DecemberIssue
The stunning custom-made fireplace and over mantel create an elegant focal point in the living room and are flanked with a pair of matching white bookcases. Read more on page 80. Inside the December issue, we have the latest from the world of interior design. John Demsey, the cosmetics kingpin, opens the doors to his debonair and exhuberant New York townhouse. Thomas Messel, a renowned furniture designer, has carefully adapted his quintessential English manor to accommodate his family and provide the perfect setting for his art and antiques. A derelict barn is turned into a beautiful £2m Swiss Chalet. A Virginia Design Project provides the perfect backdrop for vintage furnishings. A review of Tim Gosling’s brand new book, ‘Classic Contemporary, the DNA of furniture design’. Brent Cooper, from Simon Horn, gives advice on choosing a feature bed and Joanna Bibby, from Ochre, talks about the lure of leather. Also included is the brand new Ana Barreto catalogue, a company who has been creating exceptional furniture and interiors for over twenty years.
The stunning custom-made fireplace and over mantel create an elegant focal point in the living room and are flanked with a pair of matching white bookcases. Read more on page 80.
Inside the December issue, we have the latest from the world of interior design. John Demsey, the cosmetics kingpin, opens the doors to his debonair and exhuberant New York townhouse. Thomas Messel, a renowned furniture designer, has carefully adapted his quintessential English manor to accommodate his family and provide the perfect setting for his art and antiques. A derelict barn is turned into a beautiful £2m Swiss Chalet. A Virginia Design Project provides the perfect backdrop for vintage furnishings. A review of Tim Gosling’s brand new book, ‘Classic Contemporary, the DNA of furniture design’. Brent Cooper, from Simon Horn, gives advice on choosing a feature bed and Joanna Bibby, from Ochre, talks about the lure of leather. Also included is the brand new Ana Barreto catalogue, a company who has been creating exceptional furniture and interiors for over twenty years.
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HICKORY WHITE’s Custom Elements cabinet<br />
shop program provides an opportunity to<br />
choose and mix a variety of looks. Available<br />
with a wide array of custom base options,<br />
all available with several decorator finishes<br />
as well as a mix of stylish hardware.<br />
Pictured is the Frank low four-door cabinet<br />
with a double leg X-stretcher base and<br />
shown in a warm Sable finish accented with<br />
gold leaf striping. T: 001 828 322 8624<br />
www.hickorywhite.com<br />
One To Watch:<br />
Volta Ceilings<br />
is a craft collaboration between two highprofile<br />
Belgian artists, Eddy Dankers and<br />
Thierry Thenaers, who have marked the<br />
rediscovery of painted canvas ceilings,<br />
writes Katy Briscoe.<br />
First seen in classical Greece,<br />
painting scenes on fabric became an<br />
increasingly refined art, direct ancestor<br />
of the illusionist ceilings of Renaissance,<br />
Baroque and Rococo times. In the theatre<br />
too, painted canvas has always been a<br />
medium of magical illusion. As a bespoke<br />
art form, it has dazzling potential for both<br />
traditional and modern ceilings.<br />
Eddy’s family have been artists since the<br />
17th Century and Thierry is a renowned<br />
master painter, operatic set designer and<br />
interior designer. Individually, both have<br />
worked on many of Europe’s historic<br />
buildings, including the restoration of the<br />
Palace of Versailles.<br />
Inheritors and developers of the art of<br />
painted canvas ceilings, Thierry and Eddy<br />
set up Volta as an international interiors<br />
brand and their teams work all over<br />
the world. Through using old and new<br />
techniques and technologies, they can<br />
create anything from a perfect facsimile<br />
of a Baroque masterpiece to a dazzling<br />
ultra-modern trompe l’oeil ceiling. Highly<br />
eco-sensitive; they work on natural linen<br />
canvas, using natural casein paints, with a<br />
passion for authentic plant and mineralpigmented<br />
colour.<br />
Their stand at Decorex 2015 included<br />
an extraordinary virtual reality tour, with<br />
visitors donning advanced VR headsets<br />
to ‘travel down’ a grand corridor allowing<br />
them to view a series of rooms with<br />
unique Volta ceilings. Proving that,<br />
ancient as it is, this classical art form<br />
has most definitely made the move into<br />
contemporary interiors.<br />
www.voltaceilings.com<br />
FLORRIE AND BILL’s collaboration<br />
with textile designer Abigail Borg sees a<br />
somewhat gothic twist on the recurring<br />
florals trend - Dark Blooms. Its bold and<br />
eye-catching Botanical collection features a<br />
palette of deep, moody hues offsetting the<br />
delicate nature of scattered flowers for this<br />
sultry print trend. www.florrieandbill.com<br />
24 Bridge for Design December 2015
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