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Designs By Origin Designs By Origin is an evolving edit of global-inspired homewares and lifestyle accessories. So go on, create a talking point. Decorate differently.

Inspired by global colour palettes, eclectic design styles and cultural aesthetics, we present a curated edit of elegant, destination-inspired items for home and lifestyle. A 'style map' for the gap year generation grown-up, if you like and anyone with a passion for travel. As an online-only platform, we source our products from inspiring, well-travelled and design-led creatives, with a focus on quality, originality and timelessness. We also look into the sustainability and eco-credentials of our offering and love the idea of a circular economy. We want to involve you, our lovely customers, every step of the way. You can track our travels, meet our makers and even cast your vote on potential own label lines! Fill your home with stories of far-flung trips and more familiar landscapes. Make your home unique. Make a statement. And if you're wondering how to work the 'eclectic' look, our Journal blogs will show you how...

Flinging a large, colourful cotton tablecloth over any outdoor dining table, including the put-up garage sale kind (!) i...
01/08/2025

Flinging a large, colourful cotton tablecloth over any outdoor dining table, including the put-up garage sale kind (!) is literally all you need for instant outdoor style when entertaining a crowd. Summer dining, elevated with handmade Indian block print in the most vivid of garden greens. Just add white plates, elegant glassware, storm lanterns for evening glow, a pot of garden blooms and you have a chic, al fresco ‘tablescape’ to surprise & delight your guests. In stock now in two sizes. Outdoor dining - done. Shop the link in bio.

Such BEAUTIFUL handmade ceramics & tiles from  in Poland. This first, incredibly elegant & softly geometric wall of tile...
14/07/2025

Such BEAUTIFUL handmade ceramics & tiles from in Poland. This first, incredibly elegant & softly geometric wall of tiles in a Pilates studio designed by
I love the originality of the tiles shown in this chic, kitchen installation. And, who wouldn’t LOVE a staircase with a banister adorned with these colourful, sculptural orbs?!? Just lovely, all of them 👏👏

Channelling  set vibes this sunny morning with snaps from way back…Have you shopped our Thailand edit? Head to the link ...
03/04/2025

Channelling set vibes this sunny morning with snaps from way back…
Have you shopped our Thailand edit? Head to the link for colourful, pattern-full finds…

Did you know we also offer interior styling & design through our sister squares over  ? Here, at Designs By Origin, we f...
03/03/2025

Did you know we also offer interior styling & design through our sister squares over ?

Here, at Designs By Origin, we focus our edit on beautiful home & lifestyle finds that celebrate & honour cultural heritage styles from across the globe. Original, authentic, re-visited, design-led & vintage too…We’re more than a little obsessed with age-old print, pattern, craft and cultural aesthetics. The more diverse and niche the better!
Founder, Annabel Smith was an interiors journo, stylist & shopping editor in a previous life and can’t not (!) put rooms together (it’s an obsession) hence the decision to offer interior styling and design services in tandem.
This scheme is a taster of her eclectic and unique approach. An approach first & foremost aligned with function, real life and the client’s brief - but subsequently layered with quirky colour palettes, textural contrast and a pleasing mix of furniture styles & silhouettes. Again, vintage finds are written large. In fact these ides for an open-plan kitchen-living space were anchored and inspired by THAT fab-u-lous, colourful Persian vintage rug. I mean…what a colour combo 🙌

Much in the way of interiors tips, tricks & ideas too plus product roundups from all the design fairs & shows. Hop across, have a scroll and follow if you like what you find. London Design Week is coming up soon so watch that space for what’s new & lovely…

Drum shades are such a great way of adding a burst of pattern to your room scheme. The surface area is brilliantly  suit...
20/02/2025

Drum shades are such a great way of adding a burst of pattern to your room scheme. The surface area is brilliantly suited to a busy, all-over pattern in the right scale, such as these culturally-inspired hand-prints ‘Iznik’ and ‘Maroc’ both of which come in a variety of elegantly curated colour-ways. Evening lamp light isn’t compromised when a patterned print has a pale ground cloth & lining. In fact the pattern is thrown into dramatic relief as the glow comes through.

These fabric shades can be ordered through our website (link is in our profile). Head to for the timelessly beautiful Georgian-display-dome-style table lamp bases.

Lace and lace-making is a recurring theme across beautiful Slovenia and particularly in Idrija - the traditional centre ...
13/02/2025

Lace and lace-making is a recurring theme across beautiful Slovenia and particularly in Idrija - the traditional centre of the lace-making tradition. Lace patterns adorn ceramics and jewellery as well as household linens & textiles in the shops and dedicated lace-making museum and even the pavements around the town itself! Not only is it a mesmerising craft to watch, the pieces created are truly stunning. We collected a number of samples on our trip to Idrija - beautiful handmade lace roses - and had them framed for you against handmade Thai silks and indigo prints (just because!!) available to buy as unique wall art through the website. Suitably romantic yet utterly timeless motifs - a charming addition to walls in both traditional and modern settings. Hop to the link in bio or tap the pics for the product page if you love someone enough to give them a rose…that will never drop its petals 🌹🌹

Glorious global vintage spied on our flea market rounds this weekend. Instant soul & style, heritage craft, wonderfully ...
27/01/2025

Glorious global vintage spied on our flea market rounds this weekend. Instant soul & style, heritage craft, wonderfully diverse design aesthetics all together make for a unique and special home. All serving a useful purpose too. Plus sustainable as vintage - do love a circular economy. Which one is your favourite?

Hand-woven runner in rustic red plus a rainbow of colours, Central Asia.
Portuguese kitchen storage canisters from Viano Do Costello.
Cloisonné lamp bases in cobalt channelling a Japanese aesthetic.
Persian rug in the most elegant colour palette of cream, taupe, burgundy, violet & jade.
The winner for me - a fabulous inlaid marble side table from India.

Which one do you love?

I love how one statement piece of art can transport you elsewhere. It’s a great way of celebrating places dear to you an...
08/01/2025

I love how one statement piece of art can transport you elsewhere. It’s a great way of celebrating places dear to you and your family, alleviating wanderlust (albeit - not really!) and bringing foreign shores, landscapes, global colour palettes and style aesthetics into your home. New perspectives and a seeing places through another’s lens can only ever be a good thing in this day and age.

A little scoot through (swipe left) some wonderful, original artworks featuring places and/or cultural design styles spied recently by me at London’s Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park. Have tagged all the pics below with either the artist, gallery or both so do tap for more info, if you find a signature style you love 🌍🌎🌏🎨🖌️🖼️❤️

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3 Soonwon Youn at Gallery Millcreek, Seoul, South Korea
4 Philippa Jeffrey
5 & 6 Bu Kang Lee at Mookji Art Contemporary, Seoul, S. Korea
7 Shou Honda
8 Helaina Sharpley
9 Christopher Farrell
10 Benjamin Thomas Taylor
11 Carl Miller
12 Nick Quirke .chelsea
13 Ruth Mulvie
14 Luc Dratwa

If it’s restorative, quiet beauty you’re after to reflect on the past year and contemplate the next, you could do worse ...
07/01/2025

If it’s restorative, quiet beauty you’re after to reflect on the past year and contemplate the next, you could do worse than Glenveagh National Park in County Donegal…

One of the quickest ways to add character and soul to your home is to hunt down statement decorative antique furniture o...
06/01/2025

One of the quickest ways to add character and soul to your home is to hunt down statement decorative antique furniture or accessories at vintage fairs & flea markets. Especially those where the dealers source from across Europe & beyond. A cabriole leg here, some intricate woven pattern there, twinkling glass, handmade pottery…Such age-old cultural crafts & aesthetics from across the globe not only add style & a story but make your home completely unique. Only buy what steals your heart in an instant, pieces you absolutely love and if you don’t find what you’re looking for, keep coming back…either that or…brief me and I’ll get on the case (check out my other interior styling & design services on offer 🙌🏼). A sprawling vintage & antiques fair on a sunny winter’s morning, at 6am, hot cuppa in hand, is definitely my happy place!

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