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How to Install the A-Frame Sign
The A-Frame Sandwich Board is a better way to display your business on the street with a focus on longevity and quality. This sign is a simple and functional take on the traditional sandwich board.
Quality Minimalist Signage For Your Wedding
From wedding welcome signs to sidewalk signs, wayfinders, menu signage or bar directions, signage for weddings can be the magic touch to your big day that pulls everything together perfectly. More than just a way to display important information, wedding signage will complement your style and vision for the big day, an important aspect to ensure everything runs smoothly - and looks amazing.
Five Uses for the Wooden Pegboard
The Wooden Pegboard is one of George & Willy's original products. Many a day has been spent in the workshop sanding pegboards with Kenny Rogers playing loudly so we can hear it over the sanders.
Take The Outside Lane - Meet George at Lane Eight Coffee London
We recently caught up with George Rendall, the passionate owner of London-based café Lane Eight Coffee. With two venues, one in East Dulwich and one in Clapham Common, the cafes are relaxing havens among the busy bustle of London, a cosy and friendly spot to pick up a flat white and pan au raisin on the morning commute or weekend stroll.
How to get your George & Willy product powder coated
Our signs and displays are mainly available in black, white, or bronze, and are all delivered blank, but we know you may want a custom colour applied to match your branding and business’ specific palette. We thought we’d answer a few questions you might have if you were wondering how to get a sign coloured to your requirements.
Cafe Signage Fundamentals
Whether you're designing a restaurant, creating a coffee shop menu, or looking for ideas for café signage, we have you covered with a range of tips and tricks to make your business stand out.
How to Install the Park Letter Board
The Park Letter Board is a Pegboard Menu crafted from architectural grade birch ply-wood and uses an exposed system of pegs and holes to make a modular wooden letter board for your cafe, business or home.
How To Stay Productive With a To-Do List
The humble to-do list is an underrated and under-celebrated tool. Whether it’s scribbled down on a napkin over lunch, or carefully written on a prized notepad, a list of tasks can be an elemental in staying organised and keeping on track, while also maintaining motivation and direction.
Wooden Letter Boards Around the World
Simple, creative and inspired by Scrabble, we have sent the Wooden Letter Board all over the world. From coffee bars in New York City, to breweries in South America, we love seeing where they end up and how they fit in. We have compiled a collection of customer shots below from all over the globe.
Cafe Design - The Things you Should Know
There are many facets to consider for your cafe design but at the end of the day it all boils down to one key aspect. Humans. You are designing for humans. It seems simple but can often be overlooked.
How to Make A Wooden Sign
The wooden sign is one of our projects which made it out of the sketchbook but never made it out of the workshop. The ideas was a simple blade sign which came out from the wall, rather mysteriously with the fixtures hidden (the original design has the metal components recessed into the wood).
Meet London Based Ceramicist Stine Dulong of SkandiHus
Stine Dulong is a London-based ceramicist. Her creations are coveted by the likes of Nigella Lawson, Ottolenghi and Jamie Oliver. The SkandiHus studio, based in Hackney, was also recently named as the best pottery class in London by TimeOut. We asked Stine a few questions about her studio and how she balances creativity and productivity.