Behind the Canvas

David Shaw Nicholls is an architect and designer. He has spent over 40 years in private practice, turning rich ideas into real product.

As a young lad born in a Scotland, he practiced drawing and painting. Design became his focus and in particular furniture, its production and business. His projects took him across the world, where he oversees locations in New York and Italy, production in India and Nepal. As well as his rug and textile company, he is involved in applied research into New Architecture and Up-Scaling related redundant assets, Furniture design, Fine art, Printmaking and Pattern manufacture for the Interior and Exterior Construction environment.