The Creative Process with artist Harlie Briggs
"I celebrate the female form because society decides not to." How would you describe your art to someone who is not an artist? My main focus is painting abstract...
NINA Notes
Tips for decorating a babies nursery with designer Octavia Dickinson
I spoke to interior designer Octavia Dickinson about how to style a family home. Compelled by her guiding philosophy that “a home should reflect its owner and that it...
Working together as a married couple
“What’s it like working together as a married couple?” We’re always asked this question. Or my friends will ask “How’s it going working together?”. Slightly different. My response completely...
Let’s give cotton farmers the airtime they deserve
We squished into the car with Cesar and Genero, beaming after an unexpected breakfast at Cesar’s favourite spot. The usual avocado roll with a heap of butter and the not...
Inspiring Women: Mia, founder of BOOB Design
Mia is the founder of Boob Design where she works as CEO and Creative Director. She lives in Stockholm together with her two teenage daughters, husband and a cat. Boob...
Black Friday reminds us why we started NINA
It’s Black Friday. Wooooah. Writing any email today is rather hopeful. Subject line: BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Says every other company you’ve ever given your email to. Maybe this year is...
Laura Wickstead on abstract shapes and the role of art
"My main objective is to create something that someone would love to have in their home. My view is that art exists to be enjoyed and to enhance its surroundings.”...
Inspiring Women: Primrose, co founder of Bedstraw & Madder
Primrose Matheson is the co-founder of lifestyle brand Bedstraw & Madder. She’s on a mission to change fashion for good, creating knickers that are healthy for the wearer and the...
A note from Awamaki, our charity partner
Dear friends and supporters at NINA, First, I want to say that we at Awamaki are so excited for this partnership. We love to partner with brands that are...
Why we're called NINA?
What’s in a name? Quite a lot actually. Days, weeks, months of agonising over whether it sounds right, conveys the right feeling, mulling over hidden meanings, logo doodling, testing...
Lockdown Babies: We speak with Kate about her fertility journey
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Kate, I’m 33, originally from Liverpool but currently live in Manchester with my husband James and our cats Sergio...
Lockdown Babies: We speak with Melanie from Paintings for Oakley
Hello Melanie! We’re so happy to meet you. How’s your week going? My daughter, Georgia Fleur, turned two weeks old! So we were visited by the midwife who discharged us...
Why Peruvian Pima cotton is worth it
We first met Cesar in a shopping centre called Larcomar, perched on the edge of the cliff in Peru’s capital Lima. It’s an unlikely place to meet a farmer but,...
Giving birth in a lockdown
2000 babies are born each day in the UK. That’s a lot of babies born in lockdown. With the surge of coronavirus expected in the next two weeks, our NHS...
We start in the cotton fields
Every now and again Oli and I play a game together. We pretend to be aliens, stepping off our UFO onto planet earth. We’re looking around at these unfamiliar sights...
The best cotton for your baby is Peruvian Pima Cotton
We like a good story at NINA. Here’s one for you. Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, brother and sister, were on a mission – to find the place that would...