Senior Tokyo Style
I have been travelling to Japan for over fifteen years now, one of my obsessions with Tokyo are the old men and their unconscious old school style. There is something special...
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Features
Kinfolk Interview
Nick spoke with Kinfolk for their latest issue, discussing the challenges of balancing business with creative, design inspiration and how her uniquely British sense of humour helps her through tough times...
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A Trip To Paris by Chris Kontos
I have started calling Paris my home now. In the last six months, my trips to the French capital have brought me nearer and nearer the magic of city. It has been a decision moulded and shaped for a long time now and I never regretted it the slightest. And what is always even more re assuring is the enthusiasm of Parisians about...
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Moonstar Collaboration
Our new classic canvas plimsol is produced in collaboration with Moonstar Japan. Founded in Kurume, Japan in 1873, MoonStar originated as a producer of the tabs (Japanese traditional footwear which is like a...
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In Conversation With We The People Style
Jessie Bush, creator of one of our favourite online reads - We The People Style - recently called by the studio to catch up with Nick. Here's what they discussed...
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Awkward Proportions
The spirit of awkward proportions runs through every element of the Studio Nicholson modular wardrobe. Items are pristinely cut with expertly placed panelling – engineered for layering and designed to come alive once on the body. The result is an interchangeable system for dressing that allows the wearer total flexibility. Pants with a hobo-like crop to the leg have become the quintessential shape for every Studio Nicholson collection...
The Museum of Modern Art Kamakura - A Report by Aya Sekine
The Museum of Modern Art is located in Kamakura, about an hours train ride from Tokyo. The city is a popular tourist destination with numerous temples, shrines and other historical monuments (often called the Kyoto of Eastern Japan). The sandy beaches attract large crowds during the summer months...
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Leila's Shop
Inspired by her experiences in Poland as a foreign exchange student in the 1980s, Leila McAlister has created one of London’s most original and authentic cafes. Situated just a few metres from our Calvert Avenue studio, on the ground floor of an Edwardian red-brick building, it’s become Nick’s favourite spot for lunch. Intimately proportioned, with an open kitchen, terrazzo flooring and shared tables, the interior décor is deliberately spartan – mirrored by the simplicity of the menu...
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The Studio
Based on the ground floor of a Grade II listed building, the Studio Nicholson headquarters occupy a former coroner’s court in the heart of east London. The premises at 5 Calvert Avenue were built during the late 1890s, as part of the renowned Boundary estate – which is credited as being one of the world’s first social housing schemes.
With streets designed to radiate from the central bandstand at Arnold Circus, it was finally completed in 1901, and all tenement blocks and accompanying shops are now classed as a conservation area...
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With streets designed to radiate from the central bandstand at Arnold Circus, it was finally completed in 1901, and all tenement blocks and accompanying shops are now classed as a conservation area...