In each issue, we tap local design pros to share their favorite global finds. This month, Gulfshore Interior Design’s Brooke Meyer points us to pieces that pack a colorful and artful punch. The designer draws from her background studying art history and studio art, as well as her work in furniture and textile design, to infuse spaces with craftsmanship, creativity and sophistication.
Courtesy Boca Do Lobo
Boca Do Lobo Pixel Cabinet
Sculpted out of 1,088 triangles, with 10 types of wood and metallic leafing, the Pixel Cabinet blends sophistication with unrestrained playfulness. “It almost looks like an avant-garde building with a stained-glass mirrored effect,” Brooke says. Inside, the roughly 5-foot stunner with a polished brass base houses nine drawers; doors lined with plush, diamond-quilted silk; and antique mirror surfaces. The digitally inspired cube can be customized with artful finishes—from a sleek, monochrome configuration to a mosaic of hand-painted ceramic tiles resembling Spanish azulejo. Brooke suggests using the cabinet as a jewelry box, a bar cabinet or at the end of a long hallway as an artful statement piece.
Courtesy Laura Gonzalez
Laura Gonzalez Lily Pad Pink Chandelier
A natural focal point, this 4-foot-wide chandelier by reputed Parisian interior designer Laura Gonzalez is handmade in France to resemble glass petals. Of the five soft, naturalist colorways, Brooke prefers the ethereal pink. “The brass metal structure holding the organically shaped, pink glass sets the stage for whimsy and elegance,” she says.
Courtesy Christopher Guy
Christopher Guy Cailloux Headboard
A web of hand-wrought iron connects the upholstered ‘pebbles’ that form this organically inclined headboard from international design atelier Christopher Guy. “I love when you can create a functional piece of furniture that also serves as art,” Brooke says. She recommends designing the room around the intricate feature, detailing the headboard wall with warm wood veneer and a silk wallcovering, offset by simple yet functional nightstands and layering in sculptural lighting.
Courtesy CC-Tapis
Rotazioni Rug by Patricia Urquiola from CC-Tapis
Rugs are a strong driving force in Brooke’s designs. “Sometimes, it’s the first thing we pull for a space,” she says. This one, designed by famed Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola, serves as an ode to the idea of the circle as a foundational design element, with rooms organized in a ring layout, rounded furnishings used, or objects arranged around a circular focal point to enhance unity and flow. Hand-knotted by Nepalese artisans (with 125,000 individual knots per square meter), the plush, durable Rotazioni looks just as good underfoot or hung as a tapestry. Brooke appreciates the overlapping and repeating pastel colors and cylindrical shapes and how they give the rug a multidimensional quality. She suggests using the piece in a neutral-colored room: “Mix in furniture in lacquered finishes and accent it with a really simple and modern light fixture.”
Courtesy Roche Bobois
Roche Bobois Curved Bubble 2 Sofa
An update on Roche Bobois’s iconic, 2014-launched Bubble Sofa, the take-two version retains the playful form with an even more curvaceous frame you can’t help but want to jump onto. French designer Sacha Lakic draws from his love of fast cars and motorcycles for the curvilinear and sculptural shape, which uses a super-soft, textured, wool honeycomb mesh engineered to mold to your body and bounce back, retaining its shape. Brooke likes to point clients toward curved seating. “The undulating curves create nooks for cozying up,” she says. The sofa is available in more than 30 colors and two fabrics, including the newer Câlin (the name roughly translates to ‘hug’). Brooke recommends going for the Bleuet hue. “The color plays the part nicely as a ‘neutral’ in a colorful space, yet blends in beautifully with many different palettes,” she says.