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To coincide with Tate Modern’s upcoming exhibition ‘Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ (25 April-20 October), we’re shining a light on the momentous 20th-century art movement by bringing together interiors, homeware and decorating projects injected with the same abstract, polychromatic emotion
From left ‘Red and Ivory Mix’ tumbler, £125 for a set of two, Stories of Italy (storiesofitaly. com). ‘Stacking tumbler’ in ‘Sunset’, £12.50, The Conran Shop (theconranshop.com). ‘Iride’ carafe by Kanz Architetti, £95, Aram (aram.co.uk). ‘Tank’ lowball glass in ‘Green’ by Tom Dixon, £190 for a set of four, Heal’s (heals.com). ‘Mist’ vase in ‘Dusty Rose’, £146, Nude (eu.nudeglass.com). ‘Pomponette’ carafe by Maison Balzac, £115, Koibird (koibird.com). ‘Milk’ carafe and glasses set in ‘Vivid Aqua’ by Julien Renault, £49, Nine (nine-furniture. com). ‘Mizu’ glass, £26 for a set of two, Oyoy (oyoylivingdesign.co.uk). ‘Take’ carafe by Kanz Architetti, £75, Aram (aram.co.uk). ‘Tint’ wine glass, from £39, Hay (hay.dk)
The inspiration
If we were to illustrate what it looks like when light pierces through shards of coloured glass (as in our styled shoot on the previous page), it might result in something similar to Wassily Kandinsky’s 1923 artwork Circles in a Circle. The Russian artist’s oil painting features prismatic colours, circular specks of dust and diagonal rays that intersect at its centre, recalling beams of light. Kandinsky made the work while teaching at the Bauhaus (the institution that also became renowned for its impact on modern architecture), and the school’s predilection for geometricism and abstract arrangements of colours and lines was clearly an influence.
The palette
1 ‘Onice Malaga Lucidato’ tile, from £195 per square m, Cullifords (geraldculliford.co.uk)
2 ‘Lusa’ handmade glazed ceramic tile, from £256 per square m, Domus (domusgroup.com)
3 ‘Linara’ linen in ‘Vermillion’, £48 per metre, Romo (romo.com)
4 Porcelain light switch by Katy Paty, £86, Dyke & Dean (dykeanddean.com)
5 ‘Labrador Black’ honed granite, from £300 per sq m, Cullifords (geraldculliford.co.uk)
6 ‘Improvisation Number 1’ wallpaper in ‘Green’, £168 per roll, Ottoline (ottoline.co.uk)
7 ‘Pencil’ ceramic tile, £3.47 each, Ca’Pietra (capietra.com)
8 ‘Parchment’ fabric in ‘Vellum’, £132 per m, Beata Heuman (beataheuman.com)
9 ‘Laidback’ linen in ‘Damson’, £120 per m, Nicola Harding (nicolaharding.com)
10 ‘Perledo’ fabric in ‘Azure’, £85 per m, Designers Guild (de
