Furnishing is one of the sectors in the interiors field with so many options that it can be a bit overwhelming to choose the right ones if you are not very confident about the concept, feel and look you want to achieve.
There were a lot in display during the London Design Festival, however I decided to share pieces that somehow surprised me in different ways.
If you go to my previous posts you may find another approach.
Console table by James Michael (seen at Decorex)
If you had shown me this piece of furniture on a picture I’m sure I would have not found it attractive, however in a much unexpected way this console seduced me completely when I saw it in real.
There is something about the design, materials, surfaces and proportions that clicked in me making me appreciate the strange beauty of it. A beauty that will be reaffirmed or shown depending on the context you place it in.
Screen by Jo Elbourne (seen at London Design Fair)
I get extremely excited when I find a piece which proportions are beautiful: relation between high, width and depth in every one of the components of the piece and in the whole of it. Add to this the use of materials and color. If all of it is in perfect synchronicity then you have certainly, at least for me, a great piece.
And this is what I found on this screen: A beautiful, simple and powerful piece.
Room divider by Nola (seen at London Design Fair)
There is something fascinating in the repetition of elements. What I like about this object is that it plays with this approach but due to the shape chosen for the base, planters and columns it closes it as well. It limits it giving to the piece a fixed proportion and character.
The simplicity of it and the clarity on the design makes it a great piece.
Console table by Novocastrian (seen at Decorex)
The use the materials, the detailing and the proportions caught my eye.
It winks at modern times (a Mondrian appears in ones’s brain) but the use of iron and brass bring it to the contemporary age.
Its sleekness is very elegant and restrained.
Chair by Overgaard & Dyrman (seen at The London Design Fair)
Metal and leather can be a great combination as it has been proven many times. That is not the novelty on this chair but the organic design of it, its references to modern Icons and the soft pink leather gives it that informal elegance that is very appealing and comforting; an elegant metal chair. It does not happen very often.
Display Cabinet by Poiat (seen at The London Design Fair)
This piece shows off craftsmanship in a serene way.
The lovely proportions and “rounded” feel it provides makes it a beautiful piece.
Simple, crafted, effective!!!
Chair by Studio Simone Post (seen at The London Design Fair)
Recycling of furniture in the design industry very rarely produces sexy pieces. This is the probe that it can be done and with not many additions or elements.
The idea, the simplicity of it and the execution made of this vintage chair a contemporary well thought creation.
Plastic Board by Smile Plastics (seen at The London Design Fair)
You are right, this is not furniture but it can be used for creating great pieces.
I thought it would be nice to include this material, following the sustainability pattern we started with the chair above.
The look of the material is a lovely one, even beautiful in its own way; the mat surface, the tactile feel of it makes it a very attractive product.
