designers guild today

Established in 1970 Designers Guild is one of the foremost international home and lifestyle companies designing and man­ufacturing furnishing fabrics, wall coverings, bed & bath, furniture, fragrance and home accessories. With a flagship store in London and offices in London, Paris and Munich Designers Guild products are sold in over 60 countries worldwide.

The Company is owned by Tricia Guild OBE , Founder and Creative Director, and Simon Jeffreys, Chief Executive.

Designers Guild offers a broad range of luxury furnishing fabrics and wall coverings for both the domestic and contract sectors as well as furniture, bed and bath and home accessories. In addition to the Designers Guild Collections the company also designs and manufactures under license William Yeoward fabrics and papers, Jasper Conran fabrics and is the distributor for Ralph Lauren fabrics and paper. In September 2008 Designers Guild was delighted to launch under license, the Royal Collection fabrics and wallcoverings, an inaugural collection inspired by the Royal residences and distributed worldwide.

The Designers Guild business philosophy is to combine creativity and innovation with the highest levels of quality: quality of design, product, service and people.

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structure

Designers Guild Group employs over 250 people in the UK and overseas offices in Munich and Paris. The base is a 12,500 sq ft purpose built head office in London and a 66,000 sq ft distribution centre in West London. The flagship store and showrooms in the Kings Road, London, act as a showcase for fabric and wallpaper collections alongside bed, bath, upholstery and a huge range of imaginative accessories.

All sales networks are supported by a fully computerised customer service facility that handles over 600 orders a day, deals with queries and provides full technical and service. Linked to this are stock control and purchasing systems, which process over six million metres of fabric and wallpaper a year. Rapid deliveries are guaranteed through a network of couriers and orders can be despatched anywhere in the UK and Europe within 24 hours.

Turnover has grown rapidly selling to interior designers, department stores, retailers and the hotel and contract market. The largest single market is the UK. Sales overseas are through local Designers Guild operating centres in France, Germany and Italy and agents and distributors in the rest of Europe and Worldwide. Of total sales, over 65% is overseas, with Designers Guild represented in over 60 countries.

There are Designers Guild showrooms in London, Paris and Munich with Designers Guild in over 100 showrooms across the world including all of Europe, the USA, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America.

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design & product range

fabrics & wallpaper

Extensive investment is made each year in new product. The studio, headed by Tricia Guild OBE, has produced designs from such diverse inspiration as Eastern decorative art, Italian architecture and classical documents. The highest qualities of raw materials are sourced; from combed Egyptian cottons and Scottish linen unions to Swiss woven damasks and non-woven papers. Printers and engravers use state of the art technology and strict quality control systems are applied both in-house and at our suppliers.

In 1989 Tricia Guild OBEwas awarded the Textile Institute's Gold Medal for Design Contribution, in 2007 a lifetime achievement award from UK and in 2008 an OBE for her contribution to interior design.

furniture, floorcoverings and cushions

Designers Guild has produced wide range of very well made contemporary upholstered furniture, floor rugs and cushions designed in the Designers Guild studio. All are manufactured to high standards and distributed throughout the UK and in many of our overseas markets.

bed & bath

The Designers Guild Bed and Bath range of printed, woven, embroidered and appliquéd bedlinen is made from finest 100% pure cotton and is complemented by a range of pure cotton towels, wool and cotton blankets. In addition the company produces a superb range of Hotel bedding for the contract sector the white collection.

paint

The Designers Guild paint range of 98 exciting paint colours reflects a fresh and dynamic approach to modern living. The paint is of superb quality and offers enormous coverage.

home fragrance

In 2004 the Fragrant Home collection of scented candles, room sprays, and bath and body lotions was launched. It expanded new fragrances: Summer Vine and Shanghai Rose, Peony and most recently Guirlande and Capucheen scented candles.

stationery and leather accessories

A range of fashion accessories in luxurious leather and Designers Guild fabrics alongside printed stationery bound with cover designs drawn from our recent fabric and wallpaper collections.

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showrooms

view our full list of showrooms

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books

• 2008 Flowers
• 2006 Pattern
• 2004 Private View
• 2002 White Hot
• 1999 Think Pink
• 1998 Cut Flowers
• 1996 Tricia Guild in Town

• 1994 Tricia Guilds Painted Country
• 1992 Tricia Guild on Colour
• 1990 Tricia Guild New Soft Furnishings
• 1989 Design & Garden
• 1988 Design & Detail
• 1986 Designing with Flowers
• 1982 Soft Furnishings

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collection and event timeline

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995
• 1994
• 1993
• 1992
• 1991
• 1990
• 1989
• 1988
• 1987
• 1986
• 1985
• 1976-84
• 1975

2008

• Florimund prints and wallcoverings, Racine velvets, Correze sheers, Roquelaire silks, Arzino taffetas, Tsuga Essentials (new colourways) Satinato Essentials, Primrose Hill prints and wallpapers, Orsetti trimmings. Arabella, Arabella wallcoverings, Monteverdi velvets, Ariana silks, Alisede wide width sheers, Ruggiero plain velvets, Chambord silks and Milano Trevira CS weaves which significantly expands the company's contract offer.
• The Royal Collection, produced and distributed worldwide on behalf of the Royal Household and inspired by the Royal Palaces.
  
• William Yeoward Delacroix.
• Tricia Guild awarded an OBE for services to Interior Design
• New website launched
• Designers Guild awarded 22nd place in the Sunday Times Pricewaterhousecoopers profit track 100, for Britain's fastest growing privately owned firms. Also awarded the Microsoft prize for best use of technology.
  

2007

• Oriental Garden prints and wallcoverings, Kibushi weaves, Kashima, Essentials: Shima, Hoxton, Rossano, Ribera, Kaya. Amalienborg, Amalienborg wallcoverings, Quarenghi weaves, Taillandier silks, Kasimir weaves, Ferrara Trevira CS weaves, Mezzola/Mezzola Lusso faux suede, Brescia and Bamberg weaves
• Jasper Conrans second collection Sackville Street
• Paris Showroom expanded
• Tricia Guild awarded the Homes and Gardens Lifetime achievement award

2006

• Gran Paradiso prints, Panama wallcoverings, Arlanza weaves, Najasa wide width linens and silks, Catalan, Conway and Brera. Portobello, Etoile, Ruzzini, DG Essentials, Sarafan prints, Sarafan Wallcoevrings, Coromandel wallcoverings, Anastasia, Monplaisir weaves, Mezzola Repino, Indian Summer Archive collection
• William Yeoward Ranakpur

2005

• Cherry Orchard Fabric and Wallpaper, Merindol weaves, Banon printed stripes, Mezzola Bellusco, Cabannes Outdoor, Callian fabrics and Wallpaper, Cherry Orchard Braids, Samarkand prints, Foscari silks, Brocatelle weaves, Bukhara flock prints, Pallanza textured plains and Bukhara Wallpapers
• Shanghai Rose and Summer Vine Fragrant home scents launched

2004

• Mirabeau, Rousillon, Veran, Arezzo wallpapers, Mantova, Mezzola Maggiore, Bokashi outdoor, Hide & Seek, Companions, Chinon, Naturally, New Paint collection, Rugs. Amaranth, Breganze, Ombrione, Coromandel, Varese, Mezzola Twill and Tweed
• Fragrant Home collection launched

2003

• Imari fabric, Shibori weaves, Masuda Weaves, Shibori wallpapers
• Jasper Conran Fabric and wallpaper
• China Rose, Saraceno, Rosalina, Mezzola Stripe
• Move to brand new Headquarters- 3 Latimer Place

2002

• Cristobal fabrics and wallpapers, Habanera, Tejeda, Over the Moon, Inessa, Pavlovsk, Trezzini
• William Yeoward Fabric & Wallpaper

2001

• Pontalba fabrics and wallpapers, Izapa, Estrêla, On Your Marks
• New furniture
• Zandanechi prints, Colour Book Wallpapers, Cozenza silks, Nurata weaves
• New carpets and floorugs

2000

La Désirade fabrics and wallpapers, Bindi, Mistral, Brera, Cats Chorus Kepala fabrics and wallpapers, Makasar, Fiesole, Parioli, Serang

1999

Quanjin, Broadcloth, Kells, Passiflora, Kutru (trimmings), Peshkir, Canareggio, Batiste, Orani, Velluto, Veryan

1998

Tiddlywink, Damascena, Solferino, Manjeri, Bergamo, Candassa, Tassi, Tafta, Mandriola, Torridon

1997

Salsa, Granita, Bakhia, Ottavia, Emerson, Arklow. Patadar, Allerby, Rajkot, Tamarind, Ashrafi, Nyamati, Jalaja

1996

• Isika, Hopscotch, Pushpa, Dalton, Marquetry II, Oola, Karahana, Artemisia, Palazzo, Ryoshi, Diagonale, Palatino, Borghese, Brera, Vercelli
• New 66,000 sq ft Production and Distribution Centre in West London opened
• Queens Award for Export Achievement

1995

• Mei P'ing, Milford, Tullow, Tirupati, Sakumari, Saffa, Kashipur, Orientalis, Jhati, Tianjun
• Bed and Bath Division launched - bedlinen, blankets and towels

1994

• Toy Box, Gouache, Phulkari, Sujani, Kaffe's Pots and new upholstery.
• A winner of the European Community Design Prize

1993

• Santa Margherita, Mahé, Puntino, Kusumam, Jalapuri, Lalitha, Kalamkari.
• Paris Office opened

1992

• Still Life, The Melon Patch, Harvest, Orissa, Jalna, Japonica, Katibo, Tindall, Amhara
• Upholstery launched
• Export Award for Smaller Businesses

1991

• Mardi Gras, Marquetry, Abracadabra, Pergamena, Chazelles, Tarsus, Nantua, Cartiglio, Cushma Trimmings, Vinchina Cushions, Firefly.
• Queens Award for Export Achievement

1990

Summer House, Passariano, Bokhara, Kashgar, Astrakhan

1989

• Oriental Flowers, Impressions du Midi, Castellane, Merry-go-Round, Il Veneto, Vicenza, Torcello.
• Munich Office Opened

1988

Maypole, Tapisserie, Tapestry Leaves, Cassia, Damas Fleuri, Filigrana

1987

Filigree, Spring Flower, Plains, Grandiflora, Gesso

1986

Wildflower, Howard Hodgkin, Ornamental Garden, Watergarden, Waterleaf

1985

Chintz Classics, Trees, Blossom, Gardenia, Textures, Flowers

1976-1984

Various new ranges launched including; Geranium,Watercolour, Mainsteam etc

1975

First collection-Village

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head office

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