Cherry pickers
Fresh from a collaboration with blue-chip brand Wedgwood, Campbell—Rey are curators of the artful.
Charlotte Rey: We collect a plethora of things big and small, precious and not. I find myself with varied majolica leaf dessert plates [18], issues of 60s and 70s French architecture and design magazine L’Oeil [13], any The World of Interiors I can find, anything Josef Frank [1], malachite boxes [12], silk velvet cushions, and candlesticks, paired and random. Duncan Campbell: Ceramics that look like fish and vegetables, glassware, particularly mid-century Murano pieces, painted furniture and old design books.
DC: P.Johnson suits [15]. CR: My neon-yellow Loewe ‘Paula’s Ibiza’ glasses strap [17].
CR: A Chopard ‘Imperiale’ rose-gold and steel watch with a burgundy dial and alligator strap [16]. DC: Audemars Piguet’s ‘Royal Oak’ is a design classic and just the right side of kitsch.
DC: D.S. & Durga’s ‘Italian Citrus’ [3]. CR: ‘Don’t Tell Jasmine’ by Vilhelm Parfumerie.
CR: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez and a first edition of Lampedusa’s The Leopard. DC: Philip Sassoon’s biography and The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page.
DC: Classical music while I’m working and Stan Getz [11] is perfect for aperitivo hour. CR: German DJ Bonjour Ben on SoundCloud. Otherwise, Polo&Pan, Nicolas Jaar, Solange and Ali Farka Touré [10], while fellow Scandinavians MØ, Tove Lo and Robyn bring the boogie. CR: David Austin roses. DC: Tulips and dahlias.
DC: Emilio Terry, André Arbus, Dorothy Draper [20] and Rex Whistler. CR: Joel Arthur Rosenthal [7] and Robert Goossens [21], who distils a complete world in a single object.
DC: Candida Höfer [4] and Pablo Bronstein for their ability to make historical themes strikingly modern. I’d love an early Hockney coloured-pencil drawing [14]. CR: Olafur Eliasson [6] for his deep compassion and care for the environment while presenting his message in a spectacular way.
CR: Il Deserto Rosso [2] by Antonioni is a masterpiece. Barry Lyndon for the light, colour and texture.
CR: Yes, especially classics such as a Mercedes 300 SL. The Gullwing [19] is my dream car.
CR: A Wedgwood ‘Orange’ bowl [8] in Queen’s Ware is a lovely addition to any table. A Sabine Marcelis candy cube [5] would be fun. DC: A Venini rope twist mirror, a Tecno desk by Osvaldo Borsani and anything from Wedgwood that features classical motifs in jasperware relief [9].
DC: Our first New York project, a pre-War apartment with wonderful proportions and light; the restoration of a canal house in Utrecht; a Formentera beach house; an apartment in Mayfair; and our furniture launch. Our glassware just became exclusively available on Matchesfashion.com.
CR: We often return to Italian traditions such as the centro di tavola for an inviting, relaxed atmosphere and enjoy mixing colours and patterns, new pieces with old. Flowers and decorative fruits always adorn the tables alongside our own Murano glassware and trays of food where people can graze. For Wedgwood [22], we worked with colourful pieces to provide a bountiful and playful setting. campbell-rey.com; wedgwood.com.au