Timorous Beasties is a design studio in London. Established by Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons
Their most famous work is the Glasgow Toile, a contemporary urban street scene with a drug addict shooting up, a lad in tracksuit peeing against tree, etc. Produced in the style of early 1800s Toile de Jouy wallpaper.
"I love the idea of an upper middle-class fabric depicting the underbelly of urban chaos," explains Simmons. "We're also satirising the incredibly conservative textiles world. You only have to have a print of an evil-looking bird and everyone freaks out. And we want to portray the Glasgow the tourist board ignores."
