Meet Tube Moquette Designers - Wallace & Sewell
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2024
- Harriet Wallace-Jones ( on the left) and Emma Sewell ( on the right ) have a design studio with an impressive and diverse portfolio, but you'll probably know them best for their TfL Seat Moquette designs, including the famous blue 'Barman' which you'll see on the Central line.
I caught up with them in their design studio to talk about their designs, and ask all the questions I'd always wanted to know ...
There's more on their website here : www.wallacesew...
These are the videos that make Geoff stand out from other You Tube channels and are fascinating and informative
A few months ago I was at an open day at Acton Depot, and Harriet (I think it was) gave a lecture on moquette design. Sitting right behind me was Mr. G Marshall. I respected his privacy, but I wondered where this might lead. Now I know. You make a good journalist, Mr. M.
This reminds me a little of when James May met the woman who came up with the fonts for all the signage in the UK. We take these people for granted really. Silent geniuses.
You make the difference with these great informative little videos. Brilliant
It’s always fun to listen to artists talk about their craft.
What delightful and creative ladies...thanks for your very interesting and informative video,Geoff!😊
Their passion and knowledge is infectious. I actually really enjoyed listening to the lovely ladies.
I've watched pretty much every video you've put up, but honestly, I absolutely love this sort of content where you can hear the stories of the amazing people behind the iconography of the miniature of TFL, (and other transport companies 😊).
More, please ♥️
Thanks for the interview! Just a bit of advice, having you voiceover the question would be great, as many like to listen in the background and not actively watch/read the video.
Yes, would have preferred this to be listenable. And for the designers to have introduced themselves too. Interesting insights though!
I was pleasantly surprised to learn it was two ladies who had designed them rather than a bunch of corporate staff sat round a table saying, this is what we're doing. Really interesting to learn and now I just want these two to do all the future moquette designs 😁
Great video, Geoff
When they say “pixellated” and “interlacing”, I’m reminded of the creativity of early computer games on the Apple II, which used the SAME tricks to turn 4 colours (plus B&W) into 12 and 18 depending if you used just alternating lines or varying levels of mixed dots too.
I love design videos Geoff, thank you so much for doing this interview & profile.
Fascinating look behind the scenes - always interesting hearing people talk about what they're passionate about
Brilliant! I love to hear artists talk their process and see examples of how the design changes and iterates before the final. A good constraint always produces an excellent result
I heard the name Misha Black mentioned at 2:58. The man was an absolute genius. He designed The British Railways Class 52 diesel hydraulic locomotives..
Misha black and his company DRU also had previously put forward a design for the Warship, unfortunately it was dismissed and instead BR just had a scaled down version of it's German predecessor the V200.
What an interesting interview - 2 very talented people!
I love the Barman It feels instantly iconic for London. I want to see what the new Piccadilly trains carry. I think they deserve their own new moquette
Geoff did a video last year where he met another designer, Paul, who showed off a sample of the new Piccadilly line design.
@@Tinderchaff thanks for the reminder, I will go take a look again
This was the perfect intersection of my trains nerdery and textiles nerdery, thank you!
Very interesting to see. I'm even going to recommend this video to my Mother as it right up her street.
Fantastic video could’ve been much longer but I’m a former graphic designer so I’d probably think that! Terrific designs, had to look up their other work. Great stuff as always.
Great interview and very interesting. Thank you ladies and Geoff.
That was so interesting. I loved seeing (too briefly though) the original design with silhouettes of famous buildings and then how it was taken back and simplified into the final design.
This is a fascinating account of how those immortal moquette designs were thought out. I'd love to visit their place one day, it looks like a peaceful oasis in the middle of the noise and bustle that is central London.
This is so cool!
I *love* their colour choices. PLEASE make some carpet tiling products! I just finished a year of research + purchasing + installation of a home office floor with a bit of flair, and found very little choices - but I wanted something like the early Piccadilly new stock moquette - “black plus a touch of colour”, but clearly the repeating pattern is a precondition.
Very good interview. It was nice to chat to with 2 people who made the moquettes so popular on every London transport that people still use today. Very informative and interesting interview.
Brillant interview! 👍 I really love the Central line's moquette and it looks excellent in the Bakerloo colors as well.
Great video! I've got a book called "Seats of London" by Andrew Martin, all about London Transport moquette, and there's a chapter devoted to Wallace Sewell
Brilliant Geoff thanks for that ❤
Great interview, Geoff. Fascinating back story! An excellent quality video production! Thank you.
I had always assumed patterned to hide dirt/wear and colours linked to line colours. Bit of an eye opener.
Trouble is this is obviously lost on the general public.
Maybe you could suggest to tfl that the put design explanation boards in stations/tunnels, so users can read whilst waiting for their train?
Keep up the good work.
Wow all of my favourite moquettes came from one place!
love how sweet and passionate they were,
These ladies work so well on camera!
Absolutely fascinating, thanks.
I was so excited when the Elizabeth Line opened I bought a pair of the moquette socks - and now I find out that Geoff has some! Woo hoo!
This is the most Geoff video Geoff has made on this channel after signage video. #MoquettesOP
Lovely Video About Meet Tube Moquette Designers With Wallace & Sewell Mr. Marshall
Mmmm .... eclectic. I don't know of any other presenter, on this or any other platform, who could make one video on moquette .... never mind two. Perfectly delightful!
2 Lovely Clever Ladies!!! 😊🚂🚂🚂
Thanks for making this vid, it’s a great insight into an everyday design that’s oft overlooked.
Quality UA-cam channel. Well done
Brilliant. I love these Uber-nerdy infrastructure insights.
Excellent work from them, excellent video from Geoff, excellent audio despite all the stuff they pulled out. Very impressed
How interesting. Something most takes for granted without ever knowing the process that goes into the design. The pattern on the central line seats reminds me of the city skyline, but I interpreted the red circle as a cross between the roundel and the sun.
Very interesting interview. More please 🙏
Great video Geoff
Awesome video as always Geoff 🎉
Loved this video
Fascinating video Geoff! 👍🏻😀
I’ll use their moquettes for the train seats in my island.
So when are we getting the video about the fabric manufacturer then?
TfLRail branded stuff is surely a rare item now? \m/
Lovely video as always
Did the lady on the left design that pattern on her sweater????? I want one in 3XL
I wonder how they feel when they're on a train / tram, sitting on one of their designs?
very interesting to know how things are designed and made did you not get a discount code for Wallace & Sewell Geoff
Cool geoff! Amazing videos! Tysm!
Love your stuff Geoff!!
Fascinating!
Thank you for sharing the video Geoff it was very interesting. ❤
Very niche ... so fascinating ❤
Jeff can you do end of the line at shenfeild for the liz line
Hi Geoff I was wondering if you could do a video of all of the new station’s coming in 2025 and beyond like the video you did last year as it would give us a bit of and insight into what’s coming next. Thanks for the great videos as well
Finding functionality, frugality, familiarity and fun in form and farbric.
1:25 Central Saint-Martins? UAL REP WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
hi geoff i met you in croydon the other day, thanks you're a cool guy, cooler than me
Excellent!
So when are you coming up North near me to the manufacturer???
Why was the Overground one changed to the current one which seems to have green in it?
They came from Greece they had a thirst for knowledge...
I understood that reference.gif
Very interesting video Geoff
is there an upload schedule or just random?
A canvas that covers London.❤
Well now we know about moquette
How did that moquette song go again?
Match The Moquette!! ( to the theme of ‘Blankety Blank’)
Hello Geoff, this is a nice video and the London Overground moquette came from Misha Black with the District line D79 Surface Stock train seat moquette pattern.
You mention that Wallace and Sewell have done six different moquettes for Transport for London, however this is actually incorrect as they have also created the navy blue version of Barman for the Piccadilly line 1973 Tube Stock trains (as well as the brown version of the Barman moquette for the Bakerloo line 1972 Tube Stock trains).
Best wishes and take care. Kind regards, Peter Skuce, St Albans. Hertfordshire.
I believe TfL did the Piccadilly recolour in-house (based on Geoff's separate interview with Paul Marchant)
@@Tomloughb - what you are thinking of applies to the brand new Siemens 2024 Tube Stock. I am referring to the seat cover replacement which applies to the current, existing 1973 Tube Stock.
Geoff, the kinda guy who wears his socks inside out.....
Geoff Marshall and fans are the goat.
What I like about these two is that they don't feel the need to wear ridiculous wacky clothes hair makeup hats etc. unlike some designers........
It's so deliciously British
What moquette pattern would you get as a tattoo?
I put a hole in my Elizabeth Line socks yesterday. 😢
They should have surprised you with your own design 😊
Gr8 interview however it would've been nice if you pointed out who was who rather than assume we knew
There were captions in there! But somewhere they went missing … 😮
There’s an “Emma’s and my” at 8:02 if that helps.
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Please come and design some for Germany. They are SO boring there. The sole exception is the new BVG Berlin U-Bahn diversity moquette. The S-Bahn had a hideous grey-turquise, but have Joe replaced it with the generic Deutsche Bahn blue.
Would you wear a moquette fursuit?
Fur sounds horrible, but he would look great in an underground pattern suit and a tram tie.