Come Rain or Shine

We’re wishing for sun-drenched days and balmy evenings, but when it comes to the great British summer, it’s best to be prepared – our new Garden Collection is here to help. Showerproof designs – from furniture to cushions, and even a tablecloth – paired with playful crockery and glassware, ensure the show can always go on in style.

Whittaker Range 3-Seater Sofa £2,750 | Armchair £1,350

Areca Outdoor Cushion Mustard £95 | Seafoam £95 Zacke

Outdoor Cushion Seafoam £95 | Mustard £95 Pierre Range Ash

Grey | Coffee Table £1,450 | Side Table £425 Pandanus Carafe and Glasses Set £150 Demoiselle Decorative Leaf Dish £225 Acanthosphere

Lidded Pot £55 Glass Hurricane Lamp Medium £50 | Large £60 stores

ABOVE Hokela Side Table Charcoal £395

Albert Armchair £1,350 Zacke Outdoor

Cushion Putting Green £95 LEFT Glass Hurricane

Lamp Small £40 | Medium £50 | Large £60

Pillar Candle Small £10 | Medium £18 | Large £20

ABOVE TjikkoDiningTable Square £2,895

Coradew Armchair £495 TwistedGlassware 4x Short Tumblers £30 |Jug £55 Areca Outdoor Cushion

Mustard £95 RIGHT Zacke Indoor/Outdoor

Tablecloth £195 4x Muromo Glass Tumblers £45

Coradew Armchair £495 Contorno

OutdoorCushion Mustard £95 TjikkoDiningTable Square £2,895

TwistedGlassware 4x ShortTumblers £30 |Jug £55 Hanway Garden

Parasol Oatmeal £525 Areca Outdoor Cushion Mustard £95

LEFT Humphry Armchair £650 Areca

Outdoor Cushion Seafoam £95 Sydra Side Table Bark £195 4x Pulcinella Tumblers Short £75

BELOW Zacke Indoor/Outdoor Tablecloth £195

4x Adam Lippes X OKA Coquille Dinner Plates £275

4x Muromo Glass Tumblers £45 16-Piece Cutlery Set Ivory £95 4x Tideline Napkins Red/Blue £65

Introducing our eclectic new lighting collection, a meeting of minds between our Co-Founder Sue Jones and Cabana Magazine

Founder and Editor-in-Chief Martina Mondadori

When Martina Mondadori moved from Italy to England in 2012, she felt at once homesick for her native Milan and enthused by her new surroundings in London. The love of eclecticism, heritage and craftsmanship she had found in her home country suddenly had a new source of inspiration: the innate nonchalance of English decorating. She began creating mood boards, mixing the designs of her favourite Italian and English interiors to create spaces filled with colour, pattern and charm. The worlds she designed became Cabana Magazine, a biannual publication now renowned as an interior design and decorating authority.

Martina’s passion for anything and everything bold is one that’s shared with our Co-Founder and Creative Director Sue Jones, who infuses a maximalist sensibility into each of our designs – so it was only natural that, when these two visionaries met, creativity would prosper. Over tea in London, they conceived OKA X Cabana, a collaboration that celebrates their favoured aesthetic. “Sue and I share a real passion for pattern, print and just being bold,” Martina says. “To me, there’s no point in keeping everything monochromatic; I like to mix, and so does Sue. That’s our common ground.”

Comprising a table lamp and three styles of lampshade in a choice of prints and colours, the collection has been designed to be mixed and matched, with a carefully composed palette woven throughout – “Putting the choice in our customer’s hands,” as Sue puts it.

Among the new pieces is the Arabesque Lampshade – an intricate design that began with an embroidered fabric Sue found in a market in India, which was then reimagined with Moroccan influences by Martina. Crafted by OKA artisans in Delhi, the tussar silk piece is hand embroidered in a herringbone-style stitch inspired by traditional phulkari embroidery, a process that originated in Punjab and takes three to four craftspeople 12 days to complete. The Veneto printed card shades, meanwhile, are an ode to Italy, with three prints – Vicolo, Cosima and Collato – inspired by Venetian wall frescoes and the subtle colours of Renaissance powder pigments. Handmade in north London, the card shades are a beautiful fusion of their Italian heritage and British craftsmanship. A dainty scalloped edge on the Cosima adds a further flourish to the blooming, geometric motifs of its print.

The final lampshade, Ambi, is rooted in OKA and Cabana’s shared, and constant, calling card: travel. Inspired by a traditional paisley pattern, which dates back to the Persian Empire and has been influenced over centuries by India, Scotland and England, the swirling design is hand block printed by artisans in Jaipur onto natural linen. There are three colourways, each finished with contrasting linings and trims.

Grounding the collection is the hand-turned wooden Pilastro Table Lamp, which was inspired by a design belonging to Martina’s late mother. Each base is hand painted with multiple coats of colour to achieve the depth of tone and antique patina that made the original so special. “From the very beginning, we said we couldn’t create the collection without a lamp base,” Sue says. “This design meant a lot to Martina, and so I really considered which of our skilled artisans could replicate it. We set out to recreate the same unique, hand-painted finish, deciding on four colours that then gave us a palette to work from.”

While the collection’s striking colours and prints are what catch the eye, it’s craftsmanship that elevates each piece, says Martina, who was impressed to see her ideas come to life in the very first samples. “That happens when the person you’re collaborating with truly understands your style and your vision, and that is certainly the case with Sue,” she explains. “She has incredible experience with craftsmanship, and that was just a dream come true for me.”

“What a joy of a collaboration this has been,” Sue adds. “It’s been my pleasure to be able to help Martina bring her thoughts and designs to life. From the start it felt like the perfect meeting of minds; it’s been an honour to showcase Cabana’s unique vibrancy and love of colour in a collection that feels innately OKA.”

The OKA X Cabana collection is available now, in-store and online at oka.com/cabana

It’s been an honour to showcase Cabana’s unique vibrancy and love of colour in a collection that feels innately OKA.

- Sue Jones