Currently Coveting: Ilse Crawford's New Collection for Ikea - Remodelista
“They are helpful background pieces, not showstoppers,” says designer Ilse Crawford of the collection of 30 pieces that her London studio has created for Ikea. Photography via Ikea and Studioilse. The collection, which Ikea has dubbed Sinnerlig, ranges from settees and tables to tableware and lighting. Studioilse worked with cork, ceramics, glass, seagrass, and bamboo–”tactile materials that appeal to us because they feel as good as they look,” says Crawford. A cork-topped trestle table and bench with steel legs and brass detailing. A woven indoor-outdoor settee with pillows in Crawford’s signature muted palette. The cork also comes in a dark brown. The basket is made of seagrass and will be available in a variety of sizes designed to nest. Cork-topped stools will be offered in two versions. The collection is “supposed to work in a bathroom in Mumbai as well as a kitchen in northwest London; it has to fit into people’s lives,” Crawford told UK design magazine Dezeen. “We all need a number of lights that aren’t supposed to be waving at you,” says Crawford. Bamboo-lattice pendant lights. Handblown glass bottles with cork stoppers.