Tag: LDW17
Right Here, Right Now with Helen Sydney
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour is “a great place to showcase our new collections,” says Sanderson’s senior designer.
Bring the House Home
How many homeowners have embarked on a bold bedroom refurbishment having been inspired by a stay at a Soho House? The members' club group has properties from Chicago to the Cotswolds, and at each one, the interiors – comfortable and luxurious without being flashy, and with great attention to detail – is irresistible. Now there is Soho Home, Interiors from Soho House, the retail arm …
Right Here, Right Now with Dudley Beckwith
Exactly nine years after Holland & Sherry opened its showroom at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, its UK sales manager says "we've never looked back."
Right Here, Right Now with Alberto Pezzato
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour is "very important, and very useful," says the creative director of Rubelli Venezia. "You come to one place, and you see everything."
Tile Artistry
Craftsmanship is a forte at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. These handmade beauties from Via Arkadia (Tiles) are just right for bringing an eclectic, ‘new bohemian’ feel to an interior. Via Arkadia (Tiles), Third Floor, North & Centre Domes
Exploring Other Worlds
Anthropology always provides a fascinating starting point for designers: this season's cultural focus is the basketwork, beading and bold artwork of Africa, the Amazon and Southeast Asia. These designs embrace grass-roots culture and an appreciation of handcrafted objects, mixing natural materials and vivid prints. Larsen’s spring 2017 collection (available from Colefax and Fowler) was inspired by German photographer Hans Silvester’s images of …
Right Here, Right Now with Penny Morrison
The interior designer, whose sells her fabric collections at McKinney & Co, reveals the “rich, layered look” that she’s coveting for her next projects.
Right Here, Right Now with Michaela Schleypen
"It's perfect to be at the Design Centre... all the best people go here," says the rug designer.
Paper Trail
Natural materials bring a wonderful loose irregularity to wallcoverings, ensuring that no two sections are the same. New from Brian Yates is the Collages collection, made from Japanese paper mixed with banana fibres: small sections of paper are glued on by hand to create a collage effect, with the metallic glimmer of the backing paper bringing a subtle glow to the design. Who needs …
Right Here, Right Now with Victoria Bain
“The Design Centre is absolutely vital. This is the place to come and meet with designers and show them my collection,” says the embroidery designer.
Out of Focus
Blur, Tai Ping's latest collection, was inspired by vintage photography techniques. Its abstract aesthetic manages to be both dreamily nostalgic – evoking memories of an era before the arrival of smartphones – and refreshingly modern. The serene 'Bokeh II', pictured, is named after the bokeh effect, where the lens renders out-of-focus areas as blurred spots of light. Tai Ping, Fourth Floor, Design …
Excavate The Past
Become a design archaeologist. Uncover the romantic treasures of the past to create timeless and eclectic interiors. ‘Chloe’ drink table (CHLO-T) and ‘Dublin’ lounge chair (DUBO-CH), both Holly Hunt at Fox Linton. ‘Oto’ dining table, Gallotti&Radice. ‘Danish’ copper candlesticks, Birgit Israel. Fabric on table: ‘Faceted Silk’ (6094/05), Pollack at Altfield. ‘Felino’ vase, Armani/Casa. ‘Stayman’ candlesticks, Remains Lighting. Wallcovering on left hand wall: …
The Art of Subtraction
The ethereal brushstrokes of Rubelli Venezia's 'Mrs Robinson' cotton velvet are the result of a complex printing method, typical of the Italian textile company's innovative approach. It's made using discharge printing: instead of the printing process adding the colour, the pigment is selectively bleached out, a technique that requires significant skill and control. The result is highly expressive, reminiscent of early cyanotype photography, …
Blog to Win
Think you can blog about London Design Week 2017 better than anyone else? Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour is challenging bloggers to take an in-depth look at the event, with a prize of a year's membership of the Design Club as the reward. This prestigious competition will recognise the talents of a blogger whose coverage sees them get deeply immersed in the week's theme – the Science of …
Spheres of Influence
Sir Isaac Newton's Third Law is most famously demonstrated by Newton's Cradle, where the swing of a suspended metal ball shows how, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the Centre Dome of Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, floral alchemist Larry Walshe has created a magnificent aerial display that merges these laws of physics and mechanics with …
Pure Italian Design
Its frame was originally inspired by the elegant curves of an antique walking stick, and Giorgetti’s Progetti collection has matured gracefully, too. To celebrate 30 years since the design was created, Giorgetti is introducing a series of limited editions under the name Progetti Pure, starting with a version in beech (instead of the better-known Brazilian pau ferro hardwood of the original, …
Right Here, Right Now with Stephen Lewis
The founder of Lewis & Wood describes a new collection: 300 year-old patterns originally used for Spitalfields brocades, brought up to date on fabrics and wallpaper.
The Roar of the Wild
Unleash your animal instinct with the menagerie of beasts that are gracing interiors. While animal prints – from snakeskin to leopard – are considered classic designs that can inject a bold sensuality to a scheme, they have been supplemented by a veritable Noah's Ark of animal motifs. Cole & Son's collaboration with South African design firm Ardmore leads the pack with monkeys, …
Right Here, Right Now with Jo LeGleud
The director of Maddux Creative on why the Design Centre is "a brilliant resource”.
Made for the Great Outdoors
Pollack's hotly awaited new collection is a collaboration with A Rum Fellow, founded by London-based couple Caroline Lindsell and Dylan O’Shea as a way to promote the vibrant hand-woven textile heritage of Central America. The new collection sees A Rum Fellow's hallmarks of geometric motifs and lively colours reinvented for outdoor use, with diagonals, diamond shapes and ikat patterns dominating. These mementoes of …
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Looking at the finished result, no one would have a clue about the work that goes into creating the sumptuously detailed wallcoverings made by Iksel – Decorative Arts. While each design, based on an original historical document, may look pristine, it is often the results of months of retouching and filling in damaged and missing elements, and in some cases adding new areas from …
Right Here, Right Now with Giles Kime
The Design Centre is "a unique resource for anyone, whether they're a professional designer or planning their own decorating project,” says the interiors editor of Country Life.
Chemical Reaction
Furniture, lighting, textiles and wallcoverings that call to mind molecular models, radio waves, labware and a general air of experimentation: this is where science and design get put into the melting pot. ‘Grand Eaton’ chair, (50028), Donghia at Rubelli/ Donghia, upholstered in ‘Lisbon’ fabric (TC097863), Armani/Casa at Rubelli/ Donghia. White vases (PLFBRO1) and (PLFBRO2), Poliform. ‘Isola’ shelving system, Gallotti&Radice. Finials (F285), McKinney …
A Loop of Light
New to Poliform, Italian lighting company Nemo was founded in Milan in the 1930s, and has in the past harnessed the design talents of pioneers such as Le Corbusier. Arihiro Miyake’s ‘Kepler’ pendant (pictured) is typical of its unorthodox approach. This slender ribbon of aluminium and LEDs takes the form of a Möbius strip – an 'endless line' with one continuous surface. …
Oly Good Furniture
Inject a bit of West Coast cool to interiors with Oly Studio, a US-based newcomer to Gladee Lighting. This season it seeks inspiration from the natural world, dotting this 'Serena' cabinet with capiz shells to create a shimmering surface that adds a unique textural quality. The timber casing, which is available in four wood finishes, sits on an antique brass frame. Gladee Lighting, Fourth …
Right Here, Right Now with Deborah Barker
"My team spend a lot of time here, working up ideas that will be in the pages of the magazine in a few months' time," says the editor of Homes & Gardens.
Draw the Line
Holland & Sherry has teamed up with a distinguished name in design for its latest wallcovering collection. Countess Nicholas (Tania) Bobrinskoy is the owner of New-York-based Zina Studios, a design firm that once supplied legends such as Elsie De Wolfe and Sister Parish. Tania's collection has a lovely hand-drawn quality to it, the irregular mark-making forming a core part of its …
The Lure of Linen
New arrival de Le Cuona works with the finest artists, spinners and specialist mills to reinvent the beauty of linen. This hand-dyed and washed ‘Kasbah’ fabric is a good example of its meticulous attention to detail: these textiles feel as good as they look, so they are well worth seeking out in person at the new showroom. "Tactility is so …
Final Flourish
Designer Ulf Moritz has been creating fabrics and accessories for Sahco since the mid-1980s, and his latest trimmings and tie-backs ought to introduce a new audience to passementerie with their unusual material combinations and pared-back approach. They include 'Shade' (pictured centre) an ombre-effect tassel, and 'Savannah' (pictured right), a tie-back made from multiple loops of leather. Sahco, Ground Floor, Centre Dome
Right Here, Right Now with Tim Butcher
"If you make beautiful products, they must be exposed to the right people," says Fromental's founder. "Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour is undoubtedly the centre of that exposure.”
