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Issue 60 - The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

Issue 60

The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

HABITUS has always stood ahead of the rest with a dedicated Kitchen and Bathroom issue of exemplar standards. For issue 60 we have taken it up a notch with our Guest Editor the extraordinary, queen of kitchen design, Sarah-Jane Pyke of Arent&Pyke, speaking directly to Kitchen and Bathroom design with some increadable insights.

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André Fu Brings Relaxed Luxury To Milan
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André Fu Brings Relaxed Luxury To Milan

André Fu Living makes its debut furniture and homeware collection by André Fu himself, an interior designer world-renowned for his hospitality spaces.


For three years, André Fu has had the research and development of a furniture and homeware collection running in the background of his day-to-day practice. In 2019, at Salone del Mobile Milano, he launches his long-awaited collection to be distributed by Lane Crawford and available globally direct through André Fu Living.

The collection tallies up to 150 pieces – spanning furniture, textiles, ceramics and design objects. Yet it wasn’t initially intended to be such an exhaustive collection. Speaking to André Fu during Milan Design Week, we learnt that he had envisioned this collection to be all-inclusive. So, as he was conceptualising pieces for each room, the number of pieces he felt he needed to offer continued to grow. He also expressed that the pieces within the collection were inspired by Eastern and Western traditions, as well as the modern evolutions of those traditions.

André Fu Living Milan 2019
André Fu Living Milan 2019

Born in Hong Kong and moving to London at the age of 14 before eventually returning home as an adult is something that André feels has always influenced his work as a designer. Furthermore, the intention is that his designs speak to clients of both origins. Perhaps the best example of this is the ceramic table settings. Within each place setting there are Eastern elements like a rice bowl and Chinese teacup, yet also a Western soup bowl and espresso cups as well as the standard three plate sizes.

The patterns in the textile component of André Fu Living draws inspiration from the East and West, where the carpets and upholstery feature patterns are inspired both by brushstrokes and bamboo trees.

André Fu Living Milan 2019
André Fu Living Milan 2019

While the collection draws from time-honoured traditions it also clearly speaks to a modern user. There is a laptop table that pulls in tight to the sofa when one is working from home and a dresser in which the vanity opens up and folds over according to need.

The soft curves and pale timber of the larger furniture pieces – such as the dining table, dining chairs coffee table, and even the lighting designs – evoke a modern setting.

André Fu Living Milan 2019
André Fu Living Milan 2019

If you’re in Milan, view the new collection from André Fu Living at Via St Damiano 2.

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André Fu Living Milan 2019
André Fu Living Milan 2019
André Fu Living Milan 2019

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About the Author

Holly Cunneen

Holly Cunneen was the editor of Habitus and has spent her time in the media writing about architecture, design and our local industry. With a firm view that “design has a shared responsibility to the individual as much as it does the wider community,” her personal and professional trajectory sees her chart the interests, accomplishments, and emerging patterns of behaviour within the architecture and design community.

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Issue 60 - The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

Issue 60

The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

HABITUS has always stood ahead of the rest with a dedicated Kitchen and Bathroom issue of exemplar standards. For issue 60 we have taken it up a notch with our Guest Editor the extraordinary, queen of kitchen design, Sarah-Jane Pyke of Arent&Pyke, speaking directly to Kitchen and Bathroom design with some increadable insights.

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