MEET: Chase and Wonder

David and I have actually known each other since we were very small, we met at a school aged 5. Our lives continued, David traveled the globe before finally going to Central Saint Martins to study Graphic Design.I went to Edinburgh University then onto the Royal College of Art in 2005. On David's 23rd Birthday we shared a kiss, the rest is history, and we have been happily together ever since. We both worked for design companies for a few years before deciding to go for it and set up our own small design studio. We moved to rural Worcestershire rented a cow shed as our studio and got designing.

 

 

We aim to bring fine design and British Personality back in to peoples homes 

 

 

David Studied Graphic Design at Saint Martins before working at a London based Ad agency The Brooklyn Brothers. I studied fashion at Edinburgh then at the Royal  Collage before working as a womenswear designer for Anthropologie in the USA.

 

We both love screen printing and thinking of design concepts for the home. After years of talking through ideas we inspired each other to start up the business and go for it! It was so helpful having a partner by your side to encourage and reassure each other along the way.

 

 

David and I are a bit obsessed with the traditional process of letter press printing, from the hand carved wooden type faces to the smell of the thick glossy inks. The pages of  Victorian periodicals and clothing catalogues are an endless source of inspiration along with a touch of the modern and unexpected. 

 

 

There is nothing better than a screen print that is looking great after days of hard work in the print studio. However there is nothing worse than when it all starts to go wrong! It doesn’t happen often but when it does it is so frustrating. 

 

 

I love the letter press prints as they use such beautiful type faces that are over a 100 years old. 

 

 

We have a studio in a converted cow shed in Worcestershire were we illustrated and design all our work. I am a member of the Birmingham Print Makers, this is were I do all the screen printing. It is a great place to print surrounded by many inspiring and talented printers.

 

 

We are both inspired by the golden age of Great Britain, from black and white films to good old fashioned manners not to mention the odd love poem or two. Being nostalgic and having a love for all things hand crafted to is hard not to look into the past for inspiration. 

 

In 2012 we plan to keep designing and produce prints and home wear products for the people of Britain and beyond. In five years time we hope to have grown the business perhaps even outgrowing the cow shed but still making sure all our products are hand made in Britain. 

 

 

David and I both feel that hand made is important as so many tradition crafts and processes are being lost to mass production.

 

It is quite hard to balance home work life as David and I are together at 24/7.  We love to have friends over to stay, go for walks and have a drink in the pub by the fire. I am also a member of the WI!

 

Perfume Wash Bag, Pens Pencil Case and Keys Coin Purse

 

We have a website www.chaseandwonder.com with a shop were you can buy our wares and a blog to keep you all updated on what we are up to and designs we have in the pipe line.