DesignsbyDanMaier
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Announcement
I'm currently including a free gift with lampshade orders. It's a tube squeezer key to help reduce waste - one of my favourite tools!
I'm offering a limited number of T-shirts - once their gone their gone!
Announcement
I'm currently including a free gift with lampshade orders. It's a tube squeezer key to help reduce waste - one of my favourite tools!
I'm offering a limited number of T-shirts - once their gone their gone!
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Catherine on 21 Feb, 2022
5 out of 5 starsAbsolutely fabulous - exactly what I need in my new home! Great communication from the seller and a wonderful product. Love the little extra gift too! 100% recommended.
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Ellen on 04 Jan, 2022
5 out of 5 starsSo happy with my purchase of a knitted chandelier from Dan. It is a unique and beautiful work of art that has really brought my living room to life! Clearly made with care and expertise. Dan was lovely and communication was excellent. She even delivered in person when it turned out I was very close to her studio. Thank you so so much!
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debbie on 15 Jun, 2021
5 out of 5 starsA beautiful work of art. Highly recommend these light shades, they are beautiful. Super fast delivery and emails with the shop we’re answered just as fast giving loads of advice and help. Thankyou for making my room perfect. xx
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wilburandmaisie on 16 May, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis lampshade was exactly what I wanted. I had one many years ago and was delighted to find they were still available. It arrived very well packaged and didn’t even need steaming to iron out wrinkles. Dan was lovely. I can highly recommend his shop.
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Gaye on 07 May, 2021
5 out of 5 starsA beautiful lampshade. Gives a lovely warmth to the room. Dan is lovely and I would highly recommend buying from her. Thank you!
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Barbara on 15 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsAbsolutely beautifully made, the packaging and attention to detail was superb. The message inside oozed with love and gratitude with a gift inside as an extra. Way beyond expectation. Thank you
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Agata on 24 Jan, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis shade is simply stunning. Great design, looking at it in every day hanging in my living room cheers my evenings:)
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Mikael on 10 Dec, 2020
5 out of 5 starsThe lampshade is beautiful and unique. Dan is so thoughtful and adds such a lovely personal touch to everything. I'm so pleased with the shade and happy to have been able to buy it directly from her
About DesignsbyDanMaier
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Me aged 3 sporting Magic Roundabout apron, cutting out paper men -
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One can never have too many brushes! -
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House hat made entirely or fabric for the Ideal Home Show ad campaign. Worn by celebrity Carol Smillie. -
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Where would I be without my trusty book collection for inspiration!
From knitted sculpture to lighting design and beyond!
I've been making since I could hold a pair of scissors! I studied Textile design at Central St Martins School of Art and specialising in Knitting, I saw huge potential for this technique. My degree show included fashion, millinery, jewellery and sculpture. Following a commission of 75 chainmail style knitted hangings for Wallis' Christmas window displays, I put a light bulb in one of these hangings and accidentally became a lighting designer! I developed a range of Knitted Chandeliers that caught the design savvy shoppers' imaginations and soon found myself doing trade shows from London to San Francisco. Harvey Nichols and Liberty's were some of my first customers with numerous independent stores around the world. John Lewis followed and soon they were asking me to design exclusive ranges for their 30+ branches. I grew from one man band to employing over 20 knitters and stitchers and several factories. Aside from lighting, I have always worked on bespoke commissions including artwork for window displays, theatre and advertising - examples from The Royal Caribbean cruise liners to The Old Vic Theatre can be seen on my website: extraordinarydesign.com. My success has led me to coach and mentor both up and coming designer-makers and mid-life career changers - a very rewarding experience. I've been privileged enough to work in Cambodia guiding locals with product development for the European market. I'm a Fellow of the Society of Designer Craftsmen and the Royal Society of Arts
Shop members
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Dan Maier
Owner, Designer, Maker
Central St Martins School of Art: Textile Design. Lecturer in Knitwear & Millinery at Lincoln College. Run my company Extraordinary Design, selling lighting worldwide to stores such as Harvey Nichols, Liberty & John Lewis. Mentor to designer makers.
Production partners
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Digital Printing in UK
United Kingdom
This company digitally print my designs onto ethically sourced organic Fair Trade cotton T-shirts. They use eco-friendly water based inks. Vegan friendly.
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Returns & exchanges
I gladly accept returns
I don't accept exchanges or cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalised orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
- Items on sale
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: