DESIGNERHIGHLIGHTS Although the designer founded his eponymous studio in 2007, focusing on Australian-made lighting and furniture, he got his start in the field much earlier, as a teenager crafting tables with tools passed down from his carpenter grandfather. “We were always making things,” Gardam says of his Melbourne childhood. Today he’s perhaps best known for his marble lamps, but a new collaboration with Hightower looks set to cement his star status in the North American contract market. Adapt from Hightower Studio x Ross Gardam, a collection manufactured in High Point, North Carolina, has nine products including settees, curved or straight sectionals, and pivot and end tables. Key design details are the French seams and the stackable back panels that allow for low-, mid-, and high-back seating to be integrated into one modular configuration. Peekaboo metal nodes connecting the panels add finesse. Congrats on the HiP Award! space 1110
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sit and chill with paola navone
Call it “macro-weaving”: A chunky handcrafted olefin rope is interlaced to form a nubby and enveloping outdoor side chair that comes in three colors—Aubergine, Peacock, and Pepper. Said chair is part of the Interior Design Hall of Famer’s Chopstix collection (named for the table’s spiky angled legs). Together, seat and table form a refreshing al fresco entertaining set—which earned Janus et Cie a HiP Award on Sunday! spaces 310a and 1420
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