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September 2023 | Material Matters
Join us at this year’s Material Matters exhibition from Wednesday 20th - Saturday 23rd September at the Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, London SE1 9PH.
Material Matters 2023 is part of the London Design Festival, and is free to visit with advance registration.
April 2023 | The Stacking Hembury - Functional Design for Commercial Spaces
We are proud to introduce the new Stacking Hembury Chair, for spaces of any size or shape. The individually numbered Hembury shell made using 50% wool, mounted on the clean lines of a new sleek chrome plated steel frame. This update of the classic Hembury, has been remodelled to stack vertically and is suitable for commercial use.
March 2023 | Material Update - A New Fleece
The importance of using unwanted wool in our composite led us to look at other breeds that, like the Herdwick, we could use and turn their fleece into a beautiful new addition to Solidwool. After many discussions and research we came across the wool from the Welsh Mountain sheep. Extremely hardy, like the Herdwick, they live in the same open valleys and rugged hillsides of Wales today as they did centuries ago. After trials and experiments we found a way we could use their beautiful fleece in Solidwool, deciding that a new Hembury Chair and Side Table would be the perfect designs in which to show off the black and white fibres of both white and black Welsh Mountain sheep.
November 2022 | Mixology North 22 finalists
We are delighted to announce that the Hembury Chair has been selected as a finalist in the 'Seating' category for Mixology North 2022.
Find out more here.
September 2022 | Material Matters
Material intelligence and contemporary design is something that we want to talk about. As part of London Design Festival, Solidwool will be at this year's Material Matters exhibition, taking part and doing just that.
Solidwool founders Justin and Hannah Floyd talk about their journey with Grant Gibson on the Material Matters Podcast to listen to the episode visit Material Matters website here.
Material Matters Exhibition 22nd-25th September 2022.
Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, London SE1 9PH
August 2022 | The Award Winning Hembury
We are delighted to announce our Hembury Chair has won ‘Best Sustainable Furniture’ at the Living Etc Style Awards!
Find out more about the award here.
March 2022 | See the Hembury in London
Since heading to London for relaunch at London Design Week, Hembury chairs are now on permanent display at the Roger Oates Design Studio on Lots Road in Chelsea.
Come and see the chair up close and view the new design features that make the new Hembury better than ever.
Find us here.
January 2022 | Twice as much wool
We are thrilled to share the Hembury Chair with you all once again. Now made with twice as much wool (that's the equivalent of one whole fleece in each chair!) the Hembury is ready for the world.
It’s been a long time coming – years of discussions followed by months of development, experiments and getting it just right. We have a chair we are proud of, a chair that embodies the story of Solidwool and a chair with a sensitivity towards its creation and environment.
So, worth the wait we think. Available on limited release to pre-order here.
October 2021 | Material Update
Over the last 18 months, developments in our manufacturing process and improvements to base materials means we’ve had the chance to evolve the Hembury chair.
We are now using twice as much wool in each chair, so every shell made uses the equivalent of one whole fleece from the Herdwick Sheep. Advances in resin technology have allowed us to use a new bio-resin with double the biological content than previously used, additionally we have engineered the shell to use almost half the amount of resin as the original. Our new Hembury chair will have a significantly higher bio-content - plus it will be stronger, lighter along with a few new design refinements.
We’re excited, to say the least.