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THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES. LINES WANDER. COLORS BLEED. EDGES RIPPLE AND FIBERS SHIFT BENEATH THE SURFACE. IN THE HANDS OF FOG & FURY’S KRISTIN KELLY COLOMBANO, FELT BECOMES LESS A TEXTILE THAN A STUDY IN MOVEMENT. THE FASCINATION BEGAN IN MONGOLIA, WHERE COLOMBANO FIRST ENCOUNTERED FELT ON A PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT IN 2010. AFTER STUDYING THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF WET FELTING, SHE FOUNDED FOG & FURY SIX YEARS LATER, TRANSLATING IT INTO A LANGUAGE ENTIRELY HER OWN.
HER REFERENCES ARE ELEMENTAL: MARBLE VEINING, RIPPLES IN SAND, STRIATED STONE. WOOL, SILK, ALPACA, YAK, MOHAIR AND FLAX TRANSLATE THOSE IMPRESSIONS INTO SHIFTING FIELDS OF TEXTURE AND SHEEN, WORKED INTO THROWS, CUSHIONS AND UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. WHAT BEGINS AS LANDSCAPE BECOMES SURFACE. EACH PIECE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE MAGIC OF SPONTANEITY AND IMPERFECTION.
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A GOOD ROOM DOESN’T NEED EVERYTHING TO AGREE. IN FACT, A LITTLE TENSION USUALLY HELPS. OLD ROOMS WELCOME NEW SHAPES. QUIET UPHOLSTERY SETTLES IN BESIDE LOUD ART. SOMETHING FAMILIAR FINDS ITSELF IN UNEXPECTED COMPANY. THE BEST INTERIORS HAVE ALWAYS MADE ROOM FOR BOTH HISTORY AND WHAT COMES NEXT. BRIGHT HAS SPENT MORE THAN EIGHT DECADES DOING MUCH THE SAME. IN MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, FURNITURE IS STILL MADE UNDER ONE ROOF, FROM RAW LUMBER THROUGH UPHOLSTERY AND FINISHING. IT IS A TRADITION PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT, AND TODAY, FROM FATHER TO DAUGHTER — EACH BRINGING A DIFFERENT EYE TO A SHARED WAY OF MAKING. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY THE COLLECTION WEARS ITS HISTORY SO LIGHTLY. TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY, RESTRAINED AND EXPRESSIVE, FAMILIAR AND UNEXPECTED — THE DISTINCTIONS MATTER LESS THAN THE FREEDOM TO MOVE BETWEEN THEM. THE PAST IS STILL PRESENT. IT JUST DOESN’T GET THE LAST WORD.
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CAMBRIE IS IN HER COLOR ERA. JOYFUL PATTERNS, BRIGHT HUES, AND PIECES WITH PLENTY OF PERSONALITY ARE TOP OF MIND — ALONG WITH DREAMS OF A LAKE HOUSE, COURTESY OF A FAMILY TRIP TO THE ADIRONDACKS. THE REST? GOOD FORM, GREAT PATTERN, AND A YUMA INSTITUTION THAT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO MAKE THE LIST.
SHORT LIST SHORT LIST WELL TRAVELED // Adirondacks, New York
PATTERN PLAY // Palampore, George Spencer Designs
OBJECT LESSON // Man on Diving Board II, Corbin Bronze
FOREVER FAVORITE // The Chile Pepper, Yuma, Arizona
TAKE A SEAT // Gabrielle Lounge, Joseph Jeup
COMMON ACROSS ATELIER AGAHZADEH AND AMOEDE , ORGANIC FORMS FIND NEW EXPRESSION.
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PHILIPPA AGAHZADEH’S WORK HAS A HANDWRITING ALL ITS OWN. SINUOUS FORMS, IRREGULAR LINES AND TACTILE SURFACES APPEAR AND REAPPEAR ACROSS DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHY, INTERIORS AND SCULPTURES, EACH MEDIUM OFFERING ANOTHER WAY TO EXPLORE THEM. THAT SIGNATURE IS PERHAPS MOST FAMILIAR IN THE RUGS OF ATELIER AGAHZADEH. DRAWN BY AGAHZADEH AND KNOTTED BY MASTER ARTISANS, THEY FAVOR THE BEAUTIFULLY IRREGULAR: CONTOURS THAT WANDER, PILES THAT RISE AND FALL, COLORS THAT MEET WITHOUT QUITE BEHAVING. PA
PATTERN GIVES WAY TO SOMETHING CLOSER TO LANDSCAPE, WITH SURFACES THAT SHIFT AS LIGHT MOVES ACROSS THEM. AMOEDE WIDENS THE FRAME. THE RUGS REMAIN, JOINED BY SCULPTURAL OBJECTS CAST IN BRONZE, WHERE AGAHZADEH’S ORGANIC GEOMETRIES TAKE ON WEIGHT AND PERMANENCE. THE SHIFT IN MATERIAL REVEALS SOMETHING NEW: THE SAME CURVES THAT WANDER ACROSS A FLOOR FEEL ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WHEN GIVEN MASS, PATINA AND A PLACE ON THE TABLE.
1 | Troscan gives the classic bench a little more to do with Nara, pairing a generously upholstered seat with an integrated end-grain wood table. Left- or rightfacing, it works well on its own or doubled up as a mirrored pair. 2 | Christopher Farr Cloth takes pattern into the open air with its Outdoor + Performance collection. Expressive prints and richly textured weaves carry the house’s decorative spirit beyond the interior,
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making a persuasive case for rooms without walls. 3 | Studio Bel Vetro brings the lunar landscape down to earth with Phase, a new sconce that renders the moon’s cratered surface in cast crystal, precious leaf and brass. Rotated in any direction, its landscape changes as the light does. 4 | From the shores of Fiji to a centuries-old needlepoint motif, Fermoie finds inspiration for Coral and Flame Stitch. Reworked by hand, both patterns carry the subtle irregularity of the studio’s distinctive style. 5 | Penumbra takes its name from the soft-edged shadow of an eclipse — a fitting starting point for Conrad’s latest collection of handwoven window shades. Across eight new weaves, natural fibers shift between openness and opacity, filtering daylight into ever-changing patterns of texture and shadow. Available through our Scottsdale showroom
6 | Twenty years in the making, Studioart celebrates an anniversary written in leather. VENTI looks forward as much as back, pairing four reimagined icons with Metamorfosi, a new leather-and-cork surface shaped in collaboration with the next generation of designers.
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