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Taking all the key elements from the minimalism playbook, such as its restricted colour palette and affinity for limiting decorative details to those found in nature – the veining of marble or grain of timber – this design direction adds a little extra warmth with muted shades of green, off-white and cream
The inspiration
Interior designer Joseph Dirand’s home in Paris perfectly encapsulates his signature approach. The rooms he creates are soberly minimalist – with an exacting eye for detail and precision – but also introduce elements of classic French style and even Hollywood glamour (he has famously been known to share his advice with Kanye West, after all). Mixing streamlined pieces in marble, a material that features heavily in his own furniture collection, with dark wood and the occassional glint of metallics, the designer then layers on top soft and understated splashes of sage green, cream and taupe. The effect is one that feels both respectful to the past, but also quietly, sympathetically contemporary.
The palette
1 ‘Anamorphose Noir’ fabric in ‘Noir Beige’, £108 per metre, Casamance (casamance.com)
2 ’Swaldale’ bouclé fabric in ‘Chalk’, £130 per metre, Designers Guild (designersguild.com)
3 ‘Calacatta Viola’ marble, £390 per square metre, Lapicida (lapicida.com)
4 ‘Vivid’ fabric, £102 per metre, Zimmer + Rohde (zimmer-rohde.com)
5 ‘Fragments’ wallpaper in ‘Pelican’, £330 per roll, Custhom (custhom.co.uk)
6 ‘Boa’ fabric in ’Jadeite’, £135.50 per metre, Black Edition (blackedition.com)
7 ‘Lusso’ velvet in ‘Fern’, £80 per metre, Warner House (warner-house.com)
8 ‘Mia’ linen fabric in ‘Neige’, £88 per metre, by Manuel Canovas (manuelcanovas.com)
9 ‘Patio’ fabric by Karina Nielsen Rios in ‘220’, £92 per metre, Kvadrat (kvadrat.dk)
10 ’SlatWall’ wood slat wall panel in ‘Grey Oak’, £159.99 per panel, Naturewall (naturewall.com)
11 ‘Daze’ wallcovering in ‘Cashew’, £69.50 per roll, Villa Nova (villanova.co.uk)
12 ‘Adamo & Eva’ cotton velvet in ‘Mousse’, £156.90 per metre, Dedar (dedar.com)
13 ‘Maté’ porcelain tile in DFZT02, from £115 per square metre, Domus (domusgroup.com)
14 ‘Porter’ hook, £9.95, Plank Hardware (plankhardware.com)
15 ‘Liquid’ tile in ‘Sage’ by Tom Dixon, £59 per metre, VitrA (vitra.co.uk)
16 ‘Line’ sisal wallcovering in ’W
