Design Guild Mark Holder
Leaf Seats
Name of Designer:
Nicolette de Waart192
2017
Design by Nico
The aim for the Leaf Seat was to set out a footstool that was beautiful in its own right, using bold colours and drawing on nature and graphics patterns as inspiration. The resulting Leaf Seat also embodies, in a single, modular shape, her concept for flexibility in modern furniture. Not everyone nowadays lives in big houses so with this footstool I aimed to design a piece of furniture which works on its own or, when put with others, instantly turns into a larger object. The seats interlock in a variety of ways, to create seating arrangements to stimulate communication and interaction. There are endless options to arrange this modular shape, imagine creating one big leaf or connecting them to make a daybed. Meanwhile, a host of Leaf Seats could be combined to create a forest effect reflecting the seasons and would work great in any interior- home, office or hotel.
Founder of Design by Nico, Nicolette de Waart, began her career with her own interior design company in the Netherlands. After her years in Singapore, where she lived, and extensive traveling she now lives in London, running her own studio. Her designs are engineered to the needs of modern dwelling spaces; to an ever-changing environment in the way of how we live and work.
