Nature and respect for the environment is at the heart of our design and philosophy through our choice of materials and circular design ethos.

Travel is important to both of us. Observing and experiencing a different environment develops curiosity. It shapes and makes us who we are.

We have an appreciation of Scandinavian and mid-century modern design. Art, photography, fashion and architecture form the foundation of our inspiration.

Discarded card, paper and packaging from our every day life is reused, recycled and transformed to create new objects, with a new value. The tactile quality of the materials combined with the unexpected forms derived by unfolding and exposing the construction of packaging excites us.

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out and about at the Design Museum. Great to see and hear the retail guru and champion of design Mary Portas OBE. The talk covered the present relationship between design and retail, the high streets as hubs for community life, the future of fashion

bobandalf are members of Blue Patch, the UK’s Sustainable Directory for responsible business, eco-friendly products and ethical service providers

We are pleased to be included in a digital showreel with some of our playful bold articles on t

Experiments

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Workings in progress. Testing different reclaimed papers and new homemade glue recipes.
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Out and about. Inspired as always by the Sir John Soanes Museum. A splendid visual cacophony - antiquities, furniture, sculptures, architectural models and paintings. Looking at texture and form. Inspiring colour palette.

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5 O'Clock Shadow - new limited edition collection now on our website. Inspired by travels to the dusty landscapes, the silhouettes and long black shadows from the rising and setting sun in Doha, Sicily and Almeria.

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Keep an eye out for our new Bulb vases on sale through our website. We have created a new lease of life for these recycled glass vases by creating a bold article from recycled, sustainable materials. A unique statement piece to display your summer b

July! Where has summer gone… anyone else feel like curling up?

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Want to highlight some summer blooms? These Totally Tubular vases are a perfect solution. They also come with sustainability credentials as they are made from eco-resin and paper clay.

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Sun is out and it’s that time again. RA Summer Exhibition. Things that caught our eye…

Merete Rasmussen
Dame Phyllida Barlow RA
David Stewart
Björk Haraldsdóttir
Bridget Moore
Richard Malone
Joe Lycett

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We have been busy in the studio over the past couple of months developing new designs for the summer. Introducing our new Totally Tubular vase range. The name inspired by surf culture slang for catching a wave. Removable test tube vases held in paper

Superb graphic line and fabulous form. Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery at Kettle’s Yard until 25th June

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Winter inspiration. We-use and Re-use to bring back a purpose. Following on from the Got it Covered series our objects go some way to resolve the recycling dilemma of what to do with empty glass jars, bottles and ramekins. We have designed vases to b

A pleasure and privilege to visit and take in the architectural tour of the Vitra Design Museum located at Weil am Rhein. The campus comprises of the VitraHaus, factory buildings by Nicholas Grimshaw, SANAA, Alvaro Siza and Frank Gehry, Conference Pa

For these new works, autumn walks and colours have influenced each form resulting in environmentally conscious additions to any interior. A mixture of recycled paper pulp combined with seeds, twigs or field maple are the intrinsic materials. The circ

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Claire (Bob) and Nicky (Alf) with Olive (dog)

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