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David Collins didn't have to struggle too long to come up with the perfect setting for the Samsung LCD TV high-definition television. And he didn't go far either. 'I often watch old movies or programmes on art or art history for inspiration in my work,' he acknowledges. 'I don't mean to be too intellectual about it, but I find sets and locations from old movies to be inspiring, whether it's the colour, the style or the actual look. And my studio is a great place to watch TV.'
Given that Collins is known for his deft but dramatic handling of colour and texture, it might come as a surprise that his studio is an exercise in monotone calm. But it makes a lot of sense. Says Collins, 'When we worked on this space, I purposely avoided the use of colour, something which is very prevalent in my work, because often I have so many presentations and things going on that require a calm white backdrop. I restricted the palette in this room to white and silver.'
The Samsung LCD TV in white sits more than comfortably in Collins' studio; right at home next to prototypes for one-off pieces of furniture and lighting. 'The TV seemed to work there perfectly. I do like the idea of a white television – it's kind of cool, and a bit retro. I used to have a vintage Bang & Olufsen one, and this Samsung has a stroke of whimsy about it and doesn't conform to the “black box” that is very much of the moment.'
He certainly feels that the Samsung LCD TV can stand loud, proud and tall in design terms. 'I'm often asked to design media cabinets, and sometimes I do them and hide everything within them. But if it is a beautiful television, then it doesn't have to be hidden. The worst thing you can imagine is sticking a television over a fireplace.
'I like the fact that this TV is very portable,' says Collins. 'It is light, and the whiteness of it reminds me of a book I read when I was a kid, which was called I Remember The Future. It envisaged a time when the future was all white and all right.'
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