MORE // #1 Spring
19 April 2022
Welcome to my quarterly newsletter of sorts. It’s unapologetically long. Definitely one to be read with a cuppa so please stick with me! For a while now I’ve wanted to...
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Royal Armouries
16 September 2020
AH + Royal Armouries – The Tournament Collection Introducing a striking new bold and colourful collection designed by Alison in collaboration with the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds. A brand...
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A York Word Map – Celebrating a City
21 September 2021
The Next Project : A York Word Map Alison Hardcastle X O+M Snowhome Created 10 years ago this year the typographic Word Maps I designed in collaboration with Snowhome when...
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Notes From The Studio – Design Projects
20 September 2021
Over the last year I’ve been busy. Not only do I design our own products but I’ve been lucky enough to become more multi-faceted and developed our Design Studio. I...
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Insights : Tom Pigeon
29 July 2020
In the first of my Insights I asked Kirsty of Tom Pigeon a few questions to get an idea of where she came from and what makes her tick. 1....
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Covid-19 Update
4 April 2020
It’s a difficult time and no mistake. We’re a small business and currently doing what we can to still supply cards and stationery to fulfil our online orders. As long...
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Top Drawer / January 2020
26 November 2019
We’re prepping and organising ourselves in readiness for our first trade show of 2020; Top Drawer Spring/Summer in January. We’ll be launching lots of new designs (here’s a sneak preview...
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Oh I do Love To Be Beside The Seaside
22 May 2019
With a long weekend ahead courtesy of the bank holiday what better time to visit the coast! A lovely walk along the beach with an ice cream, maybe a paddle...
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park Collaboration
2 April 2019
We’re very proud that our latest collaborative range is with our long standing loyal stockist and amazing design and sculpture and destination the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Yorkshire. Having supplied YSP...
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2019 New Collections & Collaborations
2 January 2019
We’re very excited to announce our collaboration with the Natural History Museum. ‘Collection’ is a new range of 18 cards designed by Alison Hardcastle in conjunction with the Natural...
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Open Studio – 17th & 18th Nov
12 November 2018
10am-4pm Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th November We’re opening the doors of our design studio for the weekend and setting up shop selling our contemporary illustrated cards, stationery and screen...
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Museum Of London Vote 100
31 October 2018
We we’re delighted to be asked to design a range of 4 cards for the Museum Of London to work alongside their ongoing ‘Votes For Women’ exhibition which marks the...
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Effects Design Market
3 October 2018
Join us at the Effects Design Market this weekend and you’ll find a whole host of amazing designers from John Green, Snowhome, Jane Atkin, Geo Fleur and many more. Founded in 2017...
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The Hepworth Summer Fair
15 August 2018
We’ll be at the Hepworth Summer Fair on the 18th & 19th August 2018. Join us for their Summer Fair featuring Craft & Food Market, street food, family activities, live...
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Meet The Maker Interview
29 June 2018
We’re very excited to reveal that Alison has been featured on the Home By Kirsty blog. The post is from a series called Meet The Maker where various designers and or...
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Block Design // Just A Card Campaign
20 June 2018
To celebrate JUST A CARD (18-22 June) week we’ve teamed up with the brilliant Block Design to offer a little something to some of our shoppers. Order over £9 (basically 3 cards) and you’ll...
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New Stockist / Papersmiths
23 April 2018
Papersmiths have two shops, one in London and one in Bristol and we’re overjoyed to be stocked in both! When the team originally moved their design studio to Bristol they...
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Pulse 2018
18 April 2018
With Pulse 2018 just around the corner we’re in full show prep mode. As well as our successful collaborative collection with Tatty Devine and a brand new range of Ocassion...
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Alison Hardcastle + Tatty Devine Collaboration
1 February 2018
Alison teamed up with British jewellery brand Tatty Devine to design a colourful and confident new range of greetings cards which seamlessly combine iconic Tatty Devine pieces with Alison’s composition,...
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Top Drawer
9 January 2018
We’ll be exhibiting at Spring Top Drawer 2018 from Sunday 14th January – Tuesday 16th January at Olympia, London. Come and see us at stand U53 where we’ll be launching...
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Alison Hardcastle + Tatty Devine
15 November 2017
We’re excited to announce our collaboration with the very brilliant British jewellery brand Tatty Devine!! It’s been under wraps for a few months but we’re delighted to reveal that we’ve...
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Summer in the studio
4 August 2017
Summer is about relaxing, having fun, having adventures and making memories. For me it’s this and much more. As a child who grew up on a farm it was very...
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New stockist | Form
14 July 2017
Originally established online, Form are just about to open a fantastic bricks-and-mortar store offering their carefully curated collection of prints and paper goods. Celebrating the rejuvenation of the Fruitmarket and...
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A very busy May
9 June 2017
The month of May was a very busy one indeed! We returned to Pulse and had a great show. I was reminded that my fondness for Pulse as a show...
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Memoranda Collection // Mini Cards
5 May 2017
Our new collection of Mini cards will be launching at Pulse. Here’s a little about the thought and design process of the new Memoranda Collection. My life is a busy...
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Pulse 2017
10 April 2017
We’ll be exhibiting at Pulse (Olympia, London) on the 14th – 16th May. It was the first show we ever showed at (back in 2008!) and still one of our...
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Blast Off!
17 February 2017
Yippee! Our new website is up and running and we can’t wait to be able to keep everything up-to-date and looking tip-top with new designs and lots of fantastic photos...
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