Maison&Objet 2015: Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has developed two collections of furnishings for Portuguese furniture organization De La Espada, including pieces modelled on basic Shaker styles .
Shaker Dining Chair
Neri&Hu developed the Shaker dining table and dining chair as component of its item line manufactured by De La Espada.
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The things reference the utilitarian approach towards furnishings style developed by members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing – commonly recognized as Shakers – during the 19th century in America.
Shaker Dining Chair
“The Shaker Series was inspired by a distinctive pedagogical idea of the Shakers movement with the guiding principle of creating simple, truthful furnishings pieces,” stated the designers.
Shaker Dining Chair
Neri&Hu has reinterpreted the conventional ladder-back chair, which attributes horizontal struts bracing the vertical supports.
Shaker Dining Table
Available in walnut or oak, the structure rests on angled supports that lead to it to lean backward slightly. The chair is created to match a wooden table with a stone surface inlaid into the best.
Shaker Dining Table
“The Shaker Series celebrates the most basic and mundane tectonic top quality of a wooden chair and a wooden table with a stone top,” Neri&Hu mentioned.
Frame Bed
The designers also debuted the Frame collection, which comprises a bed and a sofa system supported by a structure in walnut or oak.
Frame Bed
“The Frame Collection is lifted from the ground and supported by a clear wooden frame structure that can be seen as both utilitarian and sculptural,” stated a statement from Neri&Hu.”The wooden structure is also a frame onto which various accessories, be it a tray or a light, can be clipped or hung.”
De La Espada launched the items at Paris trade fair Maison&Objet final week, alongside Luca Nichetto’s most current furniture collection for the company.
Frame Sofa
Neri&Hu first collaborated with De La Espada in 2013, when the studio designed a collection of wooden designs which includes the Chinese-influenced Opium Sofa.
