WOW!house 2024 Room Reveals
Get ready for the first room reveals for WOW!house 2024, from a tennis-inspired outdoor space to a minimalist, monochrome studio. Each designer has created an unique, immersive world, which aims to thrill, intrigue, and delight the senses.
All of the rooms will be seen for the first time when WOW!house opens its doors on Tuesday 4 June. Want to secure your place for summer’s spectacular showhouse? For tickets, click here.
Zoffany Entrance Hall by Benedict Foley
Taking cues from Luchino Visconti’s 1963 epic The Leopard, the mood is 19th-century Risorgimento Sicilian palazzo – with the louche appeal of Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon. Foley knew he wanted to place Zoffany’s fabric and wallpaper front and centre, casting designs drawn from archival documents in a new light – and celebrating a mutual commitment to British craft and manufacturing. To that end, he has also commissioned a bespoke loop-pile carpet made by one of the last highly skilled weavers in the UK, using British wool. Inspired by the principles of the Arts & Crafts movement, all the room elements will have a second life as part of an artists and makers exhibition to be staged later this year at Voysey House, Sanderson Design Group’s new UK headquarters.
Dedar Studio by Fosbury Architecture
Acclaimed for curating the Italian Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture, Fosbury Architecture is a collective comprised of Giacomo Ardesio, Alessandro Bonizzoni, Nicola Campri, Veronica Caprino and Claudia Mainardi, who undertake a range of work from reuse of existing buildings to set design, art direction, curatorial activities, publishing, and educational programmes – often in collaboration with brands. Campri and Mainardi are taking the lead in this collaboration with Dedar, a cutting-edge brand equally committed to innovation. Together, they are jumping into an experimental space where the lines between office and domestic conditions are blurred. Deploying a monochromatic palette, they envision a minimalist exploration of material and function with luminous effects.
SICIS Bathroom by Maurizio Leo Placuzzi
There’s something poetic in the idea of mosaic, in which each small tessera links to others, forming a picture that transcends the sum of its parts. Based in Ravenna, the historic capital of this art, SICIS embraces its Italian heritage, a duality of handicraft and technological innovation – with a wholehearted appetite for creativity. The overarching theme, according to designer Maurizio Leo Placuzzi, is ‘Harmony in Contrast’: “celebrating the beauty that arises from unexpected pairings – where rough meets smooth, traditional meets modern, and minimalism meets richness.” A hand-decorated bath, glass slabs and, of course, hand-made mosaics, will bring the room to life.
Jamb Primary Bedroom by Charlotte Fremantle and Will Fisher
Reproduced from an exquisite Chippendale model, the centrepiece of this bedroom is a magnificent four-poster, dressed in paisley fabric and fine skirts of pleated linen. The walls are lined with silk, blushing to a dusky rose colour. Everything contributes to a worldly sense of romance, inspired by divine palettes and sumptuous drapery in Renaissance and Baroque paintings from Domenico Veneziano, Rembrandt and Velazquez. For those who know Jamb, it will come as no surprise that a marble chimneypiece complements antiques that are both fine and intriguing, including a Chinese Coromandel cabinet and a Japanese screen depicting hunting hawks.
McKinnon and Harris Courtyard by Katharine Pooley
Katherine Pooley has created a quintessentially British experience, evoking the beauty of an English garden in summer, with a trellised tennis pavilion at its heart. It’s the perfect Wimbledon-inspired backdrop to showcase the elegant lines of McKinnon and Harris’ outdoor furniture collection. Hailing from a family of adventurers and aeronautical enthusiasts, exploration has been a lifelong inspiration for this intrepid traveller, who has completed projects in more than 24 countries, always championing fine craftsmanship. Her partnership with McKinnon and Harris marries the refined sophistication of British design with the enchanting charm of Virginian allure. Expect a spellbinding ambience of timeless elegance, celebrating a love of sporting games, and the peaceful, verdant atmosphere, with only the sound of birdsong and the gentle thwack of tennis balls through the rose-scented air.
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