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Santa’s Lap: Moquette Trainers

Shoes made from repurposed tube seat covers.

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Preview: Moquette For London @ Transport Museum

As a prelude to the introduction of one moquette to rule them all London Transport Museum hosts an evening about the history and future of its iconic seat covering fabric this week. The designers of the new textile will talk and there is a guided …

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New Underground Moquette Unveiled

Remember that competition to design a fabric for seats on the Underground? Well, the winner has been announced. London company WallaceSewell (responsible for the retro-70s moquette on Overground trains) have come up with a swirling design of blues, purples, and a hint of red. The …

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Make A New Moquette

By DeanN Picky about what you park your Underground bum on? Always mocking the moquette? Potty about patterns and formidable with fabric? You should be entering TfL’s competition to make a new moquette for use on tube trains. Your repeat pattern design must of course …

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Santa’s Lap: Seats On Feet

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …