Wrong for Hay & Hay

Georgian buildings, with their wonderfully generous proportions provide a perfect partner for the clean lines of furniture, lighting and textiles as part of a collection by Sebastian Wrong for Danish design brand Hay.  

Another highlight of the London Design Festival Wrong for Hay occupies an abandoned Georgian building, the former club St Stephen's Club, in St James alongside a pop up restaurant by the Peckham Refreshment Rooms.



Large geometric patterned rugs adorn exposed concrete floors.  The furniture has an elegant simplicity with neat connections and junctions of materials and strong use of colour and pattern.



A lighting installation makes dramatic and effective use of a basement and in the Queensborough banqueting room the Georgian grandeur is cut through by the sound of Sam Cooke and the delicate clatter of cafe hubbub.  It's edgy and mildly subversive.

A full collection occupies an adjacent building where the simple but playful designs are set off by an amazing building with period features intact.  Cork Cones and Magnetic Towers by designers Daniel & Emma keep your pins and paper clips in order.  Thomas Jenkins' Lens Boxes in cork, maple and ash provide neat storage and with a glass lens lid provide magnified views of your treasures.

        

The faceted and brightly coloured Ori salt and pepper pots, designed by Anderssen & Voll  are strangely modern, WH's Bread Bin reminds me of giant buttons, whilst the joint detail of Lucien Gumy's solid oak shelving evokes a tradition and ingenuity of a centuries old craft tradition.  Craft meets design with a collection that fuses personality with practicality.