Design Centre Stories

Tag: Hardware

Meet the Showroom: Forbes & Lomax

You'll know Forbes & Lomax for its 'Invisible Lightswitch' with its clear Perspex plate, but the company is about more than a single product. As it opens a new showroom in Design Centre East, the brand's Gemma Moulton explains below how they got here, and what's next.

Read more
Bernoulli hardware by SA Baxter

High Flyer

SA Baxter Architectural Hardware's Bernoulli Suite collection is inspired by the aerodynamic shape of an aeroplane wing – and named after a Swiss inventor whose discoveries made flight possible.

Read more

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.

Read more
Pfeiffer Design Moodboard created for the Samuel Heath showroom

Designer Dioramas

To celebrate the launch its new antique brass matt finish, Samuel Heath has partnered with four leading interior design firms to create moodboards for its Design Centre showroom window.

Read more

Meet the Showroom: ABI Interiors

ABI Interiors, which makes high-quality, luxurious tapware, fixtures and interior accessories, is a new arrival in Design Centre East: co-founder Luli Farrell explains more about the dynamic Australian brand's first international showroom.

Read more

Fresh From the Foundry

SA Baxter Design Studio & Foundry's latest collections show the power of collaboration, and what happens when incredible manufacturing skills meet the creative mind of an interior designer.

Read more

Meet the Showroom: Studio Franchi

After a 13-year absence from the Design Centre, hardware specialist Studio Franchi is back, with a new space in Design Centre North. Here, the brand's Ben Marshall explains why you should add the showroom to your next sourcing trip.

Read more

The Finishing Touch

Turnstyle Designs' Sonar and Echo collections elevate kitchen cabinetry to new heights with tactile designs and an impressive array of finishes.

Read more

Wild Style

First made in North America in 1924, Old Hickory hunting knives were prized by their owners for their comfort, ergonomics and longevity. This essential tool of the wilderness-lover has inspired Turnstyle Designs' latest hardware collection.

Read more

Style With Substance

Turnstyle Designs' work fuses quality that's second to none – everything is hand-made, hand-stitched and hand-hammered in the Devon countryside – with an original design sense. Its new showroom displays this innovative, imaginative take on hardware.

Read more

Open by Appointment

As restrictions ease, many showrooms are now operating on an appointment-only basis. The picture is changing all the time, but here are the showrooms that have stated they will be open by appointment for the week commencing 1 June.

Read more

The Heritage of Home

Home comforts are coming to the fore in a time of disruption. There's a soothing, cocooning sense of satisfaction to be found in the familiar, but schemes that mix innovation and tradition manage to keep up with changing lifestyles while staying rooted in the past.

Read more

Right Here, Right Now with Edward Bulmer

The architectural historian and designer launches a period-inspired collection of door furniture with McKinney & Co and Collier Webb, and says of Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour: "there's really no resource like it."

Read more

A Landmark Project

SA Baxter Design Studio & Foundry and Taylor Howes have collaborated on the Churchill collection – a suite of hardware with a unique slice of history as its source of inspiration. Located in the heart of Whitehall, the Old War Office is a grade-II* listed Edwardian building where Winston Churchill and many other luminaries once plotted, now being transformed in …

Read more

Collective Energy

A new arrival to the South Dome, Collier Webb makes luxury, handcrafted lighting, furniture, mirrors and hardware, such as this ‘Cep’ table lamp in a dark bronze finish. It is made at the firm’s British foundry, where the body, stem and shade are spun by hand from thick sheets of brass. The new showroom sits adjacent to sister companies Gainsborough and …

Read more

A Head Turner

These lever handles are the result of Turnstyle Designs' first-ever collaboration. Lauded studio Winch Design, known for its work on superyachts as well as on dry land, has created the Labyrinth collection; the maze-like texture was inspired by the surface of coral. They coordinate with other products including door-pulls and cabinet handles. Turnstyle Designs, First Floor, Design Centre East

Read more

In the Green

One colour dominates this season's palette. Watch as shades of green – from leaf and olive to teal and jade – take root, offering a deeper connection with the world around us. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ‘Fontaine et Animaux Baibouillage’ wallcovering (FP568003), Pierre Frey. ‘Landmark Pure’ exposed thermostatic shower set, Samuel Heath. Paint on frame: 'Poison’, Zoffany. ‘Satara’ rug, emerald, Jacaranda …

Read more

Design Legacy

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus art school – a landmark that many view as the true birth of modern design. Several brands are celebrating with collections that show how its influence still shines today. Arte's 'Odeon' wallcovering (pictured top) has a bold pattern with blocks of circles that's based on a functional and …

Read more

Craft, Elevated

  In an ever-more-machined world, this season we are celebrating makers and artisans. Their commitment to the creative process, rare skills and great endeavours are elevating craft to luxury status. Nothing is standard; everything is fastidiously considered. Just a handful of examples include (pictured from top to bottom): On the Fringe, a new range by Tai Ping, an exploration of hand-tufted craft. …

Read more

The Layered Look

Due to demand, a door knob renaissance is taking hold at Turnstyle Designs, with the latest ‘Stacked’ and ‘Layered’ designs displaying a signature mix of materials and finishes. Each is available in more than 64 combinations. Turnstyle Designs, First Floor, Design Centre East  

Read more
alton-brooke-tree-of-life-hand-painted-panel

Precious Metal

Satisfy your appetite for subtle glamour. In homage to artist Gustav Klimt, gold brings a new jewel-like illumination. ‘Tree Of Life on Abaca’ hand painted panel, Sabina Fay Braxton at Alton-Brooke ‘Capiz’ wallpapers, Brian Yates ‘Facets’ table lamp, Black & Key ‘Intuition’ dining table, Koket (KO-Intuition) at Passerini Selection of hardware, The Nanz Company ‘Bolla’ table light, smoky, Porada. ‘Walter’ table, Birgit Israel. Set of three …

Read more
Fromental-craftsmanship.jpg

The Message of Making

While trends may come and go, the power of making is the one message that will always endure in luxury design. Focus/16 brings that artistry right into the showrooms, with live demonstrations of some of these enviable creative skills. Fromental brought its head artist from China (pictured) to paint an exquisite wallcovering, bringing a floral motif to life with the deft flick …

Read more