Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm

Straight from Denmark -  fresh designs by Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm.

'Beddo' sofa - minimal beauty with sculptural upholstery - soft, woolen duvets can be arranged in different configurations and the wooden backrest is removable. Japanese inspiration is obvious at first sight (and in Japanese 'Beddo' means 'bed') - the sofa invites us to sit almost at the floor level. We change our perspective and what is more - the way we usually position our bodies while resting.
 

'Gym the luxe' is a fun sitting set made with vegetable tanned leather, organic wool, organic kapok and walnut. Minimum space required to create a confortable resting corner!

 
Both design were awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation.



www.christinaliljenberghalstrom.com

photos:  Kristine Funch, Nielsen Omvik

Paola Lenti: texture and colour

Cosy textures and very tasteful colours - it was the first ting I noticed about the furniture and carpets from Italian brand Paola Lenti. The designs are fun and create relaxed, cheerful, summertime atmosphere. All you need is a glass of chilled, colorful drink :)

Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien. The most beautiful sofa designs from Moroso

The design duo Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien are en example of perfect synergy. The girl from Mumbai and the Scotsman - she influenced by local craft traditions and aesthetics of India, he deeply rooted in industrial design. They draw inspiration from both cultures and create unbelievably innovative furniture pieces.

In 2000 the couple established their own studio in London: Doshi Levien. In 2007 they were announced Designers of the Year by Wallpaper magazine. At the same their work caught en eye of Patrizia Moroso, Creative Director at Moroso.

"Doshi Levien work across disciplines and industries, they make their own rules that are based on extracting as much richness as possible out of an experience or idea."

www.doshilevien.com

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Charpoy, 2007

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My beautiful backside, 2008

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Principessa, 2008 

Living Divani: Family Chair, Drop table, Pasticca sofa and Garden plate table

Family Chair collection (2010) from Living Divani caught my eye a while ago - fun and unpretentious design with beautiful graphic outlines. The chairs compose nicely with translucent Drop table (2010) that distorts the shapes behind and plays with our perception of space. Both designs were created by Junya Ishigami, a talented Japanese architect.

Pasticca (2010), modular seating system by Piero Lissoni is worth noticing as well. It allows to create endless compositions of sofas and lounge sets. Rounded shapes, pleasing to the eye, fit elegantly in open-space interiors.

Garden plate (2010) is another great design by Junya Ishigami - a low, translucent table meant to be an “out-of-scale” home garden. I love the idea!

www.livingdivani.it

photos T. Sartori, styling Carin Scheve

Peel seat by Khodi Feiz

Peel seat is a convertible furniture series: a sofa, lounge chair and chaise lounge, upholstered in pure wool. What really caught my attention was the design thought 'made transparent', beautiful synergy between form and function, the essence of minimal elegance.

The collection was designed by Khodi Feiz, Iranian-born industrial designer working at his design studio based in Amsterdam. Feiz design studio underlines clarity as one of the main inspirations:

"...objects which are stripped down to their bare essence, not to make them boring, but to bring out their main expressive quality. Too often ‘simple’ projects are dismissed as superficial and banal; it seems the more ‘complex’ or ‘advanced’ the better. But we propose the opposite: the simpler the project the more challenging and difficult it becomes; you don’t have the guise of complication to hide behind."

www.feizdesign.com
www.councildesign.com 

Patterned sofas: modern ornamental upholstery

Floral, baroque, folk, retro - ornaments are triumphantly back. In a new, modern, revamped version. Designers rediscovered the undeniable decorative power of all types of patterns and use advanced technologies to apply it in a new, creative way.

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Fergana Collection, designed by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso

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Sushi Collection, designed by Edward Van Vliet for Moroso

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Pendel sofa by Russell Pinch

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Bloomy, designed by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso

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Rythme modular sofa, design: Studio Missoni for Roche Bobois

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Matrix, by Karim Rashid for Meritalia

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Mah Jong modular sofa, designed by Hans Hopfer for Roche Bobois