Design Exhibition Scotland commissioned a number of Scottish designers to create sculptural seating collections. The participating creatives were to take inspiration from the materials and landscapes of a 19th-century country house, built in the Gothic Revival style. This particular building is the Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute. The exhibition to which the Scottish designers contributed work was named 'Sitting Pretty.'
Rekha Maker, for example, derived inspiration from Marble Hall's "sumptuous" colour palette to create the VISTA benches. C A Walac, on the other hand. sourced scrap materials within 0/01 miles of her Glasgow studio to create a sculpturally enticing bench. Dress for the Weather—the collective is composed of Andy Campbell and Stefanie Cheong—created a bench from locally sourced limestone and topped it with recycled waste.
19th-Century-Inspired Seating Collections
Scottish Designers Use Mount Stuart House as Inspiration
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