If the latest market debuts have any lessons to teach, it’s that the design community works best together. From Marian McEvoy’s whimsical textiles for Schumacher to Callidus Guild’s painterly Tai Ping rugs, industry brands across all categories are coming together to bring new offerings to designers’ toolkits. Looking for the latest in furniture, decor, lighting and more? Meet the latest dynamic duos in the industry.
Marian McEvoy x Schumacher
When former fashion and design editor Marian McEvoy left the glitzy city life for the serenity of New York’s Hudson Valley, she soon immersed herself in other creative endeavors, crafting illustrations, pressed-leaf collages, and cork-cut objects. Those works, a tribute to the surrounding landscape, are now translated into a topographical series of fabrics and wallpapers for Schumacher. It’s a jubilant array of soaring vines, artistic flowers reminiscent of Central Asian textiles and large-scale botanicals enlivened with polka dots plucked from Marrakech’s Jardin Majorelle. The tassel-embellished striped bows, originally envisioned for the shoes, underscore McEvoy’s unwavering sense of style.
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Peter Mikic x The Lacquer Company
Lively shapes told with reflective lacquer, Peter Mikic’s latest furniture designs are so emotive that you fear they might go astray if you look away. The 17-piece set of high-gloss furniture and accessories, a collaboration with the Lacquer Company, is defined by round waves, inlay-like geometric patterns and mod cutouts. Envisioned in the manufacturer’s signature smart contrasting palettes, the coffee tables, bedside tables, lamps, ice cube and more are awash in Mustard Siena Yellow, Soft Peter Pink, Bordeaux Red and Burnt Orange, among others intense tones
Élan Byrd x Lulu and Georgia
Textile artist Élan Byrd favors raffia and abaca in her fiber works, so it’s no surprise that her latest earth-toned installation for Lulu and Georgia, the first to include lighting, has a similar appeal. Often muted in pattern and palette, Byrd’s designs appeal to the tactile senses, drawing you in through a weaver’s warp and weft or considered details. Take the Terrene pendant light, which is complete with a wide wicker shade dotted with leather stitching. (The fixture comes in a linen shade with sconce, chandelier, floor lamp and table lamp styles.)
Jeffrey Dungan Architects x Textures Nashville
Last week, the Textures Nashville showroom was packed with festivities during the Nashville Antiques & Garden Show, during which the hardwood flooring company debuted its Jeffrey Dungan Architecture Collection. Dungan, who heads his eponymous architecture firm in Mountain Brook, Ala., designed seven nature-inspired finishes of Appalachian white oak—from inspiring Jackson to warm Gray Wash to rich Old Sawmill—that give floors, paneling , mills and stair treads. timeless patina. Made through Textures Curated, the service behind Textures Nashville’s bespoke offerings, the range can be customized with classic herringbone and chevron inlays.
Callidus Guild x Tai Ping Carpets
Historical research and ancient practices inform the hand-painted eco-friendly wall coverings produced at Callidus Guild, the Brooklyn workshop established by artist Yolande Milan Batteau. That painstaking level of detail is now captured in the studio’s debut collection for Tai Ping Carpets, presented this month in Paris during Maison & Objet. Hand-knotted rugs pay homage to traditional techniques (think woodblock printing and Japanese lacquer) while embracing the modern three-way dyeing method. Crafted by artisans in Nepal from wool, silk, linen, mohair and lurex, the collection comprises 10 designs, including Cirrus, a cloudy mix of gold and terracotta, and Akoya, a swirling, iridescent ode to mother-of-pearl.
Claudia Afshar x Dekton
In Japanese, ukiyo it means “living in the moment, away from everyday worries”. For her eponymous collection of Dekton surfaces, Los Angeles-based London-based designer Claudia Afshar conjures that meditative state through the organic materials of the natural world, from shadowy slate to marble and richly veined lime plaster. Manifested in a pair of linear striated Dekton surfaces (available in wide and slim versions), the collection celebrates the outdoors through a palette of terracotta-tinged Umber, slate gray Bromo, cement-like Kreta, pared-down and creamy Nacre. Rem, which features elegant brown and gray veins reminiscent of Calacatta Lincoln marble.
