Classic Cable Cars

This cool clockwork cable car, based on an original 1927 design, uses a wind up key to set the car in motion. A great Christmas gift for boys who just haven't grown up!

Clockwork Cable Car £30.00

Secret Santa solved!

It's that time of year again when you start thinking long and hard about what to get as your Secret Santa gift! Luckily, Utility have it covered with loads of great gifts under £10 - you're sure to find something for everyone, even Dreary Derek in Accounts!
Mr. Grumpy Mug £7.50

Not that I need an excuse...

to have friends over for dinner, but these beautiful plates and dishes from the Palace Architecture range are perfect to show off your talent in the kitchen! And after you've had your fill, the plates and bowls easily stack together into a stylish Venetian palazzo.


Six piece set plus dipping bowl from £60.00

Diesel meets Foscarini

We now have the fantastic lighting range from Foscarini and Diesel in stock! We love the raw industrial edge the collection has. So check it out online at Utility.

Cute mini penguins

Just a quick snap of our penguin colony in the Gift Shop window. Come by and say hello!

We have lots of penguin gifts in store and online, including official Go Penguins merchandise.

Cuddly Patrick the Penguin

We have a fun range of Go Penguins merchandise in store and online, including this adorable soft toy penguin. Patrick the Penguin is the character that Winters Trail story is based on and this plush version is sure to be popular with young and old alike. How cute!


Pre-order yours now at www.utilitydesign.co.uk.

Christmas PPPPPPPenguin

Our fabulous Christmas window in the Home store on Bold Street is now in place. We feel so festive!
Our gorgeous 'PPPPPPPenguin' is part of the Go Penguins event in Liverpool that runs until the New Year, so come by our Liverpool stores and say hello.

Go Penguins available at Utility

Christmas gets started this weekend in Liverpool with the launch of the Winters Trail. Come along for abit of penguin spotting from 22nd November, where you will be able to take a look at the beautiful wintry penguins that will be in various places around the city - including Utility on Bold Street! We will have lots of penguin products for you to take home instore and on the website, including these sweet ceramic Go Penguins characters in various colours.

Check out our friends at www.furnish.co.uk who have great selection of design goodies for house and home, that now include Utility products. You can also find inspiration for new projects and ask questions in the forums.

Meridiana Cuckoo Clock £175.00

New Donna Wilson at Utility

We love these gorgeous lambswool cushions by Donna Wilson. Each is hand knitted in Scotland and comes with a duck feather pad. Perfect for snuggling up with on cold winter nights.

Aswell as these beautiful cushions in Mr Fox and Robin Red Breast designs, we have Donna's fun and quirky knitted animals. Each with their own personalities, they make perfect Christmas presents.

And we have a winner!

Congratulations to lovely Andrea who won the Uten.Silo Wall Storage Unit in out golden ticket competition at our 10th Birthday Party! What a stylish way to store all those household bits and bobs.

Cuddly Superlambanana Has Arrived!

Liverpool's favourite piece of public art has gone all soft! Cuddly Superlambanana is the new soft toy version. At £19.95 this is this years must have toy for all Liverpool kids - young and old!

Lovely Email!

We received this lovely email from a customer yesterday and we're so touched we thought we'd put it on the blog. We always publish testimonials on our website but when somebody has taken the time and effort to write such kind words we feel we need to share them :

Hi Chris - just to say thanks very much for the prompt delivery - package arrived safely and I'm scribbling away! I also wanted to say how refreshing it is to deal with a company that makes a real effort to leave a customer feeling valued - your slick ordering system, and the lovely touch of including a bar of Fairtrade chocolate with the delivery, really does work. In these recessionary times the difference between a business just hanging on and comfortably surviving can be a fine line, and wee touches like you've demonstrated can make all the difference. Good luck to you!
Regards

J. MacPherson

How kind is that? Sets the positive tone for the day.

Go Penguins at Utility

Ssssh! We have a sneak preview of our beautiful Utility penguin, specially designed by Neil Keating for us as part of the Go Penguins! event in Liverpool this Christmas.

Pop along to the Home Store at 60 Bold Street from November 22nd to see our new addition and do a spot of penguin spotting along the Winter's Trail.

Utility is 10!

Last Friday we celebrated a 'Decade in Design' with our 10th anniversary and launch of our brand new catalogue. We had a fantastic time celebrating with a big party at our Bold Street stores, so thanks to everyone who came by to join in the fun.

George Nelson Ceramic Clocks

Vitra has just released this range of three Ceramic Clocks. Designed by George Nelson in 1950 they have finally gone into production. Perfection takes time?