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interiors today. Rubelli, the Venetian heritage brand is another known for its innovation – and that includes seizing opportunities to move into entirely new product categories in response to demand. Most recently it has worked with Milanese acoustic-panel specialist Slalom to come up with its own sound-absorbing panels, made from a selection of its fabrics. “If you don’t have good acoustics, a room is not comfortable. So why not make it comfortable?” said CEO Nicolò Favaretto Rubelli, introducing this new direction at Focus/21. “It’s not that easy to find a good upholsterer to do walls,” he continued. “So we decided to create panels that can ‘dress’ a wall.” Aimed at both residential and commercial use, the two designs are a perfect marriage of aesthetics and performance. Cloud Acoustic features
broad parallel channels in high relief, which can run horizontally or vertically (or both, when tessellated together); Wave Acoustic has a more softly undulating surface, and is available in larger sizes including pre-cut custom sizes. A lightweight foam structure (75% of the material used is recycled) means that they can be held in place with velcro tape. Creativity flourishes when there is a genuine
meeting of aesthetics and creative vision and nowhere is this better showcased than in the coming together of legendary US design house Schumacher and influential style bible for interiors Cabana. Both are driven by the desire to use design to create tangible moments of joy in the home – something that these days has never been more important. Wit, opulence and dedication to
authenticity have been carried forward into a collection of fabrics, wallcoverings and trims. Cabana founder Martina Mondadori was inspired by art, fashion and global travel, which, like the magazine, celebrates the art of the handmade. From printed stripes and florals to textural weaves and embroideries, the designs are inspired by Indian motifs, Ottoman traditions and European classicism that marries East and West. Every designer faces the inevitable challenge
of moving beyond the tropes used by those who came before. When it comes to marrying sensibility with audacious creativity, leading-edge technology with an organic, natural beauty – few places come close to the calibre of brilliant minds at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.
ABOVE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Rubelli worked with Milanese acoustic-panel specialist Slalom to produce a range of panels upholstered in some of its fabrics, making a new direction for the Venetian textile brand; Cabana founder Martina Mondadori alongside the textiles and wallcoverings she developed for Schumacher, inspired by art, fashion and travel and mirroring the magazine and design brand’s opulent, layered aesthetic; Ottoman inspired ‘Floralia’ fabric from the Cabana X Schumacher collection
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