John Weaver, with fellow friends and furniture-makers established Scott Workshops, in Brighton, over 25 years ago. In 2017 Scott Workshops Ltd acquired the freehold of a 10,000ft mid century premises in Newhaven, along the coast. This now offers a fully equipped workshop and benchspace to many Brighton furniture makers. Collaborating with these makers, John Weaver Ltd offers custom-made furniture and architectural joinery to both its commercial and private clients.
Bespoke kitchens and bedroom storage are the mainstay of Johns’ private work. With over 30 years of experience, the most appropriate use of space can usually be resolved.
As a designer, drawing on mid century modern influences, John is continually developing furniture pieces for small batch to mass production. Of these the Soft Mod is now available with The Futon Company.
In collaboration with Marque Furniture, also of Scott Workshops, John developed his original Chest of Duhrer into a leading furniture range for John Lewis and Partners.
NEC January furniture show
At the beginning of the year Marque Furniture exhibited at the January Furniture show over 5 days at the NEC Birmingham, a major diary event for international retail buyers, across four halls. Following from the photoshoot in December and with...
Workshop photo shoot.
A year ago we had all the Marque Furniture ranges together for the first time in one place at Scott Workshops. Marvellous photographer Leigh Simpson made the best of the available space next to the workshop off-cut burner, with our equally fab graphic designer, Paul...
Orb bed. An Ash tree’s journey. Part one.
In November 2019, on a crisp Autumn day I was revisiting a favourite spot on the South Downs Way, the timber yard, mills and kilns of English Woodlands timber, near Midhurst. It had been some years since my last visit (the last pic) to select native Ash for the...
Southside Johnny…
17 years ago I installed our first reception desk for TUC Congress House in Great Russell Street. Last week we finished our fifth. This time, as part of the Southside refurbishment at Congress House designed by Hugh Broughton Architects. Our brief extended to all the...
Design Guild Mark shortlisting
John Lewis. Duhrer Range I had the pleasure this week of being invited by the Furniture Makers' Company to give a short presentatation to the panel of judges for the Design Guild Mark, for which my Duhrer small sideboard for John Lewis, had been shortlisted. The venue...
Workshop in the making
