De La Espada is a groundbreaking manufacturer and design management firm, developing powerful brands for high end home furnishing consumers around the world. We currently manage the De La Espada brand alongside seven other brands. Our brands consist of a group of products by the same designer, who lends their name to the product line and is responsible for the art direction, as well as product design, with De La Espada in a supporting role.
Autoban is an Istanbul-based architecture, interior design and product design studio, founded by Seyhan Özdemir (architect) and Sefer Çağlar (interior architect) in the historic and bohemian district of Galata in 2003. Autoban is highly influenced by nature, the rituals of daily life and the diversity of Istanbul, playfully reinterpreting the familiar through modern forms and contrasting materials. www.autoban212.com
‘It’s not an overstatement to say they’re Turkey’s formost arbiters of taste’, Wallpaper* magazine.
Awards 2012 Best Bed Wallpaper Design Awards For the design of Suite Bed 2010 Best Restaurant Design Elle Decoration China Awards For the design of Hong Kong restaurant, 208 Duecento Otto 2009 CondĂŠ Nast Traveller Hot List For design of Wiit Istanbul Suites 2006 Best New Restaurant Wallpaper Design Awards For design of Istanbul restaurant,
Muzedechanga. 2005 Best Newcomer Blueprint 100% Design Awards 2005 Bursary Winner 100% Design Advisory Panel 2004 Best Young Designers Wallpaper Design Awards
Master Chair
Poly Side Table
Box Armchair
Single Octopus
Phillip Lim Residence, New York, New York, USA Products Include: King Lamp
Ayazpasa House, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey Designed By: Autoban Products Include: King Lamp and Suite Bed
208 Duecento Otto, Hong Kong Designed By: Autoban Products Include: Slice Chair, Nest lounge chair, Box Sofa, Holy Table, Butterfly Chair and Butterfly Bar Stool
Princi Pizzeria, London, UK Designed By: Alan Yau Products Include: Butterfly Chair
The Tramshed at designjunction London Design Festival 2012
ICFF New York City, 2012
266 Flying Spider
267 Throne Sofa-leather
268 Throne Sofa - rattan
274 Sledge Blind-tufted
271T Throne Bar Stool -leather
272T Throne Bar Stool - rattan
270 Throne Lounge Chairrattan
269 Throne Lounge Chair leather
273 Sleepy Blind Tufted
277 Cloud Table
278 Poly Side Table
276 Master Chair
Timber
Matthew Hilton is a Royal Designer for Industry with over 30 years experience designing modern classics. In 2007, he established his eponymous brand as a place he could have complete creative control. Hilton specialises in creating sculptural designs with an elegant simplicity that belies the complex engineering. His work is held in the permanent collections of The Geffrye Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. www.matthewhilton.com
‘Hilton has a genius for contemporary wooden design [approaching] his designs as much as a sculptor as a furniture designer’, Financial Times How To Spend It.
Awards 2011 Shortlisted for Best British Product Design Elle Decoration British Design Awards 2008 Designer of the Year Elle Decoration British Design Awards 2007 Best New Exhibitor Blueprint 100% Design Awards 2006 Best in Furniture Elle Decoration British Design Awards
2005 Royal Designer for Industry The Royal Society of Arts, UK 2003 Design Plus Frankfurt Award Design Plus Frankfurt Award jury 2003 Nomination for Compasso D’Oro Associazione per il Disegno Industriale
Mary’s Chair
Armstrong Sofa
Armstrong Coffee Table
Horizon Large Coffee Table
Mary’s Side Table
Pole Light
Industry Cocoon Honeycomb Drop
Light Extending Table
Manta Dining Chair
Fin Dining Chair
Hepburn Sofa I-Beam Side Table
Hepburn Bed
McQueen Bed
Different Trains Cabinet
Horizon Coffee Table
Orson Desk Manta Dining Chair
Orson Desk
Orson Desk
Upholstered Tapas Chair
Windsor Chairs: Kimble, Burnham, Hastoe, Ibstone
The Magdalen Chapter Hotel, Exeter, Devon, UK Products Include: Hepburn Sofa
BIT, Oslo, Norway Designed By: Axel Hartvig Larsen and Morten Kristiansen of Dinamo Design with Karoline Bommen of Concept Design and Visual Artist, Karen Leon Products Include: Low Lounge Chair and Fin Dining Chair
Penthouse Nussberg, Vienna, Austria Designed By: Beef Architekti Products Include: Fin Dining Chair
The Tramshed at designjunction London Design Festival, 2012
ICFF New York City, 2012
381 Horizon coffee table
365S Orson Compact Desk
373L Tall Maia
377 McQueen 7- Drawer Chest
378 McQueen 8 Drawer Chest
380 McQueen Low Chest
379 McQueen Bedside Chest
383 Pole Light
381L Horizon Large Coffee
385 Mary’s Side Table
386 Armstrong Sofa
387 Armstrong Coffee Table
388 Drop candlestick
389 Honeycomb candlestick
390 Industry candlestick
391 Cocoon
384 Mary’s Chair
Timber
Leif.designpark, a Japan-based design studio consisting of Takashi Ueno, Mamoru Naito and Keizaburo Honda, has been designing products in a variety of natural materials, with a specific emphasis on wood since 2006. Leif.designpark holds monozukuri (the art of traditional craftsmanship) in high esteem, and values the warm, playful relationship between a product and the user, as well as the comfort of the space where the two enjoy interaction. Their aesthetic is a result of applying
monozukuri to the construction of modern designs to give the products a connection to traditional Japanese culture. The team works on a range of projects including interiors, art and product design. Their designs convey an artistic use of natural materials in sensuous forms. Since 2007, De La Espada has manufactured and distributed select designs from their portfolio. www.leif-designpark.com
‘Drawing on century-old Japanese craft traditions and ancient mythology, the team has created highly original, sometimes whimsical, works’, Wallpaper* magazine.
AL lamp
Residence T, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Designed By: Leif.designpark Products Include: Tone Chair
208 Duecento Otto, Hong Kong Designed By: Autoban Products Include: Slice Chair, Nest lounge chair, Box Sofa, Holy Table, Butterfly Chair and Butterfly Bar Stool
Refresh space, Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, Tokyo, Japan Designed By: Leif.designpark Products Include: Tone Chair
043 AL Lamp
Timber
Select Clients and Collaborations Aesop Acclaimed interiors for Aesop points of sale Soho House Studioilse projects have defined the Soho House brand Wastberg Award winning lighting for Wastberg
Georg Jensen ‘Ilse Collection’ of tabletop accessories, with Mama Jug seclected for the iconic Georg Jensen Masterpiece Collection. Mathias Dahlgren restaurants Award-winning design for the Mathias Dahlgren restaurants Grand Hotel in Stockholm Award-winning design for the Grand Hotel in Stockholm
445 Low Settle
452 Together Table
Helen Yardley Rugs photoshoot Products Include: 446 Settle
Ett Hem Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden Designed By: Studioilse Products Include: 444 Bench with Back
Photo credit: Martyn Thompson
Aesop store London, UK Designed By: Studioilse
Photo credit: Lisa Cohan
A Frame for Life Skandium, London, 2012
Timber
Naked Leather
London-based, Benjamin Hubert Studio works on both mass produced consumer products and limited editions. His designs are characterised by an explorative approach to materials and process, and a refined simplicity of form. Benjamin Hubert has received international critical and media acclaim. www.benjaminhubert.co.uk
‘In the design world, [Benjamin Hubert] is known for pushing boundaries yet maintaining a simple, organic aesthetic,’ The Sydney Morning Herald.
Awards 2012 Audi Mentorpreis by A&W Selected by Patricia Urquiola and Architektur & Wohnen magazine
2010 Young Designer of the Year Homes & Gardens Design Classic Awards
2011 Shortlisted for: Best British Product Design and Designer of The Year Elle Decoration British Design Awards
2009 Best Product Blueprint 100% Design Awards
2010 Young Designer of the Year Elle Decoration International Design Awards
Other Partnerships Poltrona Frau Benjamin Hubert won the international competition to find Poltrona Frau’s Centenary armchair, with his ‘Juliet’ chair. DeVorm Benjamin Hubert’s Pod Chair for DeVorm won the 100% Design Award in Rotterdam. Casamania Hubert’s ‘Maritime chair’ for Casamania won the IF Design Award.
Capellini Hubert designed the acclaimed Garment Chair for Capellini. &Tradition Benjamin Hubert designed the acclaimed Spinning Light for &Tradition. Örsjö Crane task lamp was designed by Benjamin Hubert for Örsjö
Pelt Chair
Pelt Chair
Bow Trestle Table
Bow Trestle Table Bow Bench
Cargo is inspired by the automotive industry’s use of leather, specifically in convertible soft tops with pronounced fixing details and tailored panels.
Quarry are turned, thin-walled marble pendant lights with roughly finished interior, to add texture and describe the story of stone production.
Inspired by the small ‘coracle’ boats traditionally used in Wales since the Bronze Age, with its woven construction.
Gabion has an overt granite ballast as its focal point within a steel frame referencing the foundations of a dam or jetty.
Silo is inspired by grain storage devices with its crafted stone aesthetic.
Le Bon Marche photoshoot Products Include: Cargo Chair
The Tramshed at designjunction London Design Festival, 2012
Materiality exhibition DMY, Berlin 2011
Timber
Perforated Automotive Suede
‘Almost the wunderkind of the design market, Benjamin Hubert has been triumphed by many as the face of our future,’ -Grand Designs,
Other Partnerships
Juliet for Poltrona Frau
Maritime for Casamania
Other Partnerships
Float for Benjamin Hubert
Copenhagen-based, Soren Rose Studio specialises in product design, limited edition creations and interior design projects. Their product design is fueled by a deep love of furniture and the challenge of inventing something new. In interior design projects, for both commercial and residential spaces, they redefine function, challenge convention and reinvent tradition. Soren Rose, principal of the studio, is a Danish artist, designer,
merchant and entrepreneur, with a highly developed sense of quality, craftsmanship and a global outlook of the things that will live past our time. That, together with a healthy dose of humor and tongue-in-cheek approach to life in general, is the DNA of Soren Rose Studio. www.sorenrose.com
“According to the Soren Rose Studio website, he’s an ‘artist, designer, merchant and entrepreneur’ - and as it turns out, he’s all these things and more”, OnOffice magazine.
Church Chair
P.A. Bookcase
P.A. Bed
P.A. Rectangular Table
P.A. High Chair P.A. Coffee Table P.A. Floor Lamp
P.A. Dining Table P.A. Dining Chair P.A. Chandelier
P.A. Dining Chair P.A. Side Table
P.A. Bar Table P.A. Bar Stool
P.A. Floor Lamp P.A. High Chair
P.A. Coffee Table P.A. Side Table
Park Avenue Collection
The Tramshed in designjunction London Design Festival 2012
ICFF New York City, 2012
567 P.A. Dining Table - marble top
570 P.A. Bookcase
566 P.A. Ottoman
572 Church Chair
565 P.A. Gentleman’s Valet
568 P.A. Bed
569 P.A. Rectangular Table
Timber
Charlene Mullen is a London-based designer of textiles and accessories. She has over 15 years’ experience in the fashion industry as a freelance designer of textiles for clients including Dolce&Gabbana and Karl Lagerfeld. Designs vary from decorative and ordered recreations of scientific structures to figurative designs with an illustrative feel and humorous narrative. Intricate embroidery creates a contemporary yet deeply personal feel. In 2007, Matthew Hilton commissioned her to
produce two ranges of furnishings for the launch of his eponymous brand at 100% Design. This led Mullen to create her own collection for which she was shortlisted as Best Newcomer at 100% Design in 2008. In 2012 she was named Best Surface Designer at the Homes & Gardens Designer Awards. www.charlenemullen.com
‘Her work has the craft input and quality you’d associate with a bygone era’, Sunday Times.
Needlepoint Left
Dove Right Dove Left
The Magdalen Chapter Hotel, Exeter, Devon, UK Products Include: Needlepoint and Dove cushions
883 Blackbirds
883S Blackbirds
and the natural colour and grain variations of the timber. The De La Espada aesthetic evolved from influences including the Arts and Crafts movement, architects such as Tadao Ando, Luis Barragan, John Pawson, and Alvaro Siza, and Scandinavian De La Espada designs are understated, design from the 1950s. timeless and functional, making generous use of solid wood planks in dramatic proportions. Each piece is characterised by traditional joinery De La Espada’s dedicated factory in Portugal specialises in solid wood, hand crafting and traditional construction methods, creating modern furniture with timeless appeal and the warmth of solid wood.
‘...De La Espada, a curious factory without time: minimal forms, wood, a modernity that casts its eye at artisanal tradition’, Case da Abitare
Timber
Who Are We?
Manufacturing
De La Espada is one of the world’s leading modern wood workers. All furniture and lighting is made in Portugal by De La Espada guaranteeing quality that is far above the rest of the industry. We focus on solid wood without ignoring other materials that require the passion of a craftsman or craftswoman.
Product
No matter what material we use, only those that are tied to traditional crafts and which show the highest level of performance and beauty meet our standards. We use primarily solid American Black Walnut and American White Oak. We also use French Chestnut, fabrics sourced from Kvadrat, powder coated steel, plywood, and lacquered HDF.
Core Values
A direct link to the author Products true to the creative vision of the designer. Luxury through storytelling, and an enduring emotional connection.
Core Values
Dare to experiment Our affinity for small production batches creates an industry laboratory, where a willingness to experiment combined with a deep understanding of manufacture, allows for unrivalled prolificity.
Core Values
Noble materials that tell a story Our products are made from materials with high inherent worth.
Core Values
Craftsmanhip defined as decision making Every decision, every nuance, leads to sigificantly different results. We share the view that details make all the difference. Unique products are the result of subjective and intelligent decisions taken at every stage of design, development and craft.
De La Espada named ‘Best in Furniture’, ICFF Editors Awards 2012 Selected by editors including Arlene Hirst; Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Azure; Amanda Dameron, Dwell; Cristina Bonini, Interni; Chantal Hamaide, Intramuros; Paul Makovsky, Metropolis; and Pei-Ru Keh, Wallpaper.
‘De La Espada’s requirements have a similar effect on furniture that long, sunny days have on ripening oranges: The pieces are lacking an aura of nervousness, fast trends - they can ripen calmly, which is why they are radiating a priceless timelessness.’ -Architectural Digest Germany
‘[De La Espada]…a business model on a scale without precedent in the design industry.’ -Financial Times How to Spend It