The new pastels: baby blue escapes the nursery
Ligne Roset is one of numerous high-design firms adopting a powdery hue of late. Shown here in pastel turquiose, its Olive table lamp costs $1, 181 at Kiosk in Toronto.
Pastels figure prominently in Christophe Delcourt’s multi-coloured MUC tables, which boast a honeycomb design and can be expanded to form a console. MUC side tables in Mauve (top) and Bleu Vert (bottom), $2,775 and $1,665 at Avenue Road (www.avenue-road.com).
Among the mainstream retailers embracing pastels this season is Crate & Barrel offshoot CB2, offering this powdery aqua accent piece. Discus side table, $89.95 at CB2 (www.cb2.com).
Chunky ceramic side tables by French designer Christophe Delcourt. 2 tables in Fuchia and Azur, $1,515 each at Avenue Road (www.avenue-road.com).
Paul Smith was one of the first fashion stars to create carpets for The Rug Company; this five-by-three-foot design, featuring flashes of muted turquoise, is one of his latest. Cubes rug, $2,050 at Avenue Road (www.avenue-road.com).
Aiming to put a contemporary spin on pastels, the French design duo Colonel (www.moncolonel.fr) outfitted this minimalist beech table with two watery green metal stretchers; the design made its debut at this year’s Maison & Objet show in Paris.
If pastel tones are commonly associated with nurseries, they can also be supremely sophisticated, as the pale green shade of this tufted sofa shows. Belmont sofa, from $4,740 at Barrymore (www.barrymorefurniture.com).
The pastels defining Wonmin Park’s Haze series of tables (and one chair) are almost translucent; the young South Korean recently opened his own design studio (www.wonminpark.com) in the Netherlands.
The acid green top and soft pink leaves of this uniquely shaded table prove surprisingly simpatico, proving that pastels can work with any number of hues. Italian-made drop table, $2,998 at The Art Shoppe (www.theartshoppe.com).
The new rose-tinted Wireframe Sofa by London designers Sam Hecht and Kim Colin for Herman Miller is exactly what it sounds like: a cloud-like, cotton-candy couch floating in a white wire frame.