The Wallpaper* dining room: fabulous furnishings for illuminating suppers
Delve into our ever-transforming dining room that offers treats from concrete tableware to ebony and mother-of-pearl shakers, and plenty more delectable forms...
Name: Barbican Trolley
Designer/brand: Visibility, for Dims
Price: $350
Visibility projected a sense of architectural grandeur into the design of its Barbican Trolley, a new release by modernist design retailer Dims. Structured vertically, this serving trolley is made from steel and ash wood. A natural-height handle and set of wheels animate the utilitarian trolley, making it suitable and adaptable to an array of domestic environs. Its matt finish – available in a colourway of Wimbledon Green, Graphite Black and A4 White – conceals its form in the backdrop whilst quietly perpetuating its held objects. Writer: Luke Halls
Name: ’Macchia Su Macchia’ vase
Designer/brand: Stories of Italy, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: $276
Produced by Stories of Italy, the ’Macchia Su Macchia’ set is taken from a new collection inspired by macchia — the mesmeric swirling patterns of pigment that appear on the surface of many Murano glass pieces. The macchia application has been broken down, reconstructed, and applied multiple times — the result is an opaque smattering of colours and layers of hue that give the vessel a surprising texture
Name: ’Bølling’ tray table
Designer/brand: Brdr. Krüger available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £608
Tasked with the challenge to create a simple and highly functional table that could be assembled with ease, Danish architect Hans Bølling designed the ’Bølling’ tray table in 1963. Crafted from natural beech wood, this tall version of the table comprises a foldable H-frame upon which rests two red and black circular reversible trays, which can be flipped for colour variation. The result is a versatile piece that can be utilised as a side table or a serving trolley and fully meets Bølling’s mission to create a practical table that simultaneously offers emotional and playful qualities
Name: Seasaw dining table
Designer/brand: Nendo for Marsotto Edizoni
Price: on request
Taking centre stage is the monolithic marble dining table by Japanese designer Nendo. Available in two distinctly different looks, White Carrara and Black Marquina, the similarities lie in the architecture of the streamlined piece. Appearing as if balanced on the geometric legs, the piece comes together with all joints stealthily hidden for an impressive dining experience
Name: ’Efesto’ candleholder
Designer/brand: Valerio Ciampicacigli for Forma&Cemento available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £130
Designed by Valerio Ciampicacigli for Italian concrete experts Forma&Cemento, ’Efesto’ is an elegant candleholder that balances the delicateness of a soft, bulbous glass holder with a hard concrete base. The result is a piece that makes an equal impact whether empty or occupied by a lit candle
Name: Siman
Designer/brand: Gian Paolo Venier for Urbi Et Orbi
Price: $6,500.00 Siman
Inspired by the ancient Toghrul tower near Tehran, Iran, Gian Paolo Venier’s new collection of concrete tableware is textured and timeless. The collection of seven pieces, including cakestand and candleholder, is titled Siman (‘concrete’ in Farsi) and was designed for the Greek studio Urbi Et Orbi, which specialises in concrete object design. The poetic depth and graphic nature of Venier’s pleated concrete renders are a raw addition to the dining area. Hand produced in Greece and available in two colours, grey and anthracite, Siman appears as both architectural memory and future innovation
Name: ’Tulou’ tables
Designer/brand: GamFratesi for Hay, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £165,00
Designed by GamFratesi for Danish brand Hay, the ’Tulou’ table combines two simple elements — a circular steel plate and a four legged frame — for a sleek contemporary design that offers function and style. Available in a selection of finishes and colours, this version of the table is powder-coated and finished in a shades of rust and green
Name: ‘Rust’ box
Designer/brand: Prin London, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £305
Taken from Prin London’s debut homeware collection ‘Rust’, this circular trinket was created by mixing metal particles taken from key cutting and other metalworking workshops across London, with gypsum and acrylic. The result is a handmade piece that features its own unique series of characteristics due to the metal dust oxidation, which imparts a unique texture varying in colour and intensity and is enhanced as the materials patinate over time, reflecting the relationship with their owners
Name: Bent box
Designer/brand: Visibility for Normann Copenhagen
Price: £55
These versatile storage boxes by New York-based designers Visibility for the Danish design stalwarts Normann Copenhagen nod to traditional Japanese magewappa bento boxes made from bentwood. The minimalist beech veneer pieces are stackable allowing the playful yet muted tones of rose, rust and elm green to be paired for a visually pleasing storage system that can be used in the dining room and beyond
Name: ‘Lens Flair’
Designer/brand: Lee Broom
Price: £850
British designer Lee Broom’s new lighting product Lens Flair is made of two halves – one solid and one transparent. Lens Flair is available as both a Pendant Light and Table Lamp, measuring 16 inches in diameter. The lighting product features a cross-cut lens, which emits soft light, while maintaining a boldness from the semi-circular solid casing, available in brushed brass or matte black. The collection uses new technology, with LED lighting systems, and custom-designed and in-house developed bulbs. Inspired by telescopic lenses, Lens Flair is both classic and futuristic, similar to the rest of Broom’s Observatory collection of new lighting for 2018
Name: ‘Stripe’ bowls
Designer/brand: Grete Prytze Kittelsen, for Cathrineholm
Price: €35
Often referred to as the queen of Scandinavian design in the mid-20th century, Norwegian designer Grete Prytz Kittelsen, who hobnobbed with the likes of the Eames and Alvar Aalto, was known initially for her work in gold and silver. When deliberately embarking on more democratic design in the 1950s, she discovered ironworks Cathrineholm, an expert in enamelling, and a highly lauded collaboration began. When she died in 2010, Kittelsen’s children held the rights to her designs until Danish retailer Imerco bought them exclusively three years ago. It is slowly reissuing her work, under the Cathrineholm label, starting with the ‘Stripes’ bowls, with the ‘Cathedral’ and ‘Sensation’ series to follow
Name: ‘Arch’ trays
Designer/brand: New Duivendrecht
Price: from €49
The architectural form of an arch is the starting point for these concrete trays by Dutch design studio New Duivendrecht. Described as ‘table architecture’ the ornamental pieces play with balance between the thick, solid concrete and the opposing hollow space it creates sitting on the surface. Available in an array of different shades, from a subtle beige to vibrant scarlet tones, the trays complement each other to create a subtle puzzle of pattern when placed together
Name: ‘Margot’ water goblet
Designer/brand: Fferrone Design, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £116 for two
Combining intricate detailing with innovative production techniques and materials, Fferrone’s ‘Margot’ collection presents a new take on cut glass. Each 450ml water goblet offers two vessels – one in place of a traditional stem – formed from fluted borosilicate glass created without the use of moulds. The result is a glassware duo that is equally suited to both everyday and formal settings