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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
CONTENTS
012
NEWS & TRENDS
060
PROJECTS WE COVET
012 News and Trends Worldwide
061 A Cape Town Wonderland Featuring
016 Studio Pepe & Essential Home
Magical Furniture
New Mid-Century Collection
064 Sustainability Meets Luxury NR House
018 Carlo Donati & Essential Home
BOOKS WE COVET
New Mid-Century Collection
068
020 Curated Selection of New Products
069 Through a Designer ’s Eye: A Focus on Interiors 069 Inspired Design: The 100 Most Important
024
WORK FROM HOME
Designers of the Past 100 Years
025 Trends in Home Office Design
HOTELS WE COVET
028 Home Office Ideas For Him
070
030 Home Office Ideas For Her
071 Shangri-La Paris
034 How to improve productivity while
073 Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg
working from home?
076 The Peninsula Paris
036
SHOWROOMS WE COVET
080
WORLD’S FINEST RESTAURANTS
037 COVET NYC
081 Gastronómico Fortaleza do Guincho
038 Élitis
083 Ocean, Vila Vita Parc
042
INSPIRATIONS
Trend Report: Fall Winter Colours 2021 048
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
048 Kenzo Takada 050 Studiopepe 054 Anne-Cécile Comar 056 Carlo Donati
086
STYLE ICONS
When Haute Couture Meets Interior Design
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Dear readers, In these extraordinary times, the world needs inspiration. That is why covetED decided to focus its 18th issue on this subject. Through 94 pages, you’ll find more than 200 ideas to upgrade your office space and inspirations to improve your productivity while at home. The main theme is WORK FROM HOME. We start by featuring some of the biggest news in the interior design world, followed by a series of curated new pieces not to miss. Then, we present a selection of office interior design ideas and tips on how to improve productivity while working from home. You can also count on a curated selection of the showrooms we love, from the world’s capitals. Hoping to be able to visit them once again very soon. Also, we joined one of the best mid-century Design brands of the moment, Essential Home, and prepared a series of exclusive interviews about modern design and its best players. Dolce Vita, a collection designed by Carlo Donati.
Get ready for some serious inspiration and enjoy CovetED’s newest issue! For an extra boost of inspiration, don’t forget to visit our website: www.covetedition.com.
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Margarida Gonçalves
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NEWS & TRENDS Design is everywhere. From year to year, the trends keep changing in light velocity. If there is one way to describe the interior design trends we will see more of in 2020, it’s anything goes. To make you be able to keep up with all of them we bring you the latest news and trends in the interior design world. THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL TO CREATE YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT: ID SERVICE COVET HOUSE features an exclusive tool: ID SERVICE, the Interior Design Solution for your dream home/dream project. This is an exclusive interior design service made to provide tools and solutions to satisfy every single project. ID service was created to partner up with Covet House’s clients, professionals and private, and offer all the tools and solutions to satisfy the needs of every project. CovetED is pleased to present you this incredible feature, stay tuned for more.
SUSTAINABILITY: ANTONIOLUPI EMPLOYS RESIN AND CORK FOR SUSTAINABLE PEDESTAL SINK A new pedestal sink by Antoniolupi focuses on more than eye-catching aesthetics, which, by the way, it has in spades. Bolgheri, conceived by Gumdesign’s Laura Fiaschi and Gabriele Pardi, begins with a base in cork, the lightweight material that’s harvested from cork oaks without harming the living tree, reconstituted, and bound with natural resin. It’s topped by a basin in Cristalmood, Antoniolupi’s proprietary translucent coloured resin that’s fully recyclable. The result is a sleek and sustainable fixture boasting texture and contrast—soft and matte, hard and shiny. The basin’s colour options are numerous, while the base comes in honeytoned Natural or darker brown Toasted.
BERNHARDT DESIGN AND ITALIAN FURNISHING BRAND PLANK ANNOUNCE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP Finding the perfect business partner is no easy task, and for Jerry Helling, president of Bernhardt Design, the search ended with Michael Plank, CEO of Italian furnishing manufacturer Plank. Earlier this month, the two brands announced the launch of their long-term partnership, Bernhardt Design + Plank, which makes Plank’s products and outdoor furnishings easily accessible in the North American market through a distribution agreement with Bernhardt Design.
CRISTINA CELESTINO RECALLS LOMBARDY LANDMARKS FOR CLÉ TILE WALL COVERING Nestled in Italy’s Lombardy region, Gonzaga is a town rife with both Renaissance history and Cotto, the fine terra-cotta clay that forms on the floodplain of the River Po. Masters of the medium make up the town’s 100-yearold Fornace Brioni, where secrets of the trade have been passed down for generations. Though historic, the family-run company continues to evolve, ergo in 2017 leaders Alessio and Alberto Brioni hired lauded Italian designer Cristina Celestino to oversee creative direction. Their collaboration now yields Giulio Romano, a wall covering for Clé Tile. The handcrafted tiles come in two shapes: a long, fluted column and a coordinating end cap, both 8 inches wide. Combined, their form echoes those pillars and mouldings found in the region’s landmarks, from the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Sabbioneta to the Ducal Palace of Mantua.
CARLO DONATI’S EXCLUSIVE MID-CENTURY COLLECTION Carlo Donati is a known name here at CovetED for all the best reasons. Today we bring you the latest collection the Italian designer developed for the Mid-Century brand Essential Home. The collection is called Dolce Vita and the biggest inspiration was the cinema and life of heedless pleasure and luxury. Discover all the pieces of this incredible collection, and don’t miss out on the news the brand and the designer have prepared for all of us. Carlo Donati’s Dolce Vita is here to impress and make the world fall in love with the Italian designers mid-century modern ideas. Get ready to discover and best inspired by these amazing pieces and don’t be admired if you fall in love with them in a blink of an eye!
KNOLL PRESENTS THE NEW COLLECTIONS FOR 2020 BY PIERO LISSONI The long-term collaboration between Piero Lissoni and Knoll has evolved over time in a range of various projects poised halfway between the home and the office: sofas, chairs, armchairs, bookcases and tables like Avio, Matrioska, Red Baron, Grasshopper, KN and Gould. The holistic, sartorial approach of the Milan-based architect, driven by exceptional aesthetic sensibilities, has had a major impact on the Knoll style, reinforcing the dialogue between tradition and a contemporary spirit, in keeping with the historical legacy of the company.
MATIC – DESIGNED BY PIERO LISSONI: Matic offers new functional and aesthetic possibilities. Modular or linear, the collection stands out for its ample seats of different depths, covered in leather or fabric. It is composed of modules, including chaise longues and terminal peninsula units, to provide seats upholstered with evenly-sized squares, or detailed with a T-shaped seam, combined with a special curved back featuring a mechanism that can be turned to adjust comfort for relaxing, reading or conversation.
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STUDIOPEPE’S NEW COLLECTION IS A MID-CENTURY LOVERS DREAM COME TRUE! MEET “HAPPY FEW”! Studiopepe, one of the biggest interior design studios in the world, launched their newest work with incredible pieces with a vintage touch, produced by Essential Home, one of the biggest mid-century brands in the world. Ready to discover more? We present you “Happy Few“, a midcentury modern furniture collection you will fall in love with if you’re a design lover like us! Studiopepe’s mid-century design ideas truly redefine the furniture design world as we know it, thanks to its unique ideas. The Italian designers share a deep passion with Italian architecture, design and high-craftsmanship culture, and during their creative journey to Portugal, Chiara and Arianna discovered something unique. They saw and found in Porto’s downtown area, with all of its iconic buildings, architecture landmarks, unique art and design galleries, such as Serralves, and exquisite high craftsmanship culture, a brand-new scene of inspiration that make them feel like home.
Inspired by the unique colours and magnificent art landmarks in both countries, Studiopepe decided to create a unique mid-century furniture collection that combined the best of both worlds. Challenging the limits of the furniture manufacture standards, this unique mid-century modern selection of products teaches you how to play with the geometrical concept of design in a comfortable way while keeping the luxury mid-century modern feel to it. Each piece is a statement on its own and was named after some of the most iconic literature personalities from the 40s to the 70s, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Zelda Fitzgerald and David Duncan. This is the perfect selection of products to elevate your home design from average to exquisite in no time.
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TREND IDEAS
WORK FROM HOME We know that it is very difficult to be at home at a time like this, and therefore, as more of us make the move to work from our property, for those who have to work from home, we have prepared a series of home offices to inspire you! We understand the importance that our mind has in our work so it is up to us to make an effort to sculpt method, discipline and feel good in this new and temporary workplace, but if the design is to our liking it can improve our creativity and our productivity as well!
MAKE YOUR HOME OFFICE A GLAMOROUS REFLECTION OF WHO YOU ARE
TRENDS IN HOME OFFICE DESIGN Your home office should be a direct reflection of your personal
is that you can do anything you want.
style, passions, and aspirations. One of its biggest advantages
One thing is for sure - the need to work at home and to have a
compared to a corporate office—where workers are often limited
space to enhance productivity is needed. For this, we bring you the
to customizing a cubicle with quirky calendars and potted plants—
modern office design trends.
MINIMALIST DÉCOR
RE-INVENTED OFFICE CHAIRS
A clean and clearly organised workspace is conducive to great concentration
If there is one piece of furniture key to productivity, it’s having a comfortable
and uninterrupted workflow. Less visual clutter leads to less mental clutter,
desk chair. While that used to mean buying something with black, plastic
and you will be able to find your needed files and equipment a whole lot faster
arms on wheels, that’s no longer the case.
too. Take a gander at these minimalist home office ideas that have harnessed
Accessorizing chairs is another popular trend. Adding a pillow or cushion can
simplicity to create productive workspaces completely free from distraction,
bring comfort and a pop of colour to any space. “Productivity doesn’t only
some with simple Scandi styling and a bunch with home office storage designs
come from office equipment, it’s also a result of working in a relaxing and
to fit spaces of all different shapes and sizes.
comfortable space,” says Lauren Meichtry who is the founder of Elsie Home. “To brighten up an otherwise bland space, throw pillows provide a layer of thoughtfulness and detail that just might roll into your work product.”
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2021
FALL WINTER COLOURS Every year we see a change in the way we design our spaces and new colour trends come forward. This year with harsh changes in habits we saw a shift in our priorities that made us stay more time at home. Since the on-going pandemic gives no signs of actually going away we feel the need to invest more in creating a beautiful environment for the place we still spend more time at, our home. These changes in society are reflected in the new colour trends for 2021.
Urging for some sense of warmth and brighter days, we can observe a lot of soft nudes but also happy brighter colours. 2021 colour themes will be searching for all things calm, relaxing, comfortable, sustainable and soulful, for sure contrasting with the situation we are living in the outside world. What makes us human is the urge to feel and live more and, with that in mind, brands started to create a new colour palette for 2021.
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SUSTAINABILITY MEETS LUXURY IN THIS SPRAWLING RESIDENCE In the sprawling sights of Jubilee Hills, India lies a private residence evolved from the creative minds of architectural firm NA Architects. The interior design project was conceived as a gallery-typed space, which involved not only creating clear open areas but also inviting the light in, particularly from above. NR House became to be the perfect marriage for Boca do Lobo statement-furniture. CovetED is here to present you this amazing projects, that combines sustainable design with luxury furniture. “We being architects the main goal was to achieve sustainability with luxury. We wanted to change the concept of sustainability being simple and rustic. We wanted to show the world that sustainable homes can be luxurious. Being our own home, we wanted to experiment with the concept of our home.” – NA Architects, about NR House, which is the home of Niroop and Rupana Reddy, the architect and interior designer respectively, behind this private residence. An organic palette, semi-precious and natural stone accents, sprawling water features and design embedded structured ceilings are the highlight features of this luxury and sustainable residence. Carefully placed clerestory windows wash the interior with natural light and provide framed glimpses of the canopy of pines on the slopes above the property, which also helped determine the section of the undulating ceiling. The house keeps the constant need for an unfettered flow of light and air, adequate cross-ventilation and views from each of the rooms to the surrounding greenery.
NA Architects first objective was to try to maximize the perception of space and the company managed to guarantee that by creating generous outdoor covered spaces, which make it feel as if the interiors spill outwards. The interior finishes contrast raw, expressive concrete on the soffit. The natural materiality emphasizes the architecture as an extension of the landscape, while the Micheal Angelo marble towards the back of the living area accentuates the illusion of depth, further enhancing the sense of space. A 20 feet high main door is the focal point of this interior design project and marks the entry of the house. The imposing entrance door is sided with 20 feet single glass opening and Monolithic stone�clad wall that adds a singular statement design to the experience of entering into the private residence.
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BOOKS WE COVET
THE MOST COVETED BOOKS IN THE INTERIOR DESIGN WORLD CovetED brings you the IT books on interior design that deserve to be in your home shelf. The books we chose will help you think differently about design, and providing inspiration for your next design project.
Through a Designer’s Eye A Focus on Interiors A sumptuous presentation of impeccably Classic interiors by Matthew Patrick Smyth. Matthew Patrick Smyth is renowned for elegant, sophisticated rooms that combine sumptuous fabrics, well-selected antiques, and contemporary comfort. Through a Designer ’s Eye, he reveals his design process, emphasizing his commitment to exploring the world, through travel and in the imagination of the theatre, and to recording scenes and vignettes in photographs. Through a Designer ’s Eye presents Smyth’s recent work ranging from a traditional Park Avenue apartment and an edgy Tribeca loft in Manhattan to waterfront houses in Florida, New England, and Long Island that demonstrate his skills in responding to context and eliciting preferences of clients to create a unique environment for each. Nowhere is this better seen than in his own house in Salisbury, Connecticut, an unexpected 1970s prefabricated deck house now elegantly appointed with an eclectic mix of furniture, objects, and works of art he and his partner have collected over many years. Smyth’s
engaging,
first-person
narrative
references
formative
experiences with theatre and photography and focuses on five elements of interior design-appreciating of artisanal and handcrafted elements, understanding of history and context, evaluating light and seasonal change, weaving furnishings and art into a coherent mise-en-scène, creating an inviting atmosphere-that contribute to successful spaces. Illustrating the text are lush photographs of completed rooms, interspersed with.
Inspired Design: The 100 Most Important Designers of the Past 100 Years Most decorating books focus on one designer; the rest focus on one period, one trend, one room. This book, for the first time, has the big picture: ALL the names everybody must know from the entire 100-year history of interior design. Each designer is profiled and illustrated with three to four photographs of their best work; what we can learn from them—and how they changed decorating forever— is clearly highlighted to catch the eye.
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STYLE ICONS
WHEN HAUTE COUTURE MEETS INTERIOR DESIGN A strong and undeniable link between runway fashion and interior design has always existed but in recent years the two have fused to a point where the one has a significant influence over the other. Fashion is not just about the clothes we wear or the outfits we put together, it dominates much of our day to day lives from the homes we live into the offices we work in and the cars we drive: Everything is governed by fashion trends.
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ANTONIO LUPI Website: https://www.antoniolupi.it/it/ Address: Piazza Lega Lombarda Ang, Via di PortaTenaglia, 20121 Milan, Italy
COVET VALLEY Website: www.covethouse.eu/covet-showrooms/covet-valley/ Address: Tv. Clube de Caçadores 301, 4420-089 Gondomar, Portugal
MAISON VALENTINA Website: www.maisonvalentina.net/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal
ATELIER DU PONT / ANNE CÉCILE COMAR Website: https://www.atelierdupont.fr/ Address: 89 Rue de Reuilly, 75012 Paris, France
CRISTINA CELESTINO Website: https://cristinacelestino.com/
MOOOI Website www.moooi.com/ Address: Minervum 7003 4817 ZL Breda, Netherlands
B&B ITALIA Website: https://www.bebitalia.com/en/ Address: Strada Provinciale Novedratese, 15, 22060 Novedrate CO, Italy BERNHARDT DESIGN Website: https://bernhardtdesign.com/ Address: Bernhardt Furniture Company, 1839 Morganton Blvd. Lenoir, NC, United States BOCA DO LOBO Website: www.bocadolobo.com/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal BRABBU Website: www.brabbu.com/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal CAFFE LATTE HOME Website: https://www.caffelattehome.com/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal CARLO DONATI Website: https://www.carlodonati.it/ COVET DOURO Website: www.covethouse.eu/virtual-tours/douro/ Address: Avenida Clube de Caçadores, 4604, Gondomar, Portugal COVET HOUSE Website: https://www.covethouse.eu/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal COVET LONDON Website: www.covethouse.eu/virtual-tours/london/ Address: 1 Regal House Lensbury Avenue Fulham London SW6 2GZ, UK COVET NYC Website: https://www.covethouse.eu/covetshowrooms/covet-nyc/ COVET PARIS Website: www.covethouse.eu/virtual-tours/paris/ Address: 154 Rue de Rosiers, 93400 Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
DELIGHTFULL Website: www.delightfull.eu/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal ÉLITIS Website: http://www.elitis.fr/ Address: 5 rue Saint Benoît, 75006 Paris, France ESSENTIAL HOME Website: www.essentialhome.eu/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal FENDI CASA Website: https://www.fendi.com/ii/info/fendiroma/casa/ HOTEL FORTALEZA DO GUINCHO RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX Website: https://www.fortalezadoguincho.com/ Address: Praia do Guincho, 2750-642 Cascais, Portugal HOTEL SOFITEL PARIS LE FAUBOURG Website: https://www.sofitel-paris-lefaubourg. com/en/ Address: 15 Rue Boissy d’Anglas, 75008 Paris, France JONATHAN ADLER Website: https://jonathanadler.com/ Address: 37 Greenwich Avenue. New York, NY 10014, United States K3 Website: https://k-3.com/ Address: 242 Boulevard St-Germain, 75007 Paris, France KNOLL Website: https://www.knoll.com/ Address: East Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States LUXXU Website: www.luxxu.net/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal MAISON MATISSE Website: https://www.maison-matisse.com/ Address: 290 Avenue du Stade, 11120 SaintNazaire-d’Aude, France
PENINSULA HOTEL Website: https://www.peninsula.com/en/ paris/5-star-luxury-hotel-16th-arrondissement/ Address: 19 Avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris, France PIERO LISSONI Website: https://www.lissoniandpartners.com/ PLANK Website: https://www.plank.it/en/ Address: Plank Srl, Via Nazionale 35 I-39040 Ora, Italy PRECIOSA LIGHTING Website: https://www.preciosalighting.com/ Address: Nový Svět 915, 471 14 Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic RUG’SOCIETY Website: www.rugsociety.eu/ Address: Rua Particular de Regueirais, nº33, 4435-379 Rio Tinto, Porto, Portugal SHANGRI-LA PARIS HOTEL Website: https://www.shangri-la.com/en/paris/ shangrila/ Address: 10 Avenue d’Iéna, 75116 Paris, France STUDIO PEPE Website: http://www.studiopepe.info/ Address: Viale Abruzzi, 20, 20131 Milan, Italy TAYLOR LLORENTE Website: https://www.taylorllorentefurniture.com/ Address: 16 St. Martin’s Le-Grand, St. Pauls, London, United Kingdom VILA VITA PARC Website: www.vilavitaparc.com/ Address: Rua Anneliese Pohl, Alporchinhos, 8400-450 Porches, Algarve, Portugal ZEUS NOTO Website: https://www.zeusnoto.com/ Address: Corso San Gottardo 21/9, Milan, Italy
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