Leading design magazine Wallpaper* is currently exhibiting some of the world's best design and craftsmanship in London's flagship store, Harrods. The Handmade exhibition displays one-off items of furniture, fashion, fittings and more throughout October. Baddeley Brothers' contribution to the creative event, was a team effort with Glithero to create a collection of beautifully crafted [...]
Colin O'Brien The fine art of envelope cutting isn’t a skill that many people hold, so it’s understandable why Baddeley Brothers have had the same, committed cutter, Terry Smith, for 50 years. Spitalfields Life has again captured some of Baddeley Brothers’ rich heritage in commercial and hand finished envelopes, explaining little known facts about envelopes [...]
Roger Pertwee with his envelope-making machine The fascinating history of the Baddeley Brothers through the generations has been captured on Spitalfields Life, a local blog. Featuring historic images of patterns of dies and invitations that tell their own tale of the City of London, the article looks at how the printing presses of London have [...]
A very special commission from the bible of style proves that bespoke envelopes are still a firm favourite amongst the fashionistas. String and Washer envelopes Baddeley Brothers has created a set of three square envelopes in fuschia, cool grey and slate featuring tactile string and washer fasteners and a return address in silver ink using [...]
Highly creative arts student Ann-Marie Millward, a former intern at Baddeley Brothers, is showcasing her design talents at the Chelsea College of Art and Design’s BA Show until 22 June 2013. And nestled in a custom-built steamer trunk, featuring an enticing display of fabrics and materials bearing Chlandi patterns, two delicate sheets of embossed and [...]
Baddeley Brothers engraved plates featured in TV documentary. Two authentic copper plates engraved by Baddeley Brothers are to feature in the opening sequence of BBC Two’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of one of the world’s most enduring love stories, ‘Pride And Prejudice: Having a Ball’ on 10 May 2013. The programme recreates the [...]
One of the world's most influential architectural firms, David Chipperfield Architects, is making the right impression with a range of contemporary branded stationery from John Morgan Studio, created by die-stamping specialists, Baddeley Brothers. The RIBA award-winning architectural firm, now the subject of an exciting exhibition at London's Design Museum, is celebrated for creating subtle [...]
Epic in scale and ambition, the Handmade show at Milan’s Salone 2013, drew extensive attention from the world’s most influential creatives, who were enticed by intricate die-stamped silver invitations offered by the legendary design magazine Wallpaper*. Printed for the third year running by Baddeley Brothers, this year’s invite was enhanced with letterpress, blind embossing and [...]
Nestling between a luxury bottle of Waterman Paris ink and a brass pencil by Midori, a sleek save the date card, designed by Charlie Lester, and a handmade string and washer envelope from Baddeley Brothers is featured in May’s issue of ELLE Decoration, as one of this month’s Best Buy. Stylishly photographed by Beate Sonneberg [...]
International creative branding agency Pearlfisher is celebrating 20 years of powerful design with the launch of ‘Have No Fear’, a limited edition perfect-bound book produced in collaboration with printing specialists Baddeley Brothers. A testament to the firm’s fundamental belief in risk-taking creativity, the exclusive book presents 20 powerful statements using strikingly simple typography, a minimalistic [...]
