After 15 years producing campaigns for British Airways, Converse and Johnnie Walker, Laurian was made redundant in New York when Covid hit and came home with no plan. Then Farah - a Romanian rescue - arrived, and with her, an unexpected problem. Everything for dogs was cheap plastic tat or paw-print twee. Hours hunting for independent designers and craftspeople led to a simple thought - there needed to be one destination for pet owners who care about design. She started Fauna London from her box room.