Tom Dixon OBE, Designed Bone
Tom is currently the Creative Director of Habitat, the home style and furniture retailer, and also runs his own design company, Tom Dixon. In 2000, he received an OBE for his service to design and innovation, and is one of the most acclaimed names in today's design world.

Tom believes that design becomes interesting when you start looking at areas where design has never gone before. He felt that this uncharted territory was particularly evident in sex toys. It seemed extraordinary to him that objects destined for such intimate and pleasurable use were so devoid of quality in terms of design, manufacturing and material.

With Bone, Tom set out to address this by creating the finest vibrator ever made. The ergonomic shape of bone was inspired by ancient fertility symbols and in this modern incarnation the shape creates different intensities and patterns of vibration from different areas of its surface.

Mari Ruth Oda, Designed Pebble
Mari-Ruth Oda is a Japanese sculptural ceramicist who lives and works in Britain. Her work is inspired by the calm and serene environment of the traditional Japanese architecture and gardens; a quality she also strives to apply to her sculptures. Mari is also inspired by fruit, the human figure, the landscape and other natural forms.

"I am interested in how the body becomes a negative space when moulding itself to the positive space of a human form. This interest encouraged me to make an object of beauty that would be tempting to hold and to explore, or explore with."