House style

Introducing a trio of artistic collaborations for spring

Artistic collaborations for the home

SIT COMFORTABLY

What to do when you want the look of a clean-lined, modern chair, but the comfort of a slouchy sofa? You might find an answer in the new collection from Australian brand SP01, by British designer Tim Rundle. It comprises 10 pieces, the highlights of which are the chairs, which combine a sharp, sleek exterior with loose upholstery on the inside – what Rundle calls the ‘human part’.

‘The part [of the chair] that touches architecture should relate to that and the parts that touch people should relate to them,’ he explains. ‘We tried to accentuate that.’ The chairs combine brass, pewter or steel frames with upholstery in a choice of 70 fabrics, from leather to velvet, and are available in the UK from Dodds & Shute and Silvera, from £2,072. sp01design.com

BRITISH CLASSIC

It’s been 50 years since wallpaper and fabric house Osborne & Little opened its doors on London’s King’s Road. Since then it has become a go-to for both classic and trend-led designs, and has collaborated with artistic talents including Nina Campbell, Quentin Blake and Matthew Williamson. To commemorate its first half-century, the company is launching British Isles Damask, a wallpaper pattern created for British Airways, symbolising the four countries of the UK with rose, thistle, daffodil and flax-leaf motifs. Now available to buy, it comes in three metallic colourways – aqua, stone and pearl – and costs £65 a roll. osborneandlittle.com

BRAZILIAN WAVE

The Kent coast and the beaches of Brazil make an unusual pairing in a new fabric collection from furniture company Casa Botelho. Founder João Botelho has collaborated with Whitstable-based textile designer Margo Selby, known for her geometric patterns and flair for colour, to create the Curvature collection, inspired by the work of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. The three graphic weaves that comprise it, named after Brazilian cities – Rio, Belo and Brasilia – are in a smart palette of black, cream, grey, gold and duck-egg blue, and come in either an upholstery-weight finish or a silky cotton-mix for soft furnishings. The fabrics cost £120 a metre through margoselby.com and casabotelho.com, where you can also find them ready-made into cushions, pouffes and throws.