Name: Vases
Designer: Bloc Studios & Tableau
Price: from €830
In an art and design collaboration, Bloc Studios, founded in Carrara teams up with Copenhagen-based flower studio Tableau for a set of ten vases. Mini mountains of stone get a contemporary intervention from steel producing an abstract house for simple arrangements to live. Available in stone included White Onyx, Red Francia and Travertino, the pieces are monolithic ornaments – described as ‘a clash between raw materials and the softness of flowers’
Name: ‘Boboli’ Console
Designer: Rodolfo Dordoni, for Cassina
Price: £2,450
A characteristically geometric design from Rodolfo Dordoni, this console is part of a series of new additions to the ‘Boboli’ family of products that includes side and coffee tables. The slick, burnished aluminium legs spiral upwards, like vertically trained plants in a classical Italian garden. Topped with a slick marble slab, the console is architectural in construction and altar-like in stature
Name: ’Trinidad’ chair, black
Designer: Nanna Ditzel, produced by Fredericia Furniture, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £502
Bold and striking, Nanna Ditzel’s ’Trinidad’ chair is a statement piece in every sense. Cut from black ash wood and defined by cut-out fretwork on its curved shell back, the chair was ground-breaking when it debuted in 1993. As well as being well-ventilated and stackable, the lightweight design is decorative and functional in equal parts, making it equally suited to both public and private settings — no doubt a key factor in its standing as a modern classic
Name: ‘Grid’ sofa system
Designer: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Established & Sons
Price: from £3600
As discussion about the future workplace continues, Established & Sons brings something new to the table with the ‘Grid’ sofa system, launched during Clerkenwell Design Week 2019 and designed by the Bouroullec brothers. Functioning as a ‘room within a room’, the modular sofa is encased within a steel frame on which shelves, tables and screens can be mounted. Its cocooning shape allows for privacy, and can be adapted to create either a U or L-shape – allowing you to form an office practically anywhere
Name: ‘Charred’ vases
Designer: Gabriel Tan for Origin
Price: On request
In 2014, Gabriel Tan was inspired by the array of artisanal crafts that he encountered during a visit to Portugal. This in turn led to the launch of his new brand Origin, which seeks to tell the story of the craftspeople and where products come from. For its inaugural collection, Origin fittingly looks back to Portugal. The ‘Charred’ vases (pictured) are designed by Tan but made by João Lourenço who uses Barro Preto, a type of terracotta clay cooked at extremely high temperatures and pressured under the earth. ‘I wanted to work with this Portuguese heritage and material,’ states Tan, ‘while exploring unusual ways to arrange flowers.’
Name: ‘Revue’ side table, white
Designer: Andrea Steidl for Dante - Goods And Bads, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: from $940
Italian designer Andrea Steidl’s side table for Dante – Goods And Bads combines an unmistakably contemporary form with hardwearing functionality and versatility. Made using simply two folded, powder-coated steel sheets, the Revue comes in two colours – this is the black version
