Kelly Wearstler and H&M Home launch their first furniture collaboration
H&M Home has revealed the full line-up of its collaboration with the Los Angeles designer Kelly Wearstler, a 29-piece interior collection that marks the first time the retailer has put furniture into a named-designer range. The pieces move across wood, metal, ceramics, marble and textiles, and take in modular lounge chairs, lighting, vases, side tables and trays, with an eight-piece ready-to-wear capsule alongside them. The range was previewed at Milan Design Week in April, and goes on sale from 3 September in selected stores and on hm.com/home.
What makes this one worth watching is the price point. Wearstler's own studio work sits firmly at the luxury end, so seeing her bold, sculptural sensibility translated for the high street is a real test of how far designer-led furniture can scale. For anyone building a scheme on a mid-market budget, it widens the field of what looks considered rather than mass-produced.
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Pinch adds the Soren Crown pendant to its lighting line
The British furniture and lighting brand Pinch has unveiled the Soren Crown Pendant Light, a new design that pairs a softly faceted plant-fibre shade with a dark bronze frame, an aged brass chain and a solid timber finial. Inspired by the ornamental tops of the New York skyline, it casts a gentle upward glow and is handmade in the UK, so each piece carries small variations in shape, form and colour.
It reads as a decorative object as much as a light source, holding its own even when switched off. That dual role, a sculptural presence by day and warm layered light by night, is exactly the direction London designers have been pushing lighting this year, building it in from the start rather than treating it as an afterthought.
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Tan France releases an 18-piece home collection with Castlery
Tan France, best known from Queer Eye, has released his first home collection, an 18-piece range made with the furniture brand Castlery that spans furniture, lighting and accessories. France designed each piece with the brand, drawing on his own background, and the result leans into warmth and texture rather than the cooler, pared-back look that has dominated recent seasons.
It is another entry in the run of designer and personality collaborations landing this autumn, and a useful one for clients who want a recognisable name attached to pieces that still sit at an accessible price. Whether it has staying power beyond the launch will come down to how the range wears, but as a starting point for a layered, comfortable room it is worth a look.
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