The Wallpaper* dining room: fabulous furnishings for illuminating suppers
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: 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: 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: 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: ‘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: ‘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: ‘SalePepe’ salt and pepper mill set
Designer/brand: Georges Mohasseb, for House of Today, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £484
Georges Mohasseb’s ‘SalePepe’ salt and pepper set offers a dash of flavour to both dishes and table settings. Commissioned for The Shop — an offering of home and office products selected by House of Today, WallpaperSTORE* and guest curator Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte — the set forms parts of a collection that showcases the best of Lebanese design and is exclusive to WallpaperSTORE*. Marked by an insert of ebony and mother of pearl, the oak and brass ‘SalePepe’ is inspired by the mechanisms of a tap, with its upper components installed to control the ‘flow’ of either salt or pepper
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