Tricia Guild
OBE (born 1946) is a British designer and the founder and Creative Director of
Designers Guild
Designers Guild is an international home and lifestyle company with a flagship store and showrooms on Kings Road and Marylebone High Street in London, as well as offices in London, Paris, and Munich.
Designers Guild designs and wholesales furnis ...
an international home and lifestyle company with a store and showroom on the Kings Road and Marylebone High Street in London, and offices in London with showrooms in Paris,
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
, Stockholm and New York.
Tricia Guild is known for her fabric and wallpaper collections and her work as a designer and manufacturer on a range of home interior products.
Career
Tricia Guild established Designers Guild, in 1970 whilst searching for textiles to decorate with. By re-colouring a collection of Indian hand-block printed textiles, the first collection was established. She opened her store on the Kings Road with her first collection of fabrics, also selling ceramics and furniture. In 1974 she started working with artists such as
Kaffe Fassett
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,
Lillian Delevoryas
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Throughout the 1990s Guild focused her attention on expanding the range as Designers Guild grew in the UK and overseas. The flagship store and showroom are situated on the Kings Road, London and include a showroom devoted entirely to fabrics, wall coverings, furniture and paint.
In 1985 DG turnover was £3.0m and in 2010 it had grown to over £50m with over 250 staff and offices and showrooms in London, Paris, Munich, Milan and New York.
Guild was appointed an OBE for services to interior design.
Background
Guild has degrees from the
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...
,
Winchester School of Art
Winchester School of Art is the art school of the University of Southampton, situated 10 miles (14 km) north of Southampton in the city of Winchester near the south coast of England.
History
The Winchester School of Art was founded in 187 ...
and
Loughborough University
Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...
. She is married with a daughter and a granddaughter, and lives with her husband, the restaurateur Richard Polo, in
Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road M ...
.
Achievements and awards
* 1989 Textile Institute Gold Medal for her outstanding contribution to International Textiles, UK.
* 1991 Queen's Award for Export Achievement
* 1992 The Export Award for Smaller Businesses.
* 1993 Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
* 1993 Honorary Master of Arts Degree from Winchester School of Art, UK.
* 1994 A winner of the European Community Design Prize.
* 1995 'Excellence de la Maison' for Bedlinen, by Marie Claire Maison Magazine, France.
* 1996 Queens Award for Export Achievement (Second time to be awarded)
* 1999 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology, Loughborough University.
* 2007 The Homes & Gardens Classic Design Award – Lifetime achievement.
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* 2008 Tricia Guild appointed an OBE for services to interior design.
Books
*1982 ''Soft Furnishings''
*1986 ''Designing with Flowers''
*1988 ''Design and Detail''
*1989 ''Design and Garden''
*1990 ''Tricia Guild New Soft Furnishing''
*1992 ''Tricia Guild on Colour''
*1994 ''Tricia Guild’s Painted Country''
*1996 ''Tricia Guild in Town''
*1998 ''Cut Flowers''
*1999 ''White Hot''
*2002 ''Think Pink''
*2004 ''Private View
*2006 ''Pattern''
*2008 ''Flower Sense''
*2010 ''A Certain Style''
*2013 'Colour Deconstructed'
References
External links
Designers Guild WebsiteProfile in New StatesmanTricia Guild Interview
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1946 births
Living people
British designers
Officers of the Order of the British Empire