Presented by Domo, the exhibition explores apartment living’s increase in Australia, and how style and sophistication can still be made possible in compact spaces. The exhibition features settings of Ligne Roset furniture, which were hand-picked by the directors of interior design studio Hecker Guthrie.
The exhibition displayed furniture in five settings conducive to apartment living – a lounge area featuring the plump and embracing Ploum Settee sofa, a generous dining area, a bedroom where the iconic Ruche bed takes pride of place, an outdoor setting surrounded by lush planters, and a compact study area featuring the streamlined Ursuline writing desk.
“We’ve definitely seen a shift in people’s living requirements, and an increased need to cater for apartment living in an intelligent way,” says Frank Novembre, founder of Domo, the Australian distributor of Ligne Roset.
Hecker Guthrie directors Hamish Guthrie and Paul Hecker travelled to Ligne Roset’s headquarters in Paris earlier in the year to carry out research on the furniture and brand, and have chosen strong, expressive pieces that suit the Australian market. While the furniture company is based in France, it has embraced Australian products, including Melbourne designer Nick Rennie’s Atelier lamp, which was featured in the exhibition’s living room.
Allpress coffee house, an expansive and open first floor warehouse space, was the perfect setting to create a temporary loft-like dwelling. Custom-made grid-like timber frames helped zone the apartment into five spaces and plants from local floral studio Loose Leaf added greenery.
The exhibition was on show from 5 to 19 September 2014.
