The Wallpaper* dining room: fabulous furnishings for illuminating suppers

Name: ’Mila’ bowl
Designer/brand: Sebastian Herkner for Pulpo, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: from £119

A bowl, but not in the traditional sense. Designed for German brand Pulpo, Sebastian Herkner’s ’Mila’ bowl functions just as it should, despite a couple of unusual adjustments. Atop a rectangular cuboid base sits a solid, filled hemisphere with slightly concave surface. The subtle dip works in practical terms, allowing the bowl to hold a variety of foodstuffs, while also offering a sculptural element to the glazed ceramic pieces

Name: Six Tableaux
Designer/brand: Studio Binocle
Price: from £4,240

Works by great contemporary artists including Gary Hume and Ellsworth Kelly were reinterpreted to form a collection of six tables by Italian studio Binocle. Each table features a uniquely shaped top based on a section or detail of the work. These were then crafted from a single marble slab, taken from an Italian quarry, before being set upon five marble legs. Two sizes are available; a larger table that can seat a dining party of eight, or a smaller coffee table. Photography: Andre Lucat

Name: ’Form’
Designer/brand: Tom Dixon, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: $259

Paying homage to tea serving traditions with an added touch of art deco charm, the ’Form’ tea pot by British designer Tom Dixon is both sophisticated and practical. Cut from stainless steel, the bulbous pot features a wrapped leather handle — a detail that is decorative and practical in equal parts. The piece is taken from Dixon’s ’Form’ collection, a tableware and tea family whose inspirations draw on everything from Gatsby glamour to the wooden kamandalu containers carried by Jain monks

Name: Single line carafe
Designer/brand: David Derksen, for Tre Product, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: $59

In addition to its most obvious use, laboratory apparatus has a second, equally appealing function: design inspiration. Here, glass beakers are reinterpreted by Dutch designer David Derksen, who has taken cues from their every detail in this Tre Products one litre carafe. Horizontal measuring lines are reimagined as a mesmeric, patterned arrangement around the entire circumference of the object, while the employment of high quality borosilicate glass further highlights the lab as a source of inspiration while giving the carafe an increased dimension of strength

Name: Marbled jug
Designer/brand: Hay, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: $75

A charming addition to any tabletop, Hay’s marbled jug enchants with a mesmerising swirled surface design, which combines tones of blue/brown/grey with white. Made from porcelain, the jug can be used to serve beverages or as a creative vessel in which to display flowers

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

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: 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: ’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: ’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: De Intuïtiefabriek, for Caussa
Price: €158.82

The architectural form of an arch is the starting point for these concrete trays by Dutch design studio De Intuïtiefabriek. 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