As I was driving to Ikea the other day (actually, if I’m entirely honest I was being driven. I don’t drive often. I tend to hit things) I noticed the gas holder at the edge of the car park and thought, not for the first time, how sculptural these things are. And how, in a strange way rather beautiful.
And it turns out I’m not the only one who thinks that, because Leeds-based designer Anthony Hughes has created this rather fabulous range of wallpaper with exactly that pattern on it.
He continues his gritty urban theme with a series of cushions featuring a pylon and a fence – called anti-climb paint. There’s something thought-provoking about this collection because, on the one hand, these items are part of an urban landscape – often associated with derelict or run-down areas and industrial estates. And yet, when you remove the surroundings and use the graphic outlines printed onto a – pink – cushion, we are able to see more clearly its beauty.
I am shortly to take delivery of a new sofa (yes I finally made that decision – all will be revealed soon) in charcoal grey velvet and I think these pale pink cushions with the graphic black patterns would look amazing on it.
What do you think? I have one other suggestion too Anthony, if you’re reading this. If you could make the cushions in silk as well as that would be even more amazing. The juxtaposition of subject matter and material would be great … As it is, these cost £60 for a cushion and £140 for the wallpaper.
nice and refreshing in all the graphic cushion ranges that have hit the shelves recently. I like all the gasholder print best, especially the wallpaper, and the pale pink fence cushion