Mary Gaudin visits a charming suburban wasteland – a collaboration by Kvadrat and fashion designer Raf Simons, based on the post-war houses of Jean Prouvé.
Three years ago I was in Milan during Milan Design Week. It was my first time to the event and one of my favourite discoveries was the Danish furniture company Kvadrat.
The brand’s Milan showroom is down a little alley on Corso Magenta. With lighting company Flos as a neighbour and windows to a small plaza, it’s a very Italian space, albeit with a Scandinavian feel. What drew me to Kvadrat was their seemingly simple fabric designs, which effortlessly balance technology and craft. They collaborate with some pretty incredible designers, too.
To showcase their sixth fabric collaboration with Raf Simons, Kvadrat teamed with the designer to present the installation ‘No Man’s Land’. Held in a derelict warehouse in a residential Milanese suburb, an enormous floral display by Belgian florist Mark Colle introduced the space: the wildflower carpet mirrored the textures and colours in Simons’ new collection.
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The Past Is Present
In exhibitions at public galleries around the country, artists reflect on our collective, individual and cultural histories.
Why I Walk Carl Douglas
How the experience of walking reveals our world to us and informs our sense of our place in it.
My Favourite Building Chlöe Swarbrick
Built on Auckland’s Karangahape Road in the 1920s, St Kevin’s Arcade has served as vocational inspiration and a meeting place for the Green MP since she was a teenager.
Humble Special
PAC Studio designs a home on a tiny budget in the bush above the Kaipara Harbour.
Modern Love
Assembly Architects draws on lightweight Californian modernism to craftan elegant mountain retreat.
Family Tree
On a leafy site in the Waikato, Tane Cox crafts a subtle home for three generations
LOW PROFILE
Sometimes, strict covenants can be a blessing in disguise.
Fine Line
A house in a vineyard by Stuart Gardyne shows country living need not be rustic.
Elegant Shed
Ben Daly rehabilitates a farm building with a long family history on the Canterbury Plains.
Perfect Pitch
An encampment by an inlet casually inhabits land at Tawharanui.
