Esme Winter
24 // Esme Winter is the London-based design partnership of Esme Winter and Richard Sanderson. Together they create lifestyle accessories and stationery. Esme studied Interdisciplinary Textile Design at the University of the West of England and later launched her own paper collection; her first stockist was Liberty of London, through their Best of British competition. Together with designer and illustrator Richard Sanderson, Esme produces items that reflect the innate worth of the generations-old hand-binding, weaving and finishing techniques practised by traditional makers. ‘The designs are inspired by inherited and encouraged interests in antiquarian books and mid-century modernism’, Esme says. ‘We hope to embody everything they reflect – a setting, a style and a distinct feel.’ Esme Winter collections will soon be expanding from paper into fashion textiles, and there are plans for the business to become a reliable design-led brand known for producing considered, high- quality goods.
Design Heroes: Barbara Hepworth, Paul Klee, Barron and Larcher
Jagged Pelican
An original hand-drawn design from the first Esme Winter paper collection, produced as offset lithograph prints on recycled papers. Photographer: Catherine Losing.
Pattern Papers 1
A selection of Esme’s wrapping papers. The papers have been designed in a classic, timeless style and are intended to last. They have a strong ethos for longevity and complement a lifestyle rooted in all things well made and well thought out.
Pattern Papers 2
Here, Esme has mixed softer, more organic dots with the hard lines of diamonds and triangles.