Property News · August 13, 2016

Creativity in Hastings: designers do like to be beside the seaside


Nearly 950 years after its eponymous battle, the East Sussex town is undergoing an artistic renaissanceWhen wallpaper designer Deborah Bowness moved to Hastings from London seven years ago, she didn’t expect to be working from a deserted ballroom on the seafront. “It was decayed glamour, battered and worn, with huge windows that looked out on to the sea. I was there for six months,” she says, sitting in a deckchair outside her beach chalet. “In London, I worked in a garage with no natural light, so to have an empty ballroom felt ridiculous.”Bowness, known for her hand-printed wallpaper featuring trompe l’oeil bookshelves, lamps and dresses, is one of the many artists, designers and furniture traders who have flocked to Hastings and nearby St Leonards in recent years. “There is a proper creative community here,” she says. “I now work on an industrial estate, and there’s all sorts going on there: a vintage engineer with beautiful motorbikes, and two set designers.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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