Member Information: The Monkey Puzzle Tree wins ‘Finest in British Product Design’

Interiors model, The Monkey Puzzle Tree, wins Brit Checklist Award for Progressive Material Collaboration

In recognition of their work creating modern materials and wallcoverings, The Monkey Puzzle Tree has been awarded ‘Finest in British Product Design’ on the Brit Checklist Awards 2021 for his or her fantastical ‘Metamorphosis’ cloth collaboration with artist Kirsty Greenwood.

The Brit Checklist Awards are regarded and revered globally because the lodge trade’s most widespread marketing campaign to establish the main inside designers, architects, hoteliers and types

It’s fairly wonderful as a tiny enterprise to win this award.

We by no means got down to comply with a development or design for different individuals and sometimes we’re wilfully totally different! Every thing we do is totally genuine and made regionally. So it’s beautiful to be recognised, and one thing we by no means anticipated, and I hope this implies we will enhance our assist for our artists and native mills in future.

Charlotte Raffo, founding father of The Monkey Puzzle Tree

When Charlotte based the model in 2017, her mission was to mix her background in textile manufacturing along with her love of the distinctive design scene in and round her dwelling city of Leeds. Working with a handpicked group of artists, Charlotte creates extremely distinctive materials and wallcoverings which might be designed and manufactured inside 100 miles of her Leeds HQ.

The start line for each one in every of these distinctive and sometimes subversive designs is an authentic piece of artwork. The Monkey Puzzle Tree has gained a cult following amongst inside designers and householders who get pleasure from each the operate and aesthetics of those extremely particular person materials and wallpapers.

When it got here to commissioning the design for ‘Metamorphosis’, the model turned to native Yorkshire artist Kirsty Greenwood who’s impressed by myths, legends and gothic fairy tales. Appropriate for curtains and blinds in addition to for upholstery and cushions, Metamorphosis is a extremely versatile cloth. You possibly can buy the linen as samples or by the meter right here.