Time Out London - Nov 2016
Our current listing with runner-up badges (Best Shop, Waterloo + Southwark)
In and Around Covent Garden Magazine, March 2015
20th Birthday for Ganesha
Shop front shown
'We would like to congratulate Jo Lawbuary, pictured right, and Purnendu Roy, on 20 years of trading as Ganesha. The shop started its journey in Greenwich and Spitalfields Markets in the early 90s'
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In and Around Covent Garden Magazine, Dec 2014
Christmas gifts everyone
felt purse shown
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Amy Laughinghouse Hits the Road, Aug 2014
Ch”eco” Friendly Shops Around the World
Doy shopper shown
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In and Around Covent Garden Magazine, Feb 2014
For Your Love
Bweju pewter frame shown
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Irish Times,19 Jan 13
Waste not, want not
Doy shopper shown
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Toronto Star, 10 Dec 12
Christmas Travel: Eco-friendly holiday gifts from around the globe
Vintage sari silk scarves shown
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Evening Standard, Dec 5
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Teal reindeer shown
In and Around Covent Garden, Dec 12
Perfect Presents
Kantha Ipad case shown
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The Guardian, 30 Nov 12
Christmas gift guide: our top ideas
'We've rummaged through the best independent shops, designers and brands to find hundreds of imaginative presents..'
Kantha 2-in-1 washbag shown.
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Living Etc Magazine, July 12
Outdoor Living
'create a stylish alfresco lounging space using vibrant fabrics, on-trend paint shades and the smartest garden must-haves'
recycled plastic mats shown
In and Around Covent Garden Magazine,
June 12
Celebrating All Things British
upcycled jubilee bunting shown
Eikoku News Digest, 23 Feb 12
London Street: Gabriel's Wharf SE1
This magazine is in Japanese so I can't tell you what it says exactly, but nice things I think, about our little wharf....
a view of Ganesha Southbank is shown
In and Around Covent Garden Magazine,
Feb 12
Romance is in the Air
'Ganesha is always a great place to pick up a unique and special gift, like these adorable boxed heart-shaped soaps for Valentine's Day..'
jasmine heart soap shown
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In and Around Covent Garden Magazine, Dec 11
Christmas Gifts
'When it comes to shopping for your Christmas gifts, Covent Garden is a great place to start. The area is a treasure trove of interesting places to buy, so we decided to give you some of our favourite gift ideas this festive season..'
silk pegasus decoration shown
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Source Intelligence Magazine, Nov 11
Shop of the month: Ganesha
SOURCE Intelligence visits Ganesha, sustainable and ethical retailer of accessories and homewares, in London. By Lucinda Borrell
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renbo tote shown
Delicious Magazine, Sep 11
Well Served
'these spiffy trays are just the thing for carrying food and drink into the garden on sunny days..'
chiriya hand painted tray shown
In and Around Covent Garden Magazine
July 11
Covent Garden picks..
'these Wola Nani bowls are fantastic for bbqs and family gatherings. their beautiful patterns and colours will brighten up any picnic or table spread..'
Wola Nani bowl shown
The London Evening Standard, 8 Jun 11 The Thames is London's new retail superhighway
'Gabriel's Wharf star store: Ganesha. Purnendu Roy and Jo Lawbuary are long-standing Bollywood buffs with authentic CDs and collage and they bring fair-trade treasures from Asian co-ops and cottage industries to London.
LOVE Tiger rugs (pictured) in handknotted pure wool with natural dyes; age-old designs from Tibet, made by Bhutia weavers in the Indian Himalayas.'
to see this feature on the ES website, click here
Homes and Gardens Magazine, March 10
Copy That
'Hatta Byng suggests ways to recreate the look of the houses featured in this issue.'
Homes and Gardens Magazine, March 10
(German edition)
Shopping in London
Mongolian shopper, palmwood bowls and pagal birds cushion shown
The Guardian, 22 Feb 10
10 of the best fair trade products for the home
to see this feature on the Guardian website
click here
vintage silk bunting shown
In and Around Covent Garden Magazine,
Dec 09
What's under your tree?
alpaca gloves and scarf shown
Sunday Times Style Magazine, 8 Nov 09
At home with Stone
Mithi Recycled bowl shown
Homes and Gardens Magazine, September 09
Village London: Gabriel's Wharf
'if you are searching for gifts, designer homewares, unusual art or jewellery, take yourself to Gabriel's Wharf on the South Bank..'
view of Ganesha, Gabriel's Wharf shown
Sunday Express Magazine, 14 June 09
12 of the best Father's Day gifts
'because every dad deserves something special'
leather wallets shown
House and Garden Magazine, June 09
Bright Outlook
'prepare for vibrant, alfresco parties..'
kauna-phok pads + recycled plastic mats shown
In + Around Covent Garden Magazine,
Dec 08
It's a wrap
'your Christmas tree will be bare without a silk reindeer decoration from Ganesha'
pink reindeer shown
In + Around Covent Garden Magazine, Aug 08
Camping Chic
'a chic scarf will dress up any outfit; this pink one from Ganesha is simple yet beautifully coloured..'
naia bag + baroo scarf shown
Green Futures Magazine, 24 June 08
Leaf service
'Indian leaves bring new life to disposable crockery' to read this article on Forum for the Future's website, click here
You Magazine, 20 April 08
The Good Life
'Make your next party a green party, says Rosie Boycott...'
leaf plate shown
Grand Designs Magazine, Feb 08
Style_Trend: Paper chase
Wola Nani bowl shown
London Evening Standard, 22 August 07
Alison Cork's really useful ideas & bargains
' apart from their obvious decorative charms, papier mache bowls from ganesha.co.uk are more than mere table ornaments..'
Wola Nani bowl shown
You Magazine, 19 August 07
Outdoor party pieces
'the outdoor drawing-room can be easy to assemble. Just a few floor cushions grouped together on a rug can suggest the great indoors, such as Ganesha's Kauna-phok cushion.'
London Evening Standard, March 07
All the fun of the fair
'away from the big stores, attractive imported products for the home are now in some of London's more conscientious and adventurous shops. They are increasingly not just "good", but gorgeous, with an intrinsic handmade appeal.'
to see this article click here
Telegraph Weekend, 10 June 06
Six of the best: summer wraps
muslin silk wrap in bronze/blue shown
BBC Hindi service, May 2006 this article is in Hindi. It is about how cottage industry made products are selling for good prices in cities such as London.
To see this article, click here.
a view of Ganesha is shown opposite
Sainsbury's Magazine, March 2006
Shopping: Fun of the fair
felt balti tote in mossy shown
Ambience Magazine, Aut/winter 05
(German trend prediction publication)
Taag
neem de tijd om te denken..
kauna-phok pads + mat shown
Guardian Weekend magazine,
23 July 05
The Insider
Wola Nani bowl shown
Woman Magazine, 27 June 05
Going green just got glamorous
'what better excuse do you need for a spot of guilt-free, clear-conscience shopping?'
Wola Nani bowls, Bollywood icon T, Tipu tie skirt, leather wallet, olive floral bag, indigo silk wrap shown
Guardian Weekend magazine
19 March 05
Space handbook: Natural high
'who said green couldn't be gorgeous?'
Himalayan knitted blanket and cableknit throw shown
Guardian Weekend magazine
14 August 04
Style Slave: Fair and square
'if you thought fair trade was all tie and dye tablecloths, you haven't discovered Ganesha'
greenleaves silk cushion and
Bharati phul cushion shown
Sunday Times Style Magazine
30 May 04
Will you join the ethical fashion brigade?
floral bag and flip-flops shown
Coast Magazine, April 04
Coast loves...
'fair trade company Ganesha has tons of great beach accessories. This nylon bazaar bag is a bargain at £2.99. There's also a great selection of flip-flops'
mini bazaar bag shown
New Consumer Magazine, Mar/April 04
10 Home enhancers
'Briefing's choice of the best fair trade strictly kitsch..'
parasol, photoframe, bollycoaster, saribraid box shown
VSO Orbit Magazine
Feb 04
Consumer Conscience
'what do Indian weaver Manjulata Mohanty and British Manager David Emmery, have in common? Golden grass placemats of course!'
Elle Deco Magazine, Nov 03
create a calming ambience..
kauna-phok pads shown
Evening Standard, 19 May 03
Fair play to fair traders
'Jo Lawbuary and Purnendu Roy know the story behind everything in their shop, Ganesha...packed with Indian wares from scarves produced by a women's co-operative in SW Bengal to swampy rush mats used in Ralph Lauren fashion shoots. In the last 2 years the couple have started selling on the internet and to shops including Selfridges and Graham & Green...'
to read this article on the ES site,click here
Now Magazine, October 02
Little India
'Give your home opulence with Bollywood-inspired colours, fabrics and beaded accessories'
sequin hanging and Shah Rukh Khan bag shown
New Consumer, September 02
Go East
'Boho chic or stylish slick. Add a little far-eastern influence to your accessories and breeze through autumn with some golden glitz.
Giving a hand up this season is easy by opting for a fairly traded handbag...'
selection of bags shown
You Magazine, 25 August 02
Barbadian Bounty
'Go Caribbean crazy with sizzling colours and bursting blooms..'
lotus bag shown
M Magazine, 6 July 02
Club Tropicana
'whatever size of outdoor space you have to call your own, you can turn it into a tropical chill-out zone with hot colours and cool accessories..'
kauna mattress shown
London Evening Standard, 8 May 02
By golly it's Bolly
..'Shops such as Ganesha have no such inhibitions (about Bollywood); you'll find a Bollywood section on its website, including furniture, and, for a fun touch, coasters and placemats with Bollywood themes, just the job for a Bollywood barbecue, perhaps? Ganesha also has brilliant glass-topped tables, decorated with Bollywood film stars, handpainted by rickshaw artisans.'
Perfect Home, March 02
Talking shop
To celebrate Fair Trade Fortnight, 4-17 March, we round up the best world shop goods, where trade associations get a fair price.
Ganesha: For eclectic accessories and home furnishings with contemporary style, a visit to Ganesha is a must. Set up by Jo Lawbuary and Purnendu Roy; you'll find quality goods sourced from, and developed with, co-operatives and associations. Check out the kauna-phok cushions, £25 for a 45 x 90 x 6cm pad, and the kitsch Bollywood placemats and coasters, from £1.50. The website's a treat too.
other ft suppliers also listed in this feature
The Venue, December 01
Definitive Christmas gift and survival guide 'Her -these are a girls best friends'
rickshaw photoframe shown
World of Interiors, September 01
Inspiration page
'These 2.2 x 1.2m Innaphi panels have a dramatically kitsch impact in a Karma Kab, but look grand and restrained when used to line the bed hangings in Ian Grant's flat. Woven in north east India, they are sold through fair trade importer Ganesha.'
London Evening Standard, July 01
Buy Bollywood
'kitsch colouful merchandise is flavour of the moment. Ganesha stocks plastic-encased promotional material form Bollywood films -placemats and coasters -and shelves handpainted with Bollywood figures'...
You Magazine, July 01
An enlightened garden
kauna-phok mattress, shown
New Woman, May 01
Downstairs at Samantha's
'Mix designer pieces with a splash of hippy chic -for all those Sex and the City cocktail parties..'
Kauna-phok mattress shown
Time Out Green Special, September 2000
'This tiny little shop is packed to the roof with gorgeous goods that partners Jo Lawbuary and Purnendu Roy have been bringing over from India for five years. they work directly with cottage industries, buying throws, cushions, rugs and scarves (which are large enough to use as colourful curtains). You can also get very fashionable sitting pads (cushions made form a bamboo-like fibre), and there's a small selection of cards and some lovely hand made wrapping paper.'
New Woman, August 2000
Tangier Dream
'Turn your garden into an exotic kasbah'
showing Naga cushions
Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms, summer 2000
Beach life
showing kauna-phok large pad
Living etc., November 1999
The shape simple
'If your room is the size of a broom cupboard, stick to a pared-down look; simple furniture, unfussy fabrics and single window panels'...
kauna-phok mattress shown
Elle Decoration, February 1999
Essential ingredients
'Beautiful basics to make every day a special occasion'
sal leaf plates shown
World of Interiors, October 1998
antennae
'Ganesha's stock of bedspreads, shawls and scarves is bought direct from co-operatives and women's groups in remote parts of north-east India, an area that other importers are yet to reach. Its traditional single mattresses are hand made in Manipur, on the Burmese border, using local kaunaphok rush'...
idFX, October 2002
Indian Summer
...'At Ganesha, a London shop and mailorder company specialising in fair trade Indian products, partner Jo Lawbuary has seen an upsurge in demand this summer.''Although the Bollywood look is very much a UK interpretation of Indian style, it has been a positive thing for our producers-co-operatives in India and Bangladesh,'' she says. Few items epitomise the look better than Ganesha's Rickshaw furniture -tables and shelves made from recycled aluminium and ornately decorated with hand-painted motifs, plastic accessories and collages of Bollywood stars from magazines.''The range is made by artists who normally decorate rickshaws,'' she says'.....
The Daily Telegraph, July 2002
Dedicated followers of fair trade and fashion Fair trade products are competetively priced while ensuring good working conditions and a fair price for artisans and community projects worldwide. Companies dealing in fair trade products offer a lot more than hippie beads and raffia bags. These days, they are tuned into consumers and trends, producing clothes and accessories that can compete with bigger retailers.
Ganesha: Based in Gabriel's Wharf, London, Ganesha stocks hand-crafted accessories and textiles form India. Look out for stunning scarves, including the tasselled wraps made form antique silks at £19.99. There are also hand-blocked silk scarves (£12.50) and striped 'bazaar' bags (£2.99)
other ft suppliers also listed in this feature
Co-operative News, March 2002
Fair trade fever sweeps the UK
...'Ganesha, which has a shop in London as well as wholesale and mailorder businesses describes its product range as 'fabulous furnishings and eclectic accessories co-operatively produced in India'.
The company is a member of the British Association for Fair Trade Shops and it adheres to strict ethical and environmental guidelines. Many of Ganesha's products are sourced from small village co-operatives and women's groups in India.
Jo Lawbuary explained the plight of one of the groups she trades with: 'members of the Self Employed Women's Association are currently in hiding in Ahmedabad in a bid to escape the increasingly vicious communal violence in Gujarat. This is the same region in which 20,000 people were killed by an earthquake last year. I think that giving these people a fair price for their work is the least we can do to help them'.....
London Evening Standard, 25 July 2001
Days out to dawdle over
...'Ganesha is a fine find: full of Indian furnishings and fashion accessories from far-flung co-operatives, sourced by the indefatigable Jo Lawbuary and Purnendu Roy. Wonderful embroidered voile curtains are £14.95, all stiff and crackly with rice starch'...
Time Out Shopping Guide to London 2006 Everything at this colourful little shop is fairly traded, and many items are made from recycled goods. Ganesha has recently branched out, and now includes two neighbouring shops selling accessories and clothes. Among the beautiful stock are paper made bowls (from £7.99) produced by the Wola Nani project in Cape Town, which gives an income to women living with HIV, and mats from Dakar, Senegal, woven from recycled plastic (£10-£30). Also for sale are colourful hats, bedlinen, Bollywood CDs, and notebooks made of recycled carrier-bag covers. Mail order.
Time Out Shopping Guide to London 2005
Everything at this colourful little shop is fairly traded, and many items are made from recycled goods. Ganesha has recently branched out, and now includes two neighbouring shops selling accessories and clothes. Among the beautiful stock are paper made bowls (£7.50-£9.99) produced by the Wola Nani project in Cape Town, which gives an income to women living with HIV, and recycled Dakars from Senegal, woven from plastic (£10-£30). Also for sale are colourful hats, floral bags, organic bedlinen, Bollywood CDs, natural incense and notebooks made of recycled carrier-bag covers. Mail order
Time Out Shopping Guide to London 2004
This colourful little shop should soothe your consumer conscience. Everything here is fair trade, like the wool rugs made by Tibetan refugees (£295) and recycled cotton throws hand-embroidered by women’s co-ops in India (£295-£450). The staff know their stuff, too, right down to the obscure type of stitching and remote regions of Nepal. Not surprisingly, quality is top-notch: the silk cushions, appliqued bedspreads, and handmade paper lampshades are all exquisitely detailed. A range of Bollywood accessories, such as picture frames and place-mats, adds some glitz. Mailorder.
