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  • "Eccentricity is when rich people go mad," says Alistair McAuley of Timorous Beasties, a Glasgow-based design company that was among the first to revisit British patterns and prints; they call it "William Morris on Acid."

    Romancing the Home Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2011

  • Timorous Beasties' fabrics and wallpapers are now sold all over the world despite the fact they once famously said: "We don't care about money or marketing."

    Romancing the Home Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2011

  • Crafts Council and curated by design commentator Max Fraser, the show features work by prominent designers such as Tord Boontje, Nina Tolstrup and Timorous Beasties, as well as by leading experimental makers such as Drummond Masterton of University College Falmouth's Autonomatic Research Cluster, Michael Eden, Philippa Brock, Geoffrey Mann and 1234Lab.

    Combining Craft with Digital Emma Crichton-Miller 2010

  • Mr. McAuley of Timorous Beasties, whose "Antimarket" design collection has become very marketable indeed, thinks consumers are harping back to Victorian days because of what the period stood for—inventiveness.

    Romancing the Home Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2011

  • In both classes, you'll visit the Sample Room with its walls lined with whiskeys at different stages of maturation, the Club Room that was designed by the hip Glascow design firm Timorous Beasties -- known for its surreal and provocative textiles and wallpapers, the firm got its name from the Robert Burns poem, "To a Mouse" -- and the Board Room, all of which used to be the Manager's House.

    Pam Grout: Master The Art Of Blending Scotch At Glengoyne Distillery Pam Grout 2011

  • The Wares: Patterns and murals by Timorous Beasties, Catherine Martin, Cole & Son, Tracy Kendall, Porridge and Patch NYC alongside its in-house line of self-stick wallpapers, featuring prints culled from the company's vast textile archive.

    I Can Get It For You Retail Jen Renzi 2010

  • Oh wow--Constance, I had never h eard of Timorous Beasties, but that Toile is amazing!

    Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Toile developments Kate 2008

  • Timorous Beasties uses traditional silk-screening techniques with a modern edge (timorousbeasties. com).

    The Good Life 2007

  • Timorous?’ said Mr Flintwinch, turning his head to retort, as he went before with the candle.

    Little Dorrit 2007

  • The Timorous Beasties have just the wallpaper for you.

    Redecorating? The Nag 2007

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