A Victorian house in Stoke Newington for clients who work in the food industry. The aim was to create calm, while applying bold colours and humorous touches. A high-level concept of ‘Supernature’ balances the ‘super’ – stainless steel, colour blocks, glossiness – with ‘nature’ via organic forms, such as the curvaceous shower and materials that evoke the outdoors. Modernist colour blocking shapes a colour palette that begins with the basement's deep burgundy red ceiling and evolves with intentional pauses of white in between mustard, burnt orange, jewel green and blue. Joinery, designed to pull the interior together, also starts dark with Sapele, and moves to oak interspersed with colour. In the principal bedroom, red fin handles converse with the nearby stone basin, which resembles marbled meat. Curves in the dressing table reference the oval shower. Lighting is tightly edited. Budget demanded clever detailing, such as an inexpensive strip light in the kitchen, hung on chunky galvanised hooks and red speckled light flex, reminiscent of a butcher’s knot. Window dressed in satin, hand printed textiles or sheers with geometric shapes created by vintage lace speak to the fashion sensibilities of the clients and their love of Molly Goddard, Simone Rocha and Issy Miyake.
Photography Beth Evans