Small Business Saturday – Edinburgh

Taking place on Saturday 6th December, Small Business Saturday is an initiative to support, inspire and promote small businesses on that date and beyond. This US-imported celebration hopes to give more visibility to the independent retailers that make the streets of each every city more vibrant and interesting. Now on its second edition in the UK, we’ve wanted to support … Read More

Discovering Edinburgh with MINI

To celebrate the launch of the new MINI Cooper automatic, the British car manufacturer approached us and asked to design a driving route around some of our favourite places in Edinburgh. What we love the most about MINI is how the company combines the tradition of this iconic British car model with the latest innovations and trends. We think that … Read More

Edinburgh Roxburgh’s Court Art Project

The Chris Stewart Group, The City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh College of Art have recently partnered up to transform Roxbourgh´s Court  – an undiscovered gem in Edinburgh’s Old Town – into a destination. More than 30 Product Design students from Edinburgh College of art have entered a competition to come up with an innovative urban design to bring more … Read More

Edinburgh: Fortitude Coffee Merchant

Fortitude is a new specialty coffee merchant and espresso bar serving delicious brew to the people of Edinburgh. They work with London based Workshop coffee who are committed to roasting the sweetest, cleanest and freshest coffee to make the perfect cup. Fortitude also stocks coffee beans from some of the best small-batch roasters in the UK and are happy to … Read More

Studio & Shop Visit: Common People

A couple of weeks ago, Barclaycard Freedom Rewards contacted us to invite us shopping at one of the local businesses in our city. We chose Common People, a Scottish menswear label which just opened its first flagship store in Edinburgh last August. Common People was founded 3 years ago by Kestin Hare, former Head of Design of English label Nigel … Read More