{"data":[{"type":"text","data":{"text":"<p>Peruse Merlin Wright’s CV and you soon realize that, whatever the field, wood has always been the Plain English design director’s true love. He first trained as a boat builder and spent a few years crafting traditional wooden vessels before developing a passion for furniture-making. That led to an apprenticeship in cabinet­making, which he followed up with a degree in industrial design at Kingston University. In 2004, after initially working solo, he joined creative director and founder Katie Fontana at Plain English, a trad­itional British company making hand-built kitchens. The sleek economy of boat building plus a cabinetmaker’s craft – the perfect recipe for beautiful kitchens. </p>","format":"html"}}]}