Products Collections and collaborations of note

Ferm Living

A hit of bold colour to herald sunnier days, Ferm Living’s Verso vase is available in a bright blue version: it’s a contemporary take on traditional Greek aesthetics, recalling its ancient amphora and brightly painted buildings. The Danish brand has also added a raised box planter in this distinctive hue to its portfolio, alongside garden necessities including oversized terracotta pots, a two-level coffee table and the relaxed steel-framed Desert sofa – all of which look equally good inside or out.

fermliving.com

Calico Wallpaper

Artists have been entranced by the ethereal nature of a cloudy sky for centuries, and Rachel Cope of Calico Wallpaper is the latest to turn her gaze upwards for inspiration. The original artwork for Colorwash, the Brooklyn brand’s latest collection, was created by layering chalk pastels on a textured background, building up a haze of colour that’s like looking into a veil of mist and cloud. It creates a subtle backdrop for a room, with colours including stormy blues, soft pinks and knocked-back greys.

calicowallpaper.com

Örsjö Belysning

It may look like cast plaster or carved stone, but Örsjö Belysnig’s Plissé White Edition lamp is actually made from a folded textile. It is the work of Anna Lovisa Holmquist and Chandra Ahlsell of Folkform, who were inspired by pleating techniques used in the fashion industry. Folkform originally launched the lamps at an exhibition in 2020, with fabrics by fashion designer and artist Roland Hjort, where they caused a storm. Örsjö releasing a version of it should see its star shine even brighter.

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Métaphores

As part of Hermès’ stable of brands, fabric house Métaphores knows a bit about craftsmanship, but it has looked to disciplines other than textiles for its latest collection. Craft Galerie is inspired by handmaking techniques from metalwork to ceramics, emulating the textures that make them special: Suede is a tone-on-tone jacquard that’s as soft as napped leather, Raku channels the spontaneity of the Japanese pottery of the same name, while Melchior has a raised pattern like molten metal.

metaphores.com

Lelièvre Paris

French fabric and wallpaper atelier Lelièvre Paris has for the first time moved into furniture, with Jeux de Salon. The daybed, armchair, ottoman and bench, released in collaboration with online retailer Made in Design, were created by fashion-turnedproduct-designer José Lévy, who describes them as “playful, graphic and colourful”. A colour-block approach to the upholstery spotlights the beauty of the tactile fabrics used, while cylindrical shapes perch elegantly as armrests or headrests.

lelievreparis.com

Saba Italia

Evocatively photographed at Turin’s newly restored Teatro Regio, Teatro Magico is a new release by Saba Italia. Milanese design and architecture firm 967Arch’s intention was to create a table whose base looks as fluid as a piece of draped fabric, a trick of the eye that is achieved in lacquered polyurethane over a steel plate. The base comes in two sections, which can either be grouped together as a single pedestal or theatrically parted to create two legs, while the top is available in a round or oval shape.

sabaitalia.it

House of Hackney

Giving traditional design an edgier new look is House of Hackney's bread and butter, and its latest wallpapers are no exception. The art-nouveauinspired Emania started life as a pattern in the archives of British silk-weaving mill Gainsborough: it's now been reinterpreted as an all-over design (opposite), a wide stripe (above) plus a bordered wallpaper. If you like the matchy-matchy look – and House of Hackney definitely does – pair it with fabric, cushions and lampshades in the same motif.

houseofhackney.com

Barber Osgerby

Signals is Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby’s latest work for Galerie Kreo. The lighting collection consists of a series of aluminium boxes on to which are affixed conical glass shades. The forms have an air of utility about them – think wartime air-raid sirens – juxtaposed by riotous colour and the beautifully crafted shades, made in Venice’s Venini glassmaking factory. The pieces were unveiled in London in early 2022, but the show moves to Galerie Kreo’s Paris outpost from 26 April-14 July.

barberosgerby.com // galeriekreo.com

La Manufacture

Aléa, a glass carafe, drinking glass and tumbler set, is a new creation by US designer and architect Marc Thorpe for La Manufacture. The moodily coloured pieces are made in the Nason Moretti factory, the century-old Murano glassworks that also counts Tiffany & Co, Valentino and Bottega Veneta as clients. Their vortex-like design gives them a natural dynamism: “aléa” is French for “random”, with the name aptly reflecting the natural imperfections that are part of the appeal of mouth-blown glass.

lamanufacture-paris.fr

Massproductions

Efficient production methods may not tell as alluring a design story as fevered artistic imagination, but the world needs more products that put ideas such as minimising waste at the top of the priority list. Sweden’s Massproductions’ latest offering is 4am, an economically designed chaise that was devised to be comfortable despite being made from a hard material. Buy one, in Douglas fir or cherry, or build your own, aided by drawings downloadable from Massproductions’ website free of charge.

massproductions.se