Lines & Curves
Homefolks, Eser Gungor, Cecilia Sjöholm
Islington Design District, LDF September 2021
Lines & Curves displays a collection of objects that typically plays with the composition of lines and curves to express a visual balance determining dynamics of playfulness, abstraction, functionality and ornamentation.
'Lines and curves are essential elements of geometry that shape the visual composition of an object. These elements can add a sense of movement, rhythm and dynamism - as well as abstraction - defining not only the functionality (or non-functionality) of the object, but also its cultural expression that contributes to a surrounding atmosphere.'
Homefolks is a cross-disciplinary design practice bringing together the French heritage of founders Zoe Imber and Romain Parize, with traditional British craft. Their collection crosses boundaries between design and art, tinged with a playful sophistication reflecting on aesthetics and functionality. Homefolks values and believes in the emotional expression of objects and aims for its products to inspire and become reliable partners, playing a meaningful part in everyday life. Lines & Curves displays their first collection, launched in December 2020, with a couple of additions since then.
Eser GungorEser Gungor is a Turkish designer based in London, who investigates the intersection of functionality and aesthetics. He creates objects with the purest form of geometries, merged with his childhood memories. Eser has designed the Munari Collection for this year's London Design Festival, inspired by the Italian designer Bruno Munari and his interest in geometry. He also works with architectural and interior design projects, as well as product design under Eser Gungor Studio, with several projects completed in London. The design language is minimal and architectural with a focused use of few materials.
Cecilia Sjöholm is a Swedish artist and architect based in London. She explores her relationship to dreams, daydreams, tales and memories through a personal symbolic language of forms an colours, where abstract configurations communicate narratives and where colour and material often represents states of being - such as energy, fragility, containment, silence and reflection.
Photography : Edvinas Bruzas | edvinasbruzas.com