Missed Interieur this year ? Don't fret! We've got all the highlights for you right here /
This year's theme in Kortrijk was 'A New World'. Not some 'Huxley-esque' dystopic vision, but an optimistic assessment of contemporary design that "creates room for poetry, precision, technology and art." For some designers this has always been the case, but at a time when we edge ever closer to a reality of landfill sites bursting with obselete, over-designed objects, it feels essential to investigate different approaches to design's future.
Interieur's mix of the emerging and the established, the commercial and the experimental, makes them well placed to examine this concept. Below we have gathered some of our favourites from the fair for you to look at and judge for yourselves.
(Clockwise L-R / Vision by Karel Boonzaaijer & Pierre Mazairac for Pastoe, Bolle Side Table/Stool by Nathan Yong for Living DIvani, Morph Kid chair by Formstelle and Bondt Side Table by Nana Gröner & Merit Frank, both for Zeitraum).
(Clockwise L-R / Prostheses and Grafts Series by Studio MK27: Radiola Table, Amostrado Bench, Quereres Table, Alumiada Table, Trillili Bar-wagon, Luizao Quinze Bench).
(Clockwise L-R / ‘Table’ by Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu for Labt, detail from ‘Table’ and the Instant Chair by Matali Crasset for Moustache).
(Clockwise L-R / VH27 by Vincent Holvdet, ‘A Book Shelf’ by Miriam Aust, Avifauna by Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters for Kavan Ronsey, Juffer Side Tables by Pieke Bergmans for Gelderland).
(Clockwise L-R / Yokozuna Lamp by Fabien Dumas for Dark, Prelude No. 6 by USIN-e, Ticket Lampshade by Evita Appendin and Paper Planes Armchair by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien for Moroso).
Post by Claire Gittins