As I headed along the Clerkenwell Road toward Old St, I stopped into the gallery/materials archive Scin. Though I was taken with the services they offer to architects—come here to check out all kinds of new materials for all sorts of interior and exterior uses—it was this puckered felt portrait of the queen that warmed my Yankee heart. The work is by Melissa Watts.  Photo 7 of 12 in London Design Festival: Day 3 by Aaron Britt

London Design Festival: Day 3

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As I headed along the Clerkenwell Road toward Old St, I stopped into the gallery/materials archive Scin. Though I was taken with the services they offer to architects—come here to check out all kinds of new materials for all sorts of interior and exterior uses—it was this puckered felt portrait of the queen that warmed my Yankee heart. The work is by Melissa Watts.