The cool designer home collaborations just keep on coming — proof that two creative minds are better than one. Read on for a look at four of summer’s most noteworthy new pairings.
Zara Home+ by Vincent Van Duysen
We were especially intrigued with Vincent Van Duysen’s new collection for Zara Home. As Creative Director for Italian luxury brand Molteni & C, the Belgian architect and designer is known for his universally chic (not to mention, pricey) home furnishings.
Drawn to Zara’s ethos of affordable fashion for everyone, Van Duysen created a 19-piece wardrobe of furniture, lamps, rugs, and decorative items all at accessible price points. Made of quality materials (think French oak, saddle leather, sanded stone, and pure cottons and linens), the line was created to work with the scale of both a city apartment and country home.
“My furniture pieces can find a place in any kind of living room for any kind of person anywhere in the world,” Van Duysen told the New York Times.
The designer goes on to call the collaboration “deeply personal — a distillation of my own design DNA.” Immediately noticeable are familiar shapes, angles, and contours.
Prices start at $359 for a lacquered steel and linen table lamp. The most expensive is a boucle sofa for $6,999. There are also supremely stylish chairs, tables, desks, tables, and rugs.
It’s simplicity that invites comfort. “My goal was to instill a renewed purity into these silhouettes for Zara Home+,” says Van Duysen.
Kelly Wearstler x The Rug Company
Renowned interior designer Kelly Wearstler puts her inimitable spin on this covetable new collection, her ninth for The Rug Company. Crafted from hand-knotted Tibetan wool and silk, Surreal Shifts is both raw and refined — a flawless mix of pattern and color.
Adapted from the designer’s archive of iconic prints, Avant Graphite transforms an abstract stripe illustration into art for the floor.” A more painterly District is characterized by its bold geometric motif and soothing color palette. All rugs in the collection are available in either standard or custom sizes.
Cara Woodhouse x ABC Stone
These are some seriously sexy bathroom furnishings. Designer Cara Woodhouse’s signature soft curves are evident throughout the nine-piece sculptural collection, evoking just the right mix of edginess and elegance.
Standouts include the swoon-worthy Rock & Roll tub, Rolling Stone vanity, and Soft Rock shearling accent chair. Choose from five Italian marble colorways: grand antique, calacatta viola, arabescato corchia, pink onyx, and silver travertine.
Philippe Nigro x Ligne Roset
Nigro’s show-stopping modular shelves made quite an impression when they launched last month at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo Paris. Three mix-and-matchable shapes—straight, concave, and convex—are designed to artfully create any number of striking configurations.
“Grand in scale and truly best when it can be viewed from all angles, this super flexible piece is elevated enough for a chic apartment, but accessible enough to create mini-architecture or break rooms within a workplace, according to Ad Pro. Upping the versatility factor: The solid wood units are available in two finishes, black or natural ash.
