NEW COLLECTION: BOVER

Bover has launched a range of new lighting products for 2017. The new collection consists of 7 families (3 Indoor and 4 Outdoor) using various materials and energy sources that they have never worked with before.

Maybe because they are from the seaside, outdoor is one of the fields where Bover is most well-known. The common thread of their outdoor collection is that they offer warm and clear light surrounded by organic and delicate shapes.

Thanks to their highly decorative look, the outdoor collection can equally be placed both in exterior and interior environments to create a surrounding comfort. In addition to their design, their strong durability makes them for commercial spaces.

Bover is produced entirely in Barcelona, exercising full control over it’s production chain and as a result can ensure excellent quality and delivery to meet market needs.

To view the full Bover collection visit Tatum KL.
 

NEW BRAND: TENUE DE VILLE

Under her label TENUE DE VILLE, the young Belgian designer Alexia de Ville de Goyet has launched three collections of original wallpapers, 100% made in Belgium. 

Zipping fast between her design studio in Brussels and production workshop based in Zele, Alexia de Ville de Goyet is a young artist who in 2014 started the creation of wall coverings, then followed founding her brand - Tenue de ville.

Always based on very eclectic sources of inspiration emerged from her travels (faraway or imaginary) and her superb curiosity for fauna and flora, abstract drawings are crafted here with elegance and modernity. Well versed in mixed techniques thanks to her multidisciplinary artistic training in Brussels and London, Alexia explores all mediums to give shape to her ideas, shifting freely from engraving to drawing, to cutting and assembling paper or photography before reworking her findings using graphics programs. Playing with craftsmanship and new technology is instrumental in the production processes of these very personal designs and finishing’s. The base, non-woven, is printed using two techniques selected according to various applications, either traditional (with a copper cylinder for conventional rolls) or inkjet in digital version for wall panels. After City Garden in 2015 and Ode in 2016, the Balsam collection released in January 2017 consists among others of a flight of hummingbirds, a cloud of opulent peonies and impressive stormy skies each in six colors: bluish greens, powdery pinks, saffron yellows and copper accents. 

To view the Tenue de Ville collection visit Tatum KL.

5 QUESTIONS TO GIARDINI

Giacomo Giardini 

Co-Founder & CEO
Giardini
 

Favourite place in my house/office: 

I moved home twice this year, 5 times in the past 5 years! In each place I have a different favourite spot. In my current house is the powder room. In my office I like to sit at my desk facing both my production and general manager because I am fascinated by their work.

Best decorated/most inspirational place in the world: 

I love the Rosewood Hotel in London. When I want to escape to get inspired, I drive 2 hours to Hotel Lefay Resort in Lake Garda and I have a 3km swim in the most amazing swimming pool I have ever experienced. 

How do you stay on top of current design trends and to what extent is your brand creating the trends?

Milan, the city I live in and the company headquarter, it's a destination for fashion trends and design. Normally trends originate from global social life changes and human evolution, and typically styles move from fashion first, to media, furniture and interior design. Here in Milan we have them all. Not much work to be on top of trends... just walk around with big wide-open eyes. However, matching the evolution and the trend with the brand mission it's another different commitment.

What is the craziest/funniest/most interesting thing you ever been inspired by?

I get very much inspired and influenced by everything. My work gets influenced by my experiences in business and fashion. People who know me will know how crazy and fun my life is. I have a few experiences in mind right now which influenced my creation and strategical decisions, but nothing I'm keen to share...! 

How would the interior of your dream house look?

I rather go for an apartment then an independent house. I need neighbours, life and vibes around me. My own place needs to be well shaped, with lots of windows but should be small enough to feel the noise of a step from the opposite corner of the flat and just large enough to keep all my stuff tidy and well organised. 

What currently is your favourite collection - your brand? 

I can't separate one collection or edition from another. What I like from our line is that it has a unique way or reading and it has a strong identity within the whole range of patterns. That has always been my focus. 

My favourite pattern though is BASMATI, might look the simplest, but I find the most sophisticated and elegant, especially ABA001. If I had to choose a large pattern then SHIBORI BLUES would be my choice.

What would you consider as your master piece - your brand? 

The greatest strength of each of our products pass though the complete range of our collection. Our master is the totality of the line. Some of our productions are great examples of technology and complex engineering. But masters do not necessary come out from complexity.  If we talk about signature patterns then: OPIUM, SHIBORI BLUES, RIGATO, BASMATI.  There will be more to come....