Designer/Brand: Inga Sempé for Nude, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £82
Designed by Inga Sempé for Nude, the ‘Jour’ water jug is inspired by traditional French glassware and as such presents a streamlined aesthetic that that pays homage to French heritage design. An eye-catching composition of lines and volumes offers a contemporary edge while lead-free crystal glass ensures the handmade jug pairs flawlessly with other pieces from the collection.
Name: Bell chair
Designer/Brand: Konstantin Grcic for Magis
Price: €65
Konstantin Grcic’s new monobloc chair for Magis is made from a specially-developed, patented polypropylene recycled from the automotive industry, as well as from the company’s own production. Weighing just 2.7 kilograms (a good half kilo lighter than other plastic chairs on the market), the Bell chair is characterised by a shell-shaped seat which makes it infinitely stackable.
Going one step further, Magis also developed a system of logistics to ensure minimum waste, including a special delivery pallet which saves space during shipping and doubles as retail display. ‘Our aim was to develop a high-quality chair with the bare minimum of material’ says Grcic. ‘We did ask ourselves whether the world needed such a chair in the first place. I was quite critical at first, but the more I got into it, the more I could see a great opportunity for our project...We saw interesting potential in creating a very economical, but well-designed, well-engineered chair.’
Name: Boleto
Designer/Brand: Emiliana Martinelli for Martinelli Luce
Price: on request
These LED bollard lamps are a great example of what Italian lighting experts Martinelli Luce do so well. The functional and rationally designed outdoors lighting posts are characterised by a minimal mushroom-like silhouette (also giving the name to the lamps, as a nod to the Boletus mushrooms), and made of corten-coated aluminium. They are designed by Emiliana Martinelli, who is now heading the company founded by her father in the 1950s, both working with international designers as well as creating some of its more successful pieces
Name: ‘Lita’ armchair
Designer/Brand: Paola Navone for Slide, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: £320
Designed by Italian luminary Paola Navone for Slide, the ’Lita’ collection is a series of playful and contemporary furniture pieces defined by exaggerated proportions, glass accents and peculiar legs. Cut from polyethylene, this low ’Lita’ armchair presents four oversized legs that are at once mesmerising to look at and the root of the chair’s sturdy balance, while a low, expansive and curved seat offers comfort and relaxation in big doses
Name: Spark Grills
Designer/Brand: Spark
Price: $799
For anyone looking to make the most of their outdoor space, a new design savvy charcoal grill, Spark Grills, cuts a compelling figure. Inspired by midcentury modern furniture, the elegant grill pairs a slender frame with a rounded body that also happens to be backed by revolutionary technology. Utilising patented wood and charcoal briqs, which have been developed by food and biomass scientists in Boulder, Colorado where the company is based, Spark delivers all the flavor of cooking with natural wood and charcoal at the push of an ignition button.
The grill fires up in seconds, pre-heats in minutes and requires no lighter fluid. An accompanying mobile app enables users to be notified when the grill has reached its temperature, alerted to when food is cooked and ready and can also be connected to food probes for the more technically adept. Available in four matte shades of navy, charcoal, sage and cream, it’s also easy on the eye.
Name: ’O-Collection’ watering can
Designer/Brand: Studio Segers for XLBoom, available from WallpaperSTORE*
Price: $53
A collaborative project between Studio Segers and XLBoom, the ‘O-Collection’ presents a series of objects that combine contemporary aesthetics with high functionality. As such, this iron watering can has a simple, minimalist quality thanks to its clean elegant lines and a absence of adornment. Suited to both indoor and outdoor use, the can features an elongated spout and an oversized handle — two components that bolster the item’s ease of use
