• Gather Design — Cassie Rowland and Henry Tovey

    Gather started with a desire to do things differently, forged by the idea that the furniture industry could just be done better. Their furniture is all made within 60 miles of the customer's location, which they achieve by having a network of independent makers across the country.

  • Derek Jones — Former Editor, Furniture & Cabinetmaking

    The Cross Barn Odiham, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    Derek Jones began working with antique furniture at the age of fourteen as a Saturday boy in a restoration workshop in Brighton. What followed was a couple of decades of design and commercial manufacture within the industry. Nearly forty years later, the skills acquired back in that little workshop have become an important part of […]