Return of the rocking chair: Clarissa Hulse

London textile designer Clarissa Hulse creates patterns on luscious silks and makes them into interesting lampshades, cushions and wallpaper with names like twigs, dock leaf, tiny vine, yarrow, mallow and cow parsley; you can tell she's nature-inspired. I discovered her because Elle decor UK featured her very cool Race rocking chair (that you see at the top)- it's her remake of a chair designed in 1948 by fellow British designer Ernest Race. It's upholstered in her very own Hopsack and Black silks. The chair will be available in September 2007 and is ₤695. (photos from Clarissa Hulse's website and thelivinghub.com)