Stand: D21
Museums & Galleries (M&G) returns to Top Drawer with an array of exclusive new product launches – just in time for pre-Christmas sales.
Even more excitingly, the new products – which concentrate on M&G’s stationery, gifting and homeware collections – feature M&G’s brand-new licence launches from this Spring, including international fashion designer star Mary Katrantzou, iconic British wildlife artist Angela Harding, and young designer sensation Emma Frances Grant with her Imaginarium collection.
M&G relationships and administration manager Sophie Bylina-Williams reports a very successful reception for the three licences launched this year: Mary Katrantzou with cards and gift wrap, Angela Harding with gift packaging, and Emma Frances Grant with cards.
Building on customer feedback, M&G has selected the most popular designs for release as gift products in the crucial pre-Christmas market, and is delighted to be premiering them at Top Drawer. All the products are currently available for pre-order on M&G’s website and through agents, and will be available in early Autumn.
Leading the launch are three stunning new organic cotton tote bags. M&G’s consistently excellent colour printing on fabrics really makes these new bags stand out. In particular, Mary Katrantzou’s ‘Butterflies’ is exceptionally vibrant and set off to perfection with contrasting orange straps. Katrantzou’s ‘Mirror Marble’ design, another hit from her card launch in January, makes another superb tote.
The third is Angela Harding’s ‘Seabirds and Sea’ design – one of M&G’s biggest gift wrap sellers this year – which translates beautifully here to cotton. This design also appears on a brand-new cushion, insulated bottle and mug, gift bags, roll wrap, and a magnetic notepad. Katrantzou’s ‘Mirror Marble’ becomes an insulated bottle and her ‘Butterflies’ become an insulated mug.
M&G’s new kitchen textiles collection (comprising oven gloves, aprons, tea towel sets and cotton napkins) is enhanced with new designs by Mary Katrantzou and Angela Harding. A bright and cheerful print ‘Yellow Butterflies’ by Mary Katrantzou co-ordinates across oven gloves, aprons, tea towels and cotton and paper napkins (and is also available as a journal). Angela Harding’s ’Swallows and Sea’ receives the same treatment.
New journals offer a trio of three new designs by Emma Frances Grant featuring top sellers from her Imaginarium card range, as well as multiple journal formats from Mary Katranzou, including a clothbound A5 journal with 240 pages (a new format M&G premiered this year).
Fans of M&G’s extremely popular bookmarks will see nine new designs from Mary Katrantzou and Emma Frances Grant, together with two new paperweights. Mary Katrantzou and Emma Frances Grant also feature in gift packaging launches, with gift bags and gift tissue.
Finally, six of Mary Katrantzou’s designs have been made into paper napkin packs; a range which M&G is rapidly increasing. This range also includes Catherine Rowe’s popular ‘Lobster’ design, which is a total must for a napkin pack.
Stand: D21
Call: 01373 462165
Email: sales@mgml.co.uk
Visit: www.museumsgalleries.co.uk
