A New Handle On Luggage
Article by Nicole Swengley for the Financial Times
In her most recent article for the Financial Times, Nicole Swengley discusses the growing trend in contemporary design for “suitcase style” furniture.
The use of luggage as a decorative element in interior spaces is hardly a new idea. As Swengley points out, “interior designer Kelly Hoppen was stacking lacquered trunks in geometrically precise tiers more than a decade ago,” but many of the latest adaptations from designers go beyond the ornamental use of these travel cases by using them as material to create entirely new pieces of furniture.
In the article, Swengley touches on examples from this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, Stockhom Furniture Fair, last autumn’s Dutch Design Week, and new collections from as varied sources as Andrew Martin International and Restoration Hardware.
A fantastic example of this trend is Maarten De Ceulaer’s luggage-inspired “Valises” wardrobe designed for Casamania, which is now available online in the DeTnk Collecting Design
Market.
Tassenkast by Lotty Lindeman, 2010
“Valises” wardrobe by Maarten De Ceulaer designed for Casamania
“Valises” wardrobe by Maarten De Ceulaer designed for Casamania
