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Objects of Design: #85: Modular Seating

Aqua Corona Pool by Sui Generis
Aqua Corona Pool by Sui Generis

Modular seating is a great idea for gardens because you can move it around to suit either the number of people who turn up, or to find the sun (or shade come to that) or just change it according to your mood.

Camber seating in telemagenta pink from sui generis
Camber seating in telemagenta pink from sui generis

These moulded fibreglass pieces come in different shapes and you can buy as many as you want and configure them how you please. You can even mix in plant pots as well.

another view of the Hiller Garden
another view of the Hiller Garden

They come in various bright colours including glossy orange, blue and pink and are made by Sui Generis, which was established in 1996 to specialise in bespoke fibreglass mouldings.

The Hiller Garden at Chelsea Flower Show
The Hiller Garden at Chelsea Flower Show

This year, the Sui Generis furniture will on be display at the Hillier Garden at Chelsea Flower Show and the company has very kindly invited me (and my mother) to vist their stand and have a look around the whole show.

The Hillier garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2013 with Sui Generis furniture
The Hillier garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2013 with Sui Generis furniture

I will be reporting back over the weekend and, hopefully (driving rain not withstanding) able to show you lots of photographs of the gardens.

Hillier Nurseries and Gardens have just won their 68th gold medal at Chelsea.

 

 

 

 

Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.