JOURNAL T H E
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OFMATERIAL ALCHEMY AND SCULPTURAL MASTERY
XXV REFLECTS THE EVOLUTION OF ALEXANDER LAMONT THROUGH THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPED IT - THE WORKSHOP TEAMS AND ARTISANS WHOSE HANDS DEFINE EVERY SURFACE.
THE COLLECTION IS BUILT ON CONTRASTS: MONUMENTAL SILHOUETTES MET WITH EXQUISITE
DETAIL SHAGREEN, PARCHMENT, AND RICHLY PIGMENTED STRAW ARE RENDERED WITH SUCH PRECISION THAT EACH PIECE FEELS HEWN FROM A SINGLE BLOCK. CABINETS RISE LIKE SCULPTURAL RELICS; SIDE TABLES AND LOUNGE CHAIRS TAKE ON THE PRESENCE OF FUNCTIONAL TOTEMS EVEN LIGHTING - LAMPS AND SCONCES - CARRIES THE QUIET AUTHORITY OF CARVED STONE OR WEATHERED BRONZE.
THERE’S A WHISPER OF ANCIENT BRITAIN IN THE PALETTE AND PROPORTION - A TENSION BETWEEN THE PRIMORDIAL AND THE METROPOLITAN. XXV SUGGESTS THAT MODERN DESIGN IS ALWAYS IN CONVERSATION WITH HISTORY, WHETHER FORMED BY EROSION OR BY THE STEADY RHYTHM OF HUMAN HANDS
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, LAMONT HAS APPROACHED FURNITURE AND LIGHTING AS ENDURING ARTEFACTSDESIGNED TO GATHER PATINA, MEMORY, AND MEANING OVER TIME
ORTA ROMANA’S LATEST COLLECTION, ABSTRACTION, DRAWS FROM A MOMENT OF CREATIVE TENSIONONE ONE WHERE RUPTURE GIVES RISE TO REINVENTION. INSPIRED BY THE LAYERED HISTORY OF A PARISIAN HOME STEEPED IN THE ARTS, THE COLLECTION TRANSLATES EARLY MODERNIST SENSIBILITIES INTO TACTILE EXPRESSION.
BRUTALIST FORMS SOFTEN INTO UPHOLSTERED CURVES; PATINATED BRONZE CASTS QUIET SHADOWS ACROSS WALLS WASHED IN SUNBAKED OCHRES AND SIENNAS EACH PIECE BALANCES RIGOR WITH RESTRAINT - SCULPTURALYET LIVABLE, EXPRESSIVE YET GROUNDED.
MORE THAN A COLLECTION, ABSTRACTION IS A QUIET HOMAGE TO THE BEAUTY OF UNCERTAINTYA TESTAMENT TO THE ARTISTS AND THINKERS WHO SHAPED FORM FROM DOUBT, AND A TRIBUTE TO PORTA ROMANA’S PURSUIT OF TIMELESS, TACTILE BEAUTY.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE WELCOMED OUR UK MAKERS - CHRISTOPHER FARR | CLOTH, FERMOIE, AND GEORGE SPENCER DESIGNS - FOR ENGLISH TEA GATHERINGS IN OUR DENVER AND SCOTTSDALE SHOWROOMS, WHERE CONVERSATION FLOWED BEST OVER FINE TEXTILES AND A PROPER CUP OF TEA
HEARTFELT THANKS TO MICHAL, JAMIE, AND TIM FOR SHARING THEIR CRAFT WITH SUCH GENEROSITY, AND TO OUR CLIENTS WHO REMINDED US THAT GOOD DESIGN, LIKE GOOD TEA, IS BEST WHEN SHARED HERE’S TO MANY MORE MOMENTS STEEPED IN BEAUTY AND EXCEPTIONAL CRAFT
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THE PALETTE STAYS GROUNDED IN EARTH TONES AND SOFTENED NEUTRALS, FAVORING FAMILIARITY OVER SPECTACLE NATURAL FIBERS LINEN, HEMP, WOOL REMAIN FOUNDATIONAL, WHILE ENGINEERED BLENDS ARE INTRODUCED AS STRATEGIC ENHANCEMENTS OF BOTH TEXTURE AND PERFORMANCE TACTILITY BECOMES THE DEFINING LANGUAGE AND PATTERN APPEARS WITH RESTRAINT SUBTLE GEOMETRY ADDING RHYTHM WITHOUT DISTRACTION. QUIET IN TONE YET CONFIDENT IN EXECUTION, THE COLLECTION PROVES THAT REFINEMENT LIVES IN WHAT’S LEFT UNSAID.
1 | In collaboration with Japanese design studio Nend Christopher Farr Cloth presents Sky Drops Informe by Japan’s nuanced vocabulary for rainfall, th five-piece collection translates the shifting mood of rain into atmospheric patte
2 | Long-forgotten sketches from the Morris & C archive have been revived in collaboration with T Huntington, transforming incomplete motifs into fu realized designs. Reimagined across wallpape fabrics, and embroideries, the collection bridg historic craft with contemporary interio
3 | Vaughan introduces a new collecti shaped by its storied heritage, merging Arts Crafts spirit with mid-century desig Traditional craftsmanship takes center sta through lost-wax casting, hand-moulded gla fabricated metalwork, and slip-cast cerami
4 | Inspired by Ellsworth Kelly’s iconic
