Takkoda Design Point 2, Stand 1A Tel: +44 (0)208 740 8887 Web: www.takkoda.com Takkoda is well-known for its Pets Rock range of award-winning mugs, gifts and greeting cards, featuring designs that combine the love of personified animal images with the fascination for celebrities in an irreverent and humorous way. Now there are 45 characters in the line-up from cult film star legends, to a Nobel Prize winner, from dictators and pop-stars to a would-be saint. Nobody is off limits for a harmless parody! The designs are available on birthday and Christmas cards and a variety of popular gifts from mugs, coasters, notebooks to health and beauty products. Deck The Halls Design Point 3, Stand 18 Tel: +44 (0)1494 814 062 Web: www.deck-the-halls.co.uk Deck The Halls is a family business run by Paula and Chris Hall who design and hand make Christmas decorations in the UK. The range includes small wooden ornaments for the tree as well as larger ornaments to decorate the home. Inspiration comes from the traditions of Nordic and Shaker styles. New for this year is the Woodland collection, including fawns, acorns and other flora and fauna. They have expanded their range of wooden animal ornaments to include larger versions of old favourites such as the black Labrador. New also this year is a limited edition range of lavender filled hearts and stockings. 120 giftfocus Wild & Wolf Design Point 2, Stand 39 Tel: +44 (0)1225 789 909 Web: www.wildandwolf.com Contemporary and innovative designs, bold graphics and bright colours, Trumpette baby socks have got it all going on. The tiny socks are hard to resist, packaged in super-cute boxes, that are ideal for gift giving. Wild & Wolf will be introducing four new designs including Johnny V’s, Cheeritoes, Ballerina Bow and Slingbacks. The Herbi4 Pottery Co Design Point 3, Stand 32 Tel: +44 (0)208 892 9558 Web: www.herbi4.com Pottery company Herbi4 offers a collection of stylish, quirky planters to brighten up a patio or windowsill. Handmade in England, the Herbi4 range is playful pottery, designed and created by sculptor Jon Barrett-Danes, whose bespoke garden sculptures are commissioned and exhibited across the UK and abroad. The Herbi4 planters and the Herbi4 hoarders are versatile pots, available in terracotta and white earthenware. They currently feature eight different animal designs - cow, sheep, pig, chicken, rabbit, cat, puppy and dog – with new ones in the pipeline.
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