HemingwayDesign
31 // HemingwayDesign is a multidisciplinary design agency led by two generations of the Hemingway family and a wider team of talented designers. Founded by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway in 1981, HemingwayDesign have over 30 years of experience in print design. The agency now creates brands, fashion, interiors, graphics, products, exhibitions and much more. They also focus on affordable and social design, with a core philosophy of aiming to ‘improve things that matter in life’. Clients have included John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Surface View, Sony, Formica and G Plan. In 2001 they launched their first collection of wallpaper called 4Walls with Graham & Brown, and January 2013 saw the launch of the brand new collection at Surface View, featuring geometric patterns and pops of bright colour on large-scale murals and stretched canvases. Their recent ‘Vintage’ collection celebrates bygone eras.
Design Heroes: Robin and Lucienne Day, Alison and Peter Smithson, Gerardine Hemingway (for Wayne)
Dash Dot
Sketch-like distorted matchsticks and scattered coloured circles capture the dynamism of 1950s patterns. Created by HemingwayDesign for Surface View.
Semi Circles
Circles are variously sliced and arranged in rectangles with a cross-hatching overlay to add texture. Created by HemingwayDesign exclusively for Surface View, for use in wall and window coverings.
Loopy Lines
Reminiscent of the 1960s, this design, with free-flowing vertical lines in white on grey-blue, is one of Wayne Hemingway’s signature wallpapers. Created for Graham & Brown.
Carnival
Lozenge blocks in black, white, cream and zesty orange feature in this contemporary graphic wallpaper by HemingwayDesign for Graham & Brown.
Wavey Overlay
Stripes bend and twist like ribbons in this distorted design. Created by HemingwayDesign exclusively for Surface View.
Stripey Windows
Rectangles and squares with rounded corners and uneven sides are overprinted with narrow hand-drawn lines. Created by HemingwayDesign exclusively for Surface View.