An Update

From the Founders

Following our last post back in January things have (understandably) been a little quiet, but we have some good news to share and an exciting announcement for Solidwool. Firstly, thanks to everyone who took the time to write to us and also to the many of you who expressed an interest in taking Solidwool on.  

For us closing the doors to the factory was a personal decision and never about selling out. It was about admitting that the waves of life can change how you want to live your life. Tough as it was, we knew that running Solidwool was not for us anymore.   

Thanks to all of the interest, what quickly became apparent was despite this, we would have an opportunity to find someone with the resources to continue what we had started and move Solidwool on to realise its potential. 

From initial conversations, one interested company stood out from the beginning and we are pleased to share that we believe we have found a new home for Solidwool that is a great fit. Where there is a team who value craft, materiality, design and soul as much as we did. 

So this is us handing over to them. They will make the perfect home for Solidwool and the material, products and brand are a great fit with their product, processes and company ethos.  Development and production will remain fairly local to us and we are so excited to see where they take things. So much so, that we are sticking around for the time being with Justin overseeing work on a new chair and material development. 

So here’s to hoping that you stick around too and you give them every bit of support and love that you showed to us. Once the dust has settled the new Solidwool team will be able to share even more with you. Exciting times are ahead.

Hannah & Justin.

Solidwool to provide seating at the upcoming wastED pop-up at Selfridges

Selfridges London, will partner with Dan Barber and the team behind New York's internationally acclaimed Blue Hill restaurants to bring their ground-breaking food waste pop-up, wastED, to London for the first time.

Opening on the 24th February, they are taking up residence on Selfridge London's iconic rooftop for a month long pop-up.

The aim is to celebrate what chefs do every day on their menus (and traditional food cultures have done for thousands of years): creating something delicious out of the ignored or un-coveted and encouraging new applications for what we now all too commonly refer to as food waste.

The menu will feature ingredients such as cabbage cores, cover-crop sprouts and waste-fed pigs and offer reinterpretations of a few iconic British dishes.

For those booking the private dining area, they will be able to enjoy their meal seated on our finest Hembury Chairs made with under valued 'waste' Herdwick wool. 

The restaurant will be open for lunch, dinner and afternoon tea. The menu will feature small plates to share, all price at £15. The not-so-customary afternoon tea will begin at £32.

When: 24th February - 2nd April

More information can be found at www.wastEDlondon.com.