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RETAILER CASE STUDY | Suna Interior Design
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Arts & Crafts A nod to
Designer Steven Pepper tells us how he set about designing bathrooms for 72 apartments in London’s fashionable West Kensington
o suddenly do some heavy, over-the- top, super-glam 1920s pastiche would have been totally at odds. It was also essential that the spec resonated with the client’s target audience. So, while we had to factor in the original development, the area itself demands a certain element of luxury. There was then the small matter of this being developer spec on a refurb job. Whatever design we came up with needed to be transferable to the multiple different bathroom layouts (far more than a typical new build) and above all it needed to be deliverable on tight, developer budgets. We spent a lot of time researching the interior
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design of the exact period (late 1920s, early 1930s) focusing heavily on kitchen and bathroos. The idea
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was to establish any recurring trends/design ideas and then try and subtly weave the most relevant of these into the new development to give gentle nods back to the original period.
The research identified recurring ideas – banding, bold use of colour, arch elements (also prevalent in the external architecture) wall-mounted brassware and wall-mounted lights. Our final scheme has taken all of these elements and created a striking design that unapologetically nods back to the Arts and Crafts era that influenced the style of the building. The bathrooms use a bold, feature green, very reminiscent of the tones of the era while the en suites use calmer, warm grey tones. Tiles are all the same format, in multiple colours and are arranged in very definite bands – the most obvious nod back to the era, but
also one of the most striking design details that helps set these bathrooms apart. Wall-mounted brassware, so prevalent back in the
Twenties, has been used again today. The arch motif has been heavily employed, not just on the statement mirror (which is set off the wall and back-lit – a very modern ‘take’ on wall lights) but also in the oval sink, round shower head, circular brassware and WC. A marble-effect countertop, which ties in with the kitchen splashbacks, ensures a luxe element has been subtly included without being incongruous or too predictable. We managed to design the bespoke cabinetry with
only two different configurations to cover all 72 units. So, while no two bathrooms on the site are quite the same shape or size, they all have the same strong design language running through them.
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