Noteworthy Musings

In the Drawer: Expandable Empires

This month, we explore John’s interpretation of a myriorama, a 19th-century educational toy and endless landscape card game designed by John Heavisine Clark around 1824.

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John Derian x Lavenham

Lavenham and John Derian have come together for a second collaboration featuring classic Lavenham silhouettes embroidered with 18th- and 19th-century imagery from John's archive.

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Celebrating 30 Years in New York City

Celebrating 30 Years in New York City

This year marks the 30th anniversary of John’s first shop in New York. A few years after starting his one-man decoupage design business in Boston, he moved to New York in the early 1990s. As orders increased, he hired a team of artisans to craft his motifs and opened his first shop in 1995 on 2nd Street in the East Village... a quiet block that would soon become his creative hub.

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