Last summer, Flat Vernacular, a Brooklyn-based design company that specializes in original hand-drawn, hand-printed, and one-of-a-kind wallpapers, approached us to see if we’d work with them to create 40 unique dining chairs for a series of parties to mark the launch of their emerging textile line and their new home decor business, Department of Decoration.
Flat Vernacular’s mantras: pattern is best & pattern makes perfect rang true for us upon first hearing them. Flat Vernacular’s bold approach to wallpaper and textile design felt kindred in spirit to Chairloom’s personality and design sensibility.
Although not our first collaboration with Flat Vernacular, the 40 dining room chair project was a unique opportunity to create pieces that would emphasize unexpected creativity in the area of furniture refinishing and textile design. We suggested a collection of 40 chairs of various styles and periods that would become a unified set through our collaborative design approach.
