Date to Order for Christmas Delivery

Date to Order for Christmas Delivery

OH OH OH! We would like to take this opportunity and wish to all our customers, artist and designers a merry Christmas! Thank you all because this year has been hard work but we start to see the light and we look forward to working with our talented crew and discover new interesting and cool artists. 

Also don't forget that if you still haven't finished your Christmas list, better hurry up because the last day for delivery is Friday 17th. 

Have a fantastic festive time everybody!

Sincerely,

CO9 Crew

The Catalan Chronicles

Barcelona and Figueres and Dali Museum

By far September is my favourite month, days are still mild and the air is flavoursome. Everything seems to come back to life after the lazy summer days. Also it's the month where I usually decide to travel abroad especially because the flights are cheaper and the main capitals are less crowded.

This year I decided to hide in Barcelona, home of a few of my favourite artists such as Dali and Gaudi. I have to say that after few days strolling around the city centre, which extends for miles of the good, the bad and the ugly in design, I discovered a flourishing suburb area namely Gracia.

In here everyone speaks only Catalan, the food is Catalan and the people want to be called, well... Catalan. The hospitality was great even thou I could only ashamedly mumble a few words in broken Spanish (and most of the time I gave up and just started talking English!).

However, a few days after exploring more or less all the main tourist spots I had been advised to get a train from near Plaza Cataluña and direct myself to Figures, hometown of the most eccentric artist to date, Salvador Dali. 

Above: "The Dalí Theatre-Museum, the largest surrealistic object in the world, occupies the building of the former Municipal Theatre, a 19th century construction which was destroyed at the end of the Spanish Civil War. On its ruins, Dalí decided to create his museum."

The trip went smoothly and I have to admit that at first I was not impressed by the look of the town. It looks very old and shabby and the people are quite hostile... 

Can't blame them thou since they have to witness the everyday pilgrimage of rude tourist invading their tranquillity. However, I had not to get distracted from my mission... I had to find the house of my favourite artist who instilled in me the spark of a surrealistic creativity. The long search was worth it as the house is not at all disappointing. I walked for half an hour in a circle initially. 

Then following a trail of clues and directions dimly through a maze of narrow streets I reached my goal all of a sudden at a giant salmon-coloured structure, surrounded by 4 towers that support the giant golden eggs. I did not expect anything else! Well, inside was even more bonkers! Nothing is what it looks and the whole building is drenched with the aura of this artistic genius.

This place is a must visit for anyone with creative flair or an artistic temperament - or just someone looking to see something cool!

For more info follow this link

New commission for an Established Cafe place in the Heart of Leeds City Center

"Opposite" Cafe Kiosk at the Victoria Quarter, Leeds

We are delighted to inform you that we have been commissioned to design a kiosk for Opposite, a soon to be in demand coffee place that will be located in the picturesque surroundings of the Victoria Quarter in the heart of Leeds.

The Victoria Quarter was originally designed by architect Frank Matcham. He used rich marbles, gilded mosaics, handsome cast and wrought iron, as well as carved and polished mahogany and teak, to create two streets, two arcades and the Empire Theatre (now Harvey Nichols). 

Today Matcham's work has been restored to its original splendour. If you manage to avoid the flashing pompous fancy shops and hordes of tourists taking random pictures of shop windows, just look up and you'll see the most beautiful architectural ornaments glowing with decorations, mosaics, gorgeous little alleyways and floral balconies. 

The design of the kiosk will respect the vision of Matcham and it'll be in line with the architectural and visual choices that he dictated. Soon you'll see the result of this humongous project!

Custom One Nine Workshop Opens Its Doors

Custom One Nine Workshop Opens Its Doors

Custom One Nine is proud to announce that we  have opened the doors to our workshop space to artists and furniture makers alike. It's a social enterprise, meaning we don't charge for our space, strictly donations will be accepted toward the running cost of our equipment. So please get in touch if you're interested in working/collaborating with us!

We'd be happy to hear from you, whether it's a space to paint or somewhere to glue up that chair you been making... we are here to help. 

Design Furniture for Nanny State Clothing & Footwear

Following the great success of the new Nanny State Footwear & Nanny State Clothing range in stores (and online for Autumn-Winter), Custom One Nine has just produced a range of branded display furniture for the company.

Custom designed we have made chairs, wardrobes  and shelves for displaying shoes, clothes and accessories. Commissioned to accompany their new clothing range, released at the Bread and Butter trade show.

There are 3 different colour variation chairs, wardrobes  and shelves to suit various different installation sites around the UK, working with their fashion designers to best accompany their entire new range, utilizing textures and textiles from the range and working within their brand managers guidelines.

Springs Here & CO9 Busy Making Products In Our Workshop

We just burst open the door to our Basement Workshop and re-emerged after a long winter buried downstairs building and creating new pieces of furniture.

This space has been designed with artists, for artists. We know the designers and craftsmen personally and understand and appreciate the story and speciality of every single piece. 

We like being seen as a creative collective. The result - we hope - is a surprising, eclectic, exciting and rewarding place to browse and shop. Our editors, with the help of a worldwide network of seasoned ‘spotters’, spend long hours finding and sourcing interesting new pieces but we're always grateful for any suggestions you might have.

To contact our editors please email us on: editors@customonenine.com. 

Happy New year and Happy Sale.

Whether or not Santa has been too generous you, we're sure that there's always time for a bargain.

We thought you might be interested in our big promotional offers on our collection of artworks. To start the new year in the best possible way let's add a new piece of art to your bedroom wall without breaking that piggy-bank!

We have brand new designs for our Cushions. There will be 4 limited edition designs exclusively made for CO9. We picked up Picasso as our first product and we will release the other three shortly. Who they will be? 

Stay tuned and keep browsing our collection!