Beach Huts at Wells-next-the-Sea

The end of summer is usually marked by the annual ritual of blackberry picking and pie baking in our house. And if you’re going to bake a blackberry pie, then you really should do it in a good old fashioned enamel dish in my book.

Here are 10 of my Etsy vintage enamelware favourites:

Dutch tapestry artist Claudy Jongstra has created these painterly wool art installations for Wool House (at Somerset House until 24 March).

by Graham Powell

Gas… Hiss!     Electricity… Zap!     Water… Sploosh!

Ahh water… the utility that we really value.

Not some silent service that simply turns on the heat or flicks on the power for a myriad of consumer appliances or gadgets. Oh no.

Consider, for a moment the difference in points of delivery; valve? socket? or tap? and the experiential difference between the three; ugly? boring? or expressive? Water commands our respect and so design delivers our expectations.