As well as continuing to build the company’s established Entertainment catalogue, Half Moon Bay has added to its offer with Half Moon Bay By Design, a new area of the business. The company aims to produce trend-led gifts and homewares, extending Half Moon Bay’s product reach into new markets and retailers.
The focus is on collaborating with charities, artists and iconic heritage brands to create collections that tell a story, as well as staying with the company’s core values of producing products that make people smile.
Showing at Autumn Fair, (3-6 September), Half Moon Bay By Design’s latest collections collaborate with several new artists including Kate Heiss whose vibrant linocut prints are inspired by her love of flowers and nature, and Natasha Kirby, a painter, surface designer and printmaker with a love of all things floral, bright, and beautiful.
As well as artists, the company is also working with several heritage brands and charities, from the iconic arts & crafts designer William Morris and his distinctive fabric designs, to the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, the RSPB. The Free as a Bird collection features an array of iconic British birds, brought to life through colourful homewares.
The company’s most recent charity collaboration is with Great Ormond Street Hospital, where they have produced a giftware collection inspired by Peter Pan. The book was gifted to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929 by the author, and £0.30 plus VAT of each sale from the range will go direct to supporting the hospital.
Building on Half Moon Bay’s extensive retail experience and broad customer base, the company is aiming to add its By Design brands to an already diverse product offering, becoming a one-stop-shop for all types of retailers including garden centres, department stores, cookshops and bookshops.
While design and great customer service is at the heart of everything Half Moon Bay does, the company is equally committed to reflecting its ethical and environmental values, applying this approach to the whole supply chain, from design and sourcing to production and transportation.
The company has been supplying retailers of all sizes across the globe for the past 25 years and prides itself on its great quality, award-winning products and wide range of Entertainment brands which include Harry Potter, Disney Classic, Paddington Bear, Aardman Animations, Moomin and The Beatles.
Top: Among the giftware from Half Moon Bay By Design.
