Super Summer Sale!

It's our end of season already (even though the sun only just seems to have made an appearance here!) so we're celebrating summer with some HUGE discounts! We have some really great offers on furniture and lighting, men's and women's accessories and lots of lovely gifty bits too. Take a look at our top picks for today and let us know what bits you can't wait to get your hands on....

Kartell Bourgie lamp designed by  Ferruccio Laviani is a classic and can be spotted in some pretty exclusive interiors! Was £196 Now £137.20 - that's a  HUGE 30% off!

Ally Capellino Dean Rucksack - shown here in mustard and black (also available in khaki and olive) Was £215 Now £172

Paul Smith ladies Westbourne hobo bag in mustard - from the exclusive luxury range of handbags that Paul created especially for SS13 - read more here - Was £830 Now £664

We have an even bigger range of sale items in store, so if you can make it to Bloomsbury Store New Bond Street or Quiet Street in Bath you won't be disappointed - and it's gone, it's gone!

Louis Ghost celebrates it's 10th Anniversary

It was back in 2002 that designer Philippe Starck created the Louis Ghost chair for Kartell. This year it's celebrating it's 10th Anniversary. We love the Louis Ghost here at Bloomsbury, it such a beautiful classic design that you can never get tired of. Created from a single mould of polycarbonate Starck describes it as a 'a sort of ghost, a reflection, the shadow of a chair' with clean minimalism and transparency taking the chair to a new level.
The Louis Ghost chair has become Kartell's best selling product and synonymous with the Kartell name. Available in a wide range of colours, crystal or opaque it's a design that's adaptable to everyone, be it in your bedroom or round a dinner table.
We've written about the Louis Ghost's notoriety before in this post here where artist Simon Martin created a film detailing the history of the Louis Chairs and how Starck has re-interpreted the design.It's just a winner with everyone!

via Kartell Press 10th Anniversary

iconic silhouettes

via Kartell press 10th Anniversary

Kartell 10th Anniversary

Plastic Fantastic

A lovely little catalogue video of the new and old favourite Kartell pieces. It's great to see how well pieces work together even when created by different designers.

Find the new 'Masters' chairs in our Jewellery shop, and all our top fav's can be found here - Tic Tac clock, Bourgie lamps, Componibili drawers and Louis Ghost chairs.

Louis Ghost Chairs

There is currently a beautiful video piece on at the Holburne Museum by artist Simon Martin about the Louis Ghost chair. Trailing the history from the original conception and craftsmanship of the chair to the re-incarnation by Philippe Starck for Kartell and the plastic high-tech manufacture of the chair. On until 15th April.

Simon Martin, Louis Ghost Chair, 2011. Production still by David Pearson via Holburne.org

Kartell Louis Ghost chair 

Kartell Lou Lou Ghost chairs

Once you've seen the processes involved in making the chairs come and try them out instore!