Design Guild Mark Holder
All Tomorrow’s Futures
Name of Designer:
Charlotte Raffo and Alexis Snell275
2022
The Monkey Puzzle Tree
All Tomorrow’s Futures’ is an upholstery and soft furnishings textile created in collaboration with lino cut artist Alexis Snell. The print celebrates the natural world whilst telling a modern day tale of climate change, exploring the way in which the natural world and urban environments collide.
A specially commissioned crepe textured weave in a linen cotton blend interacts with the screen print to give an irregular hand made feel to the design. The name ‘All Tomorrow’s Futures’ eludes to the fact that our future could progress in different ways depending on how we act now. Available in three, nature-inspired colourways – Lobster Orange, Ocean Blue and Seaweed Green.
Charlotte Raffo, founder of The Monkey Puzzle Tree collaborated with lino cut artist Alexis Snell to create this unique textile. Established in 2017, The Monkey Puzzle Tree has carved out a new way to harness creative ideas to produce one-of-a-kind designs. Carefully selected Yorkshire artists collaborate with Charlotte to create unique textiles and wallcoverings, receiving a 20% royalty for their contribution to the design.
As part of the mission to celebrate the best of the North of England’s creativity, eccentricity and innovation, all designs by The Monkey Puzzle Tree are manufactured within 100 miles of the Leeds studio, supporting traditional industries and maintaining high environmental standards.
