Living Room • Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge, London, UK
An oversized sphere floats central to the living area. Custom shelving forms an abstract grid. A low-profile sofa features organic, connected shapes. This shifts the room's proportions and visual balance. Each piece redefines its function through exaggerated scale or form.
Velvety mohair covers the soft sofa elements. Polished concrete meets patinated brass on the coffee table. Dark-stained oak floors ground the room. These materials add texture and weight. They define distinct areas without traditional boundaries.
The room presents a landscape of familiar yet altered forms.
Design Philosophy
The design explores Deconstructive Scale. Objects are deliberately oversized or undersized to shift perception. This creates a playful disorientation. Evocative Forms suggest familiar shapes, yet remain abstract. The room functions as a landscape of found objects, inviting closer inspection.
Spatial Narrative
The eye first lands on the colossal spherical light, drawing attention upward. One walks around the organic sofa forms, finding new viewpoints. You settle into the deep seats, surrounded by unexpected shapes.
Light Study
Morning sun streams through large windows, making the translucent sphere glow softly. In the evening, the sphere provides a diffused, ambient light. Shadows cast by the abstract shelving create shifting patterns.
Living Vignette
A hand traces the smooth curve of the sofa's armrest. Footsteps echo faintly on the wide-plank oak flooring.
Material Palette
Polished concrete: It feels cool and smooth to the touch, gaining a subtle patina over time.
Velvety mohair: This fabric feels exceptionally soft and plush, developing a slight sheen with use.
Translucent acrylic: It feels smooth and light, diffusing light softly while remaining optically clear.
Patinated brass: It feels solid and weighty, developing a rich, darkened surface over years.
Dark-stained oak: It feels firm and sturdy underfoot, deepening its color and character with age.
Matte bone-white finish: This finish feels smooth and dry, maintaining its muted, understated appearance.
