The brainchild of lifelong friends, Vanessa Barneby and Alice Gates, Barneby Gates is UK based fabric and wallpaper studio. Known for a diverse range of prints that combine traditional techniques and historical reference with a fresh, contemporary twist, their designs are hand-drawn, designed and proudly produced in England.

Vanessa spent five years at House & Garden magazine before taking the role as Living Editor at British Vogue, where predicting trends in design, styling shoots and examining the correlation between fashion and interiors were all part of the job. Alice studied figurative painting in Italy before achieving an MA at the City & Guilds of London Art School. She went on to collaborate with a number of fashion brands, designing prints for ready-to-wear collections.

Combining Vanessa’s stylist’s eye and Alice’s painterly touch, their range of wallpaper and fabric designs offer classical ideas a contemporary edge using pops of colour, subtle metallic finishes and occasionally an ironic touch of humour.