Henry Moore at Hatfield House

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We went to Hatfield House purely for the Henry Moore exhibition a few weeks back. I’m never quite sure of sculpture etiquette especially in this outside setting, if I’d made them I’d want them to be touched and I hope Henry wouldn’t have minded us having a feel.

Hatfield House is an ace day out, only a short train ride from London and the entrance is opposite the platform. Lots of pluses, for a start the café is fantastic, great cakes and setting. Wilf and Arlo loved the adventure playground and farm – we splashed out on a pony ride which was ‘a dream come true’ for them. And of course the House & Gardens (the main attraction for most people!) are historically interesting (childhood home of Elizabeth I) and very beautiful too.

Knebworth salvage

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Had a great time at the Knebworth House Salvo Fair on Saturday. If we didn’t have a couple of hungry three year olds in toe, we’d have come away visually richer and no doubt much financially poorer. So many beautifully crafted pieces, I could have stayed all day. That’ll teach us for telling the bubs that we were going to a fair, they never really got over the lack of merry-go-rounds and dodgem cars.

By popular demand

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We’ve responded to your requests and added even more countries to our popular type map collection – with Canada, France, Italy and Ireland. It is a slow process, a map a month, all that fiddling with type line by line and cross referencing against google maps, but we got there in the end . They’ll be available to buy from our shop in the coming weeks, we’ll send out an e-newsletter the minute they hit the shelves.

Whilst working on the last map, the Japan tsunami struck. We felt compelled to do something to raise funds and have created a Japan type map in response. We’re unsure whether a roman alphabet map will be popular, but we’re going to give it a shot. Half of the 2011 profits from the sale of the Japan map will go directly to the charities providing relief in this area.

Ideal Home commission

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Ok, cast your eyes away from Wegner’s gorgeous wishbone chair while we tell you about our latest collaboration. We’re chuffed to be in such good company on the front cover of Ideal Home’s May issue. I’ll let them do the talking about how the feature came about:

“We love eco friendly design collective Bold & Noble who created two bespoke prints for the May issue. Celebrating the Quiet Revolution – a phrase which represents the growing interest in British talent and eco-friendly production methods – the beautiful prints are created using traditional screen printing methods and recycled materials”

Naturally we were delighted to oblige and the styling looks tiptop too.

Work

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We’re on the look out for a brilliant Studio Assistant, the position is part-time five days a week. Essentially we’d like an extra pair of hands to help with the day-to-day ‘office’ side of things. We don’t expect you to create artworks or have screen printing expertise, that bit is happily taken care of by Jane and David but we would like someone who:

- can handle our screen prints with love and care whilst packaging them up for our customers
- is upbeat and happy to chat to our customers and answer e-mail enquiries
- is organised and has some accounting/office experience
- has proficient computer skills
- has an interest in culture, design and press/blogs
- is happy to roll up their sleeves and muck in
- won’t faint at the thought of making the tea and sorting the recycling

We’re a small company with two Creative Directors and a Studio Manager. This role will be assisting and supporting the team and over time would bring individual responsibilities too.

We’d like someone asap for this part-time position which is based in Hitchin. We’re happy to discuss salary when we find the right person. Please send a brief covering e-mail explaining why you’re the right person for the job along with your CV to sarah@boldandnoble.com. The deadline for applications 3rd April 2011.