Didriks Announces British Cutlery Designer David Mellor Honored for Design Achievements by Modern Magazine

    CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 08, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In their Winter 2010 issue Modern Magazine spotlighted the late post-war British cutlery designer David Mellor. Mellor has been hailed "as Britain's most serious, modest and greatest postwar product designer."

Mellor not only devoted his professional life to the design of exceptional contemporary flatware but also created many well-known industrial designs woven in British daily life, such as public trash bins, street lights and the modernized red post box.

The full collection of David Mellor flatware is available for purchase in the United States at Didriks, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as on their website, www.didriks.com.

The Modern Magazine article profiling Mellor can be downloaded at www.didriks.com/Press/mellor.pdf.

For more information on Modern Magazine visit www.idealmodern.com.

About Didriks
Didriks helps customers create inspired home environments with their collection of home furnishings, accents and outdoor furniture. Didriks provides attentive, personalized service, including free shipping. Didriks carries the highest quality teak and stainless steel outdoor furniture, designed and manufactured by Barlow Tyrie. Didriks also carries Belgian linens from Libeco Home, vinyl floor mats by Chilewich , dinnerware, fine pottery and cookware from Simon Pearce, iittala, Heath Ceramics, Match Pewter, Mauviel and other fine brands. Didriks has been featured nationally in home furnishings publications such as Elle Decor, Martha Stewart Magazine, Bon Appetit, and Good Housekeeping.

For more information, call 617-354-5700, see the showroom at 190 Concord Ave in Cambridge, MA (M-F 10-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5) or visit the websites at www.didriks.com and www.belgian-linen.com.

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