The Designers Guild business philosophy is to combine creativity and innovation with the highest levels of quality: quality of design, product, service and people. The studio, headed by Tricia Guild, has produced designs from such diverse inspiration as Eastern decorative art, Italian architecture and classical documents. Tricia Guild has written fourteen inspirational books on the subject of colour and design, from soft furnishings to flowers, gardens and city living. In 1989 Tricia Guild was awarded the Textile Institute’s Gold Medal for Design Contribution. In 1994 Designers Guild was a winner of the European Community Design Prize. The Designers Guild range has currently over 5,000 fabrics and 4,000 wallpapers including printed floral and geometric fabrics; plains, checks and stripes, jacquards, tapestries, silks, velvets, trimmings and children’s collections. The highest qualities of cloth are sourced; from combed Egyptian cottons and Scottish linen unions to Swiss woven damasks. Printers and engravers use state of the art technology and strict quality control systems are applied both in-house and at our suppliers. In 2008 Designers Guild launched a new brand The Royal Collection of fabrics and wall coverings, on behalf of the Royal Household, which is a series of collections inspired by the interiors of the Royal residences, including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and the first licensing agreement of its kind.