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Tag: Furniture

Bedside tables from Robert Langford's Color collection

Colour Splash

Interior designer Anna Standish has teamed up with Design Centre showroom Robert Langford to inject some colour into its furniture collections.

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A Vispring bed set in front of a large bay window

Meet the Showroom: Vispring

Celebrating the luxury bed company's opening at the Design Centre, its managing director Martin Gill explains why natural is best, and how its beds and mattresses have found their way to homes, hotels and yachts around the world (including Titanic). 

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Forty Years of David Seyfried Ltd

A perennial favourite among interior designers, David Seyfried Ltd has been making furniture for 40 years – 30 which have been spent at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. In this special interview, Seyfried muses on four decades in business and explains how he's planning to celebrate.

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Meet the Showroom: August+Co

Iolanda Martinho and Vincent Pennetier founded August+Co in 2023, deliberately describing their showroom as a "gallery" to elevate the status of the fine craftsmanship to be found within it.

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The Creative Collaborations to Look Out for at London Design Week 2024

Amazing things happen when creative minds come together, and London Design Week 2024 will be showcasing the work of some perfect partnerships.

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A New Chapter of History

The five-bedroom penthouse by Winch Design is the flagship apartment at The OWO Residences by Raffles, marking a high point of one of London's most spectacular developments of the last decade. 

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Meet the Showroom: Loom Furniture

Loom Furniture's ethos is deliver the uniqueness of a bespoke design in a made-to-order product. Read on to hear more about the brand, a newcomer to Design Centre East, from its director Jake Horne.

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Here Comes The Sun

Visionnaire's work aboard 89m private yacht Here Comes The Sun is like a shot of pure Vitamin D. The Italian brand has spearheaded the interior design across the yacht, filling every room with striking furniture that never once competes too harshly with the main attraction of the incredible seascapes.

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Design stories from WOW!house 2023

WOW!house 2023 was absolutely packed with stories, but they were too much to take in on one visit. Here are some of the design details you may have missed...

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Oceana chaise by Sutherland

Ocean Voyage

Bannenberg & Rowell is a name synonymous with superyacht design – so who better to design Sutherland's latest high-performance furniture than this esteemed British design studio?

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Ride the Wave

Antique Modern Mix has added curvaceous birch plywood furniture to its portfolio, complementing the showroom's beautiful 20th-century pieces

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Dream Team

Having paired up together on the Library at last year's WOW!house at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, Julian Chichester and interior design practice Turner Pocock have extended their relationship further with a collaborative collection.

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Kingcome's 'Stratford' sofa

Meet the Showroom: Kingcome

If you've visited the Colefax and Fowler showroom recently, you will have noticed that it now walks through into a new showroom housing sister brand Kingcome. Explore its hand-made British furniture here, guided by the Colefax Group's Tim Green.

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Meet the Showroom: Modern British Kitchens

This new showroom is the place to truly appreciate craftsmanship up close, as well as all the other elements that make up the perfect bespoke kitchen, from clever storage ideas to beautiful materials and top-level appliances.

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Meet the Showroom: The Specified

"There’s a certain ambience that defines Australian style" – Vange Markou, founder of The Specified, explains how the Design Centre East showroom is bringing Antipodean brands to a wider audience.

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Meet the Showroom: Robert Langford

Robert Knapp, founder of Robert Langford, explains more about his new Design Centre showroom – the British manufacturing success story behind the designs, and why "our service is unmatched in the industry, in my humble opinion..."

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The New Language of Workplace Design

Interior design studio Kitesgrove transforms a listed Mayfair townhouse into an enviable office with a distinctly domestic feel, sourcing from many of the Design Centre's showrooms to fulfil its creative brief.

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The Ultimate Resource

Ralph Lauren Home has opened its first stand-alone showroom, a 250 sqm space that offers the most comprehensive presentation of the brand’s home collections in Europe.

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A Jubilee Garden for Coutts

As part of Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the Design Centre's Personal Shopping team was invited to make its own contribution, by creating a special installation at Coutts' London headquarters on the Strand.

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Cocooned by Comfort

How do the WOW!house designers create a sense of comfort and relaxation in their rooms? Find out here with these decorating ideas.

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Mindthegap founder Stefan Ormenisan

Meet the Showroom: MindTheGap

Stefan Ormenisan, founder of Romanian decorating brand MindTheGap, introduces the new showroom at the Design Centre and explains how "we try to discover new stories to tell".

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man of parts savignyplatz console

Sculpted in Wood

Sebastian Herkner's Savignyplatz collection for Man of Parts (available at Tollgard) was inspired by the work of sculptor Henry Moore, where negative space is as important as solid mass.

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Meet the Showroom: Laskasas

To mark Laskasas opening a new showroom in Design Centre East, its founder and CEO Celso Lascasas introduces the Portuguese brand and explains more about its ethos for "slow furniture".

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Golden Age

Gallotti&Radice's 'President Junior' desk hits its 50th year with a special gold version, and cements a revival of 1970s furniture.

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Friendly Forms

Sculptural, monolithic furniture with gentle curves such as Pierre Frey's Litho collection is in the spotlight at the moment; upholstered with tactile materials, these are pieces that contrast purity of form with an irresistible tactility and a certain friendliness.

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Meet the Showroom: Visionnaire

New to the South Dome, Visionnaire exemplifies the continuing prowess of Italian design and manufacturing. Production is spread out across a network of 30 workshops across the country, and in many cases the brand keeps long-held manufacturing skills and traditions alive. CEO Leopold Cavalli explains more here.

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Making Waves

Tollgard has entered the rarefied world of limited-edition collectible furniture, thanks to a collaboration with modern stonemasonry The Refined Workshop.

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Planting the Seeds of Inspiration

As gardeners turn their thoughts to planting bulbs for spring/summer, interior design enthusiasts similarly need to plan ahead: in recognition of this, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour presents The Art of Outdoor Living, a series of stylish vignettes in the Design Avenue.

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Meet the Showroom: Eccotrading Design London

"Many of our designs are just to the left or right of centre" – Camelia Petcu of new showroom Eccotrading Design London gives a rundown of what to expect, from strong silhouettes to tactile leather finishes and an ever-changing selection of art.

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Livingetc Style Awards Winners

Homes magazine and website Livingetc launched its own Style Awards in 2021, and products from the Design Centre's showrooms were bestowed with an array of prizes at the inaugural event.

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