Shoreditch's Hart London celebrates London Design Festival's 20th anniversary this week with a unique exhibition from Atelier Roc.
The London-based boutique design house focuses on creating spaces and objects that combine functionality and natural aesthetic. It's showcasing a series of artworks and art installations titled The Art of Nature at the hotel until 25th September as part of London Design Festival's 20th aniversary and the hotel has also commissioned Yasmine Faress, founder and director of Atelier Roc, to design customised cushions, rugs and tapestries which can now be found as permanent fixtures in the lobby.
The exhibition will showcase the design studio’s first limited-batch throw collection as well as take viewers on an artistic journey of the design and fabrication process. Inspired by the natural world, The Art of Nature will bring a new perspective to fabric design by transforming and coalescing silhouettes found in nature to create distinctive woven designs.
The installation, Woven Forms, will envelope the striking Hart Shoreditch’s industrial staircase with a contrasting fabric. The staircase railing, which spans eight metres from floor to ceiling, will be used as a giant warp and will reveal an immersive journey from the top of the staircase to the lower ground floor where guests can sit and observe the woven installation from a different vantage point. Atelier Roc has partnered with AW Hainsworth, the heritage woollen mill, to exhibit the process of fabrication of jacquard weaves.
Check out the exhibition at Hart Shoreditch, 61 - 67 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3HU
