‘End of an era’: Salvaged lights from Eggborough Power Station
We dig deep into the history of coal-fired Eggborough Power Station - an iconic and recently demolished iconic Yorkshire landmark that was once home to our latest haul of salvaged lights.
YOU Magazine: Ali Heath’s 18th-century Surrey townhouse
Inside the cool and collected 18th-century townhouse that interiors expert Ali Heath calls home.
Architecture| In the press
Lighting up London’s entertainment industry
Theatre legend and iconic entertainment landmarks - a trip into our lighting archive reveals the fascinating heritage behind our vintage theatre lighting collection.
Architecture| Lighting History
skinflint meets: Clayworks
From earth cob houses to creating unique sustainable clay plaster surfaces for architects and brands around the globe - meet Clayworks.
Architecture| skinflint Meets
On location with Darren Holden
Exploring Manchester’s lost textile mills - on location in the second part of our interview with documentary photographer Darren Holden.
Architecture
skinflint meets: Design Journalist Katie Treggiden
We catch up with design journalist Katie Treggiden, and chat everything from studying Design History at Oxford to designers she’d invite to dinner.
Architecture| skinflint Meets
Darren Holden - documentary photographer
The thrill of documenting Britain’s lost industrial past - part one of our interview with photographer Darren Holden.
Architecture
A history of angled ceiling lights
Originally designed to illuminate signs, shop windows and industrial workspaces of an increasingly urbanised early twentieth-century Britain - as this trip into the skinflint lighting archive illustrates.
Architecture| Lighting History
Vintage British Lighting
Here at skinflint we have always been fascinated by the history of British manufacturing. Many of the vintage lights we salvage come from the old industrial heartland of England where factories now stand empty. These images show you a few of the settings our lights originally called home.
Architecture
The Concrete apartment in Nagoya Japan
One of our recent projects is The Concrete Apartment in Nagoya, Japan: designed by Keiichi Kiriyama of Airhouse Design Office.
Architecture
skinflint meets: Tom Raffield, Designer and Maker
We catch up with fellow Cornish-based designer Tom Raffield and chat all things wood, trends and collaborations.
Architecture| skinflint Meets
Victorian asylum wall lights
Some of the history behind our English wall mounted reading lights which were salvaged from a Victorian lunatic asylum in the Midlands, UK. Circa 1950. Widely utilised
Architecture
Taking time out to explore the beautiful city of Prague
Photos from our recent trip to the Czech republic
Architecture
The Pyestock story
The latest collection from the skinflint workshop comprises entirely of lights from one specific location: The National Gas Turbine Establishment, known simply as Pyestock, it was the place the jet engine as we know it was nurtured and grew to supersonic speeds.
Architecture| Stuff We Love
A selection of incredible images from the Pyestock site.
A selection of incredible images from the Pyestock site.
Architecture
Dunlop Aerospace Lights in their original setting
Some images of the Dunlop Aerospace lights in their original setting.
Architecture
Cockenzie Power Station
The team at skinflint were thrilled to salvage the majority of the lights from the former power station at Cockenzie in Scotland. Many well known lighting brands such as Benjamin, Lacent and Holophane were installed to illuminate cavernous halls that once echoed with the roar of turbines powered by coal fired furnaces.
Architecture
Cockenzie coal fired power station in pictures
The team at skinflint were thrilled to salvage the majority of the lights from the former power station at Cockenzie in Scotland. Here we present a small collection of images of the Power station's monumental exterior and evocative interior.
Architecture
Pirelli Factory Warehouses
Beautiful images of the derelict interior of the Pirelli Factory and warehouses in Burton On Trent.
Architecture
