Tastemaker
Carol-Anne Leyden of CA Design on padel, ponies and connecting to the natural world through design
CA Design offers design classics inspired by and manufactured in the style of the original furniture designs, as well as original work from contemporary designers
Carol-Anne Leyden set up her homewares store and design studio CA Design ten years ago, after returning home to Ireland from Honduras, where she had been working for Digicel.
“I moved back home bang in the middle of the recession,” Leyden says, “with very few jobs available. I decided to travel to China in the hope of finding some inspiration to set up my own business. My background is in marketing, but I always had ...