3 Creative Collaborations Offer Fresh Options For Floors, Walls, Upholstery And Lighting

Explore and imagine the possibilities with these fresh options for floors, walls, upholstery and lighting.

Claudia Afshar x Marius Aurenti for ABC Stone

L.A. designer Claudia Afshar shares that “a connection to nature, materiality and simplicity” are through lines of her new Natural Edit microcement collection. Created in partnership with French manufacturer of decorative surfacing materials Marius Aurenti, the collection is available exclusively through ABC Stone. “The Mediterranean was a major source of inspiration, not only its colors, but the way material, landscape, architecture and light come together,” she says, noting microcement offers tremendous flexibility in application and can move seamlessly from interior to exterior.

Young Huh x Lee Jofa

“We have collaborated with Lee Jofa for so long, it felt like a dance with a longtime partner,” says Young Huh of the development of Sijo, her debut collection of fabrics and wallcoverings with the historic textile and furnishings house. Indeed, the New York City-based interior designer has incorporated Lee Jofa into nearly all her projects. Sijo, she elaborates, “is a conversation between tradition and modernity. The collection draws upon historic textiles, botanical forms, and Korean and Western decorative arts but interprets those references with a contemporary sense of color and scale.” The joint endeavor’s 32 fabrics and 13 wallcoverings represent a mix of motifs and textures, as well as a palette that spans both neutrals and bolder hues.

Richard June x Visual Comfort & Co.

Richard June’s inaugural line for Visual Comfort & Co. embodies “quiet refinement,” says the Oregon-based furniture and lighting designer. With the 35 pieces, he is “interested in finding that point where beauty and function feel inseparable rather than like competing ideas.” Take the Liora collection: Its matte glass diffuser’s stepped detail echoes old schoolhouse fixtures while solving the problem of an exposed bulb. The collaboration features raw ceramic stoneware, wood, linen, glass and brass—materials that retain some of their natural character. “For me,” June adds, “that honesty gives an object a kind of soul and, hopefully, helps it become more beautiful with time.”