Wallpaper* Chair Arch - Last photos.

As part of the London Design Festival (2009), the installation has been dismantled this morning. We are now hopping for another fantastic one next year.

I went to photograph this installation a couple of times. It was an extremely inspiring project: the concept, structure and definitely the aesthetics. It was a very engaging installation as you can see on the following photographs. Hope you like them.

Water reflection.

Bird view.

Night rainbow.

Engagement (1).

Engagement (2).

Engagement (3).

Engagement (4).

On a pitch-black background.

My idea of it…

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Photography by Eliana Tomás.

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Welcome to Autumn.

For the past week I’ve been inspiried by Autumn.
It represents to me a transition and an urge to retreat. Earthy colours are inviting to spend more time at home with a nice cup of tea.
I could only post a few pictures with sofas, curtains and vases, as this is an Interior Design blog, but instead I thought I could only inspire you with textures, colours and materials.
This article is just about inspiration to style your space. I hope you find your way.

Velvet. Organza. Silk. Leather. Paper. Paint. Brass. Ceramic. And just a touch of wood.

Crocodile textures. Pony skin leather. And a touch of floral pattern.

Brass chandelier. Leather cushions. Wallpaper screens. Velvet curtains.

Texture. Texture. It's all about texture.

Leather. Organza. Pearls. Beautiful combination.

One day I want to style a house with pearls… their imperfection gives them so much character, beauty and charm.

Pearls and organza to style the bedrom.

Fendi Casa leather sampe: iguana pattern.

Enjoy an end of the day walk in a Fall day...

The sunset: a moment to retreat.

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London Design Festival - Blow Light by Tom Dixon.

Blow light is specifically designed to accommodate a low-energy Compact Fluorescent Lamp, allowing the lamp to give a strong directional light through the clear base. Originally designed for the big Trafalgar Square Giveaway in 2007, Dixon gave away 1000 free lamps, to raise awareness of CFLs and promote sustainable design.

Text from Victoria & Albert Museum.

Photographs by Eliana Tomás.

London Design Festival - Wallpaper* Chair Arch.

In the courtyard garden of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a key location for the festival, Wallpaper* magazine has chosen to revive a long-forgotten British tradition; when towns would build a commemorative arch spanning the high street to celebrate a royal visit or other special occasion. With designer Martino Gamper, the magazine has constructed a spectacular double arch using 160 original Ercol stacking chairs, made in High Wycombe, central England, once centre of the UK chair industry. It was also the location of the first chair arch, built in 1877 for a visit by Queen Victoria.

Text from Financial Times (House & Home sup.) September 19/20 2009.

Photographs by Eliana Tomás.

Eclectic Inspiration.

These spaces were styled between 2004 and 2009, both in London and Lisboa. Some of them still exist, others don’t.
I find in these photographs a fantastic source of colour, geometry, patterns and textures.


Vintage cabinet. Decorative paintings. Fashion, design and theory books.


Ikea coffee table and plant. French hat. Favourite handbag. Habitat candels. Design, photography and fashion magazines.


Bespoke bookshelves in wengé veneer. Habitat lamp. Bespoke red & purple cushions. Spanish chaise-long.

Purple velvet curtain. Personal objects.

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Detail The Water Closet.

Sometimes the simplest of details make a space more communicative and unique.

The main concept for these bathrooms and toilets was to keep the space pretty simple, giving detail through colour or/and stainless steel.

Bathroom tiles (20x20cm) in 3 shades of non-glossy beige. Decó in terracotta tones. White furniture designed by Eliana Tomás.

Brown horizontal stripes.

Orange and stainless steel stripes.

Wooden floor, white background and red statement.

Stainless steel squares detail.

Tiles detail. The coloured tiles give some movement to the white background.

Tile size: 10x10cm.

An Inteiror Design Studio.

My studio from 2002 to 2005. My lab of colour. My showroom of textures.

Tables, shelves and cabinets designed by Eliana Tomás.

Interior design studio hall.
Bespoke wall: glass fiber on steel structure painted in silver designed by Eliana Tomás.

Stainless steel with glass top desk designed in 2001 by Eliana Tomás.

Vase by Álvaro Siza.

“Lorosae” lamps by Álvaro Siza to Reggiani Illuminazione.

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Stripe it again.

Simplest of patterns. Maximum impact. Extremely elegant. Impossible not to be noticed. Timeless. Stripes forever.

An home office I’ve designed a couple of years ago – Braga, Portugal.
The concept was pretty simple: a splash of colour, keeping the space balanced.
In one wall I’ve designed the stripes (bottle green & white), the other is totally green (where the window is) and the other 2 walls are pure white.

Bespoke painted stripes and white Ikea shelves.

“Communicating with patterns – Stripes (handy book on stripes @ V&A bookshop)

More stripes and green inspiration.

Fabrics – Designers Guild.

Stripes in perspective.

“All my life I have sought the simplicity of a single line” – Antoine Watteau.

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Design Photography.

Sometimes I wonder if my design influences my photography or if my photography influences my design. One thing I’m sure: one inspires the other and both enhance me as a person.

“A life ahead”
Santa Rita, Portugal – July 2009

“The sky, the sea and myself”
Santa Rita, Portugal – July 2009

“Come and play with me”
Santa Rita, Portugal – July 2009

“Happiness”
Santa Rita, Portugal – July 2008

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