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Ruskin Design introduces fit-at-home premium seat sets for Defender 90
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uskin Design is a well known name in Land Rover circles. The company has a decade-long record of creating top-quality handcrafted interiors, but until now these have always been bespoked to individual vehicles and fitted on site. Until now. Because Ruskin has just announced its new range of self-installation seat sets for the Defender 90.
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These comprise two fully trimmed front seats, a rear seat set or Ruskin’s own locally fabricated bench seats (depending on model) and a matching signature cubby box. As the name suggests, they are designed simply to be bolted in at home. Because they are supplied already fitted to brand new hardware, they are immediately ready to replace the vehicle’s existing seat sets and cubby box.
Called the Ruskin Original Trim Set, the new range was developed in response to requests from Defender owners and dealers for whom travelling to Ruskin’s Leicester headquarters was too much of an ask. Instead, now those same owners and dealers can order one of four designs, allowing them to enhance their 90 with the sort of hand-crafted interior for which the company has become known. These four options are: • The Classic: Designed to be simple, sleek and elegant • The Brunel: Inspired by Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s iconic bridges and featuring Ruskin’s signature quilting • The Boudicca: Embroidered, perforated and embossed with ancient Iceni designs • The Attenborough: Created using sustainably sourced materials to reinforce Ruskin’s commitment to the environment In addition, Ruskin says there are a further three
designs in the pipeline which will be available later this year. ‘We’ve been working on the concept of “bolt in at home” seat sets for a number of years now,’ says Ruskin Design boss Stephen
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