

Alongside two seasons of new design, this year has been our busiest yet for events. While we can’t fit them all into one post, here are a just a few of the many highlights in what has been a fantastic 2015.     Now a firm staple in the capitals design calendar, this year’s Heal’s […]

The 10 Best Designs of 2015

  December wouldn’t be quite the same without a best of list, and what a year it’s been for design. From the biggest Heal’s Modern Craft Market yet to the launch of our new Queens store on London’s Westbourne Grove, it’s safe to say we’ve had a busy schedule. So before we jump headlong into […]

Great minds think alight: Joseph Swan

All this month we’re celebrating the life of pioneering inventor Joseph Swan – the man responsible for the incandescent bulb and modern lighting as we know it. The story begins as early as 1850 when Swan first began work on his infamous bulb. It would, however, be another ten years before he created a working […]

There is a Light: Take the Tour

Talk about a light bulb moment, this week we’re celebrating the anniversary of Joseph Swan, the inventor of the filament light bulb, with a special event and competition. Hosted by award winning London guide Peter Berthoud, this unique tour takes a step back in time to tell the story of lighting from the pioneering days of […]