Matthew Hilton - SCP Journal

The Imperfect Archive

#Events 27.03.25

An exhibition of over ninety designs produced by SCP from 1985 to 2025, including prototypes, production pieces and ephemera.

SCP at Clerkenwell Design Week 2024 | Truly Natural Always

#Events 07.08.24

SCP showcased our collection of upholstery using 100% natural and sustainable materials at CDW 2024. It is a project that our factory and product development team has been working on for over a decade.

Ewelina reclining armchair by Matthew Hilton | SCP 2022 Collection

#Products 31.05.22

An overview of the Ewelina chair by Matthew Hilton, part of the SCP 2022 Collection. It is a reclining armchair for a new generation that eschews the idea of formality.

Matthew Hilton | Studio Visit

#Interviews 30.05.22

For the SCP 2022 Collection launching at the Milan Salone, Matthew Hilton has taken on a very difficult typology, the reclining armchair. We find out more about the challenges the design posed in a spring studio visit.

Balzac History | 1000 Chairs by Charlotte & Peter Fiell

#Culture 20.05.21

Continuing our content celebrating 30 years of the Balzac armchair, we talk to Charlotte & Peter Fiell about the design being included in the first edition of Taschen's influential 1000 Chairs, first published in 1997.

Balzac 30 | Special Anniversary Edition

#Balzac 30 16.04.21

To celebrate thirty years of continuous production, we have released a special anniversary edition of the Balzac armchair. Made in fully sustainable and natural materials, it features a specially commissioned commemorative label.

Balzac 30 | In Conversation with Matthew Hilton & Sheridan Coakley

#Balzac 30 31.03.21

Beginning SCP's celebration of 30 years of the Balzac armchair, we talk about the design to Matthew Hilton and SCP founder Sheridan Coakley.

Telford, Cooper and Colemore by Matthew Hilton | SCP 2020 Collection

#Products 17.09.20

We look at three new pieces by Matthew Hilton that show a true depth of understanding of furniture design.

London Design Festival 2019 | SCP Collection

#Products 19.09.19

Presenting new SCP upholstery and furniture designs for 2019 in a collection that seeks to re-imagine traditional typologies.

De La Espada at SCP Pimlico Road

#Events 07.06.19

Minimal in style yet expressive in detail, De La Espada place focus on the simple, primary requirements of the modern home.

Milan 2016

#Events 01.04.16

The centrepiece of the Milan 2016 exhibition is the new Sofa in Sight upholstery collection, which presents six sofas by six designers: Michael Anastassiades, Konstantin Grcic, Faudet-Harrison, Matthew Hilton, Lucy Kurrein and Terence Woodgate.

SCP Upholstery

#Products 08.04.15

At SCP, we are experts in upholstery.

Balzac to the Future

#Products 11.11.14

Sometime in mid-2008, while the fallout from the global financial crisis dominated the media, SCP company founder, Sheridan Coakley, decided it was time to phase out chemically treated fire-retardant foams from the core range of SCP upholstery.