Soane Britain is one of those interior design brands that carries with it a certain kind of if-you-know-you-know notoriety. (Image credit: Courtesy Soane Britain)One day over lunch in New York, Soane founder Lulu Lytle posed a question: why not collaborate together on a collection of lighting, fabrics and furniture? (Image credit: Courtesy Soane Britain)The designer wanted to create a new offering that merged seamlessly with Soane’s capabilities and existing products, but also felt fresh. ‘Rattan, leather, metal – there’s a sort of alchemy to these materials,’ Cotton says. (Image credit: Courtesy Soane Britain)For the patterned fabrics and wallcoverings – a first for Cotton – the designer dug through his own collection of antique textiles for inspiration.