Conversations with Pippa Landon

Max Dubiel was raised by two German academics whose dinner table conversation ran more to politics than business - secure employment was the ambition, and risk didn’t really feature. Their careers took the family from Italy to America before Max attended St Andrews University, where he met people who would later become his business partners. He co-founded Black Sheep Coffee, and then proposed some...

In a workshop in Swindon, a talented team of artisans weld, shape, and polish furniture that is truly special. They're bringing to life the vision of Tom Faulkner, founder of his eponymous business, a brand celebrated for its clean lines and distinctive silhouettes, born not from formal training but an innate creativity. What began with fixing a broken coffee table in a shared flat with his sister...

Nestled in the Dorset countryside, a charming cottage hums with creativity, home to the remarkable Tattie Isles. She is the founder of Tattie Rose Studio, a floristry business for large scale events, which was born from a passion she discovered years earlier. From hearing her Scottish grandmother’s stories of a Galloway girl selling handmade decorations, to den building with her cousins in woods o...