DesignsbyDanMaier
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Announcement I'm currently including a free gift with all orders. It's a tube squeezer key to help reduce waste - one of my favourite tools!
Announcement
I'm currently including a free gift with all orders. It's a tube squeezer key to help reduce waste - one of my favourite tools!
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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
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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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Letitia on 12 Oct, 2020
5 out of 5 starsThe parcel was posted quickly, had a lovely handwritten note, and the lampshade is beautiful, I’m very pleased!
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Kelly on 24 Apr, 2019
5 out of 5 starsHaven't put this up yet (as am waiting for last of decorating to be finished) but have had a look in the tube and can tell it's going to be spectacular. Appreciated the hand-written note Dan, thank you 🤗
Update! Finally, I've put up the lampshade...I was right, it IS spectacular! A thing of beauty - I absolutely love it 💚
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
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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.
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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: