From Yinka Ilori, Studio Ashby and More: 9 Design Collabs We’re Loving Right Now

By Alia Akkam

If the market's latest debuts have any lesson to tell, it's that the design community indeed works better together. From Yinka Ilori's color-rich tiles with Domus to Sophie Ashby's transporting fabric collection with Yarn Collective, industry brands across categories are coming together to bring thoughtful new offerings to designers’ tool kits. Looking for the latest in furniture, decor, lighting, and beyond? Meet the industry's latest dynamic duos.

Yinka Ilori x Domus

Yinka Ilori x Domus

British Nigerian artist and designer Ilori has long embraced vivid color and pattern to evoke memory and conjure joy. Glaze and Screen, his duo of geometric made-in-Portugal tiles for Domus, are no exception. Launched this week during Clerkenwell Design Week in London, both iterations pay homage to natural light and Ilori's heritage through bright shades of green, blue, yellow, orange, and purple. Whereas glossy ceramic Glaze comprises five modular shapes that form various combinations, Screen illuminates abstract motifs screen-printed by hand onto a porcelain base.

Sister by Studio Ashby x Yarn Collective

Sister by Studio Ashby x Yarn Collective

Mohair, earthy kilim-like stripes, and bouclé incorporating recycled cotton components are the stars of the Jocasta collection, Sister by Studio Ashby's fabric capsule with Yarn Collective. Hatched by founder and creative director Sophie Ashby, Jocasta is a tribute to the late British writer Jocasta Innes—the idea for the textiles was sparked when Ashby and her family were residing in Innes's former Georgian-style London abode—and highlights Ashby's memorable travels taken over the years. Consider Disa, a nod to the orchids growing on South Africa's Table Mountain woven on jacquard looms, or Afua, a reimagining of Kente cloths that honors the Ghanaian roots of her husband (fashion designer Charlie Casely-Hayford). This summer, all the fabrics will be juxtaposed with new Sister by Studio Ashby furniture, like the hand-carved oak Ellie daybed, in a showcase at Blewcoat, the brand's London headquarters.

House of Hunt x Marmi

House of Hunt x Marmi

For its initial foray into the product realm, natural stone purveyor Marmi tapped Chicago studio House of Hunt. The series, dubbed Edition No. 1 Mantels, encompasses a dozen elegant fireplace frames that range in style, with Art Deco, Art Nouveau, brutalist, Italianate, and Greek Revival nods. Each is hand-carved from a block of stone by artisans in Italy and available in your-pick of beautifully veined stone—a few even offer optional metallic accents. On Sebastian, for instance, the metal trims the unit's vertically pleated frame, while the glittering accent animates corners on the flagship Savoy.

Loeffler Randall x Temple Studio

Loeffler Randall x Temple Studio

Loeffler Randall x Temple Studio

After dreaming up pleated heels, metallic clutches, and breezy ready-to-wear dresses, Jessie Randall, cofounder of Loeffler Randall, was ready to indulge her longtime passion for home decor. So, with her pal Kate Temple Reynolds of Temple Studio, the fashion designer conceived a capsule of romantic fabrics and wallpapers spawned from Loeffler Randall's own trove of vintage-inspired botanical patterns. The five hand-painted designs, including the Victorian-style Watercolor Floral and Ditsy, a melange of tiny, cascading blooms, span hues of classic cream and sage to soft espresso and misty blue.

Moda Domus x Royal Delft

Moda Domus x Royal Delft

Luxe fashion retailer Moda Operandi has bolstered its home goods lineup with Royal Delft's signature blue-and-white Dutch earthenware. Based on archival patterns from the manufacturer, the limited-edition Tulipmania collection of dinnerware and decorative objects are emblazoned with graphic florals. Most stunning are the tulipieres, which take inspiration from the sculptural vase style's original 17th-century designs. Balancing these historic recreations are contemporary Moda Domus plates that reimagine Old Master tulip watercolors and linen napkins hand-embroidered by Morocco's Atelier Houria Tazi.

Tom Delavan x Beni Rugs

Tom Delavan x Beni Rugs

Tom Delavan x Beni Rugs

Tom Delavan's affinity for minimalist Turkish Tulu rugs has culminated in the T: The New York Times Style Magazine design and interiors director's first product collaboration: a 16-piece plush wool Archival collection with Beni. Marked by saturated hues and a mix of checkerboard, zigzag, and triangular patterns, each one is handwoven in Beni's Morocco studio. The standout? The shaggy Siroua that marries concentric squares of blue, fuchsia, red, and maroon. Drawing from Filikli rugs, a type of Tulu brought to life from particularly long goat mohair piles, the Siroua is made with wool from its namesake endangered sheep once critical to the Moroccan economy.

Atelier Pendhapa x Métaphores

Atelier Pendhapa x Métaphores

Part of the Hermès textiles division Métaphores produces fabrics that embrace horsehair laboriously handwoven at Le Crin workshop in France's Sarthe region. The rare material melds with solid black Javanese teak in London- and Singapore-based studio Atelier Pendhapa's nine-piece range of collectible furniture crafted in Indonesia (and available through the Invisible Collection). Among the sculptural designs? A stool with undulating legs, a plump armchair, and an imposing bench with looped arms.

Elliott Barnes x Christofle

Elliott Barnes x Christofle

The late Andrée Putman created two well-loved collections for Christofle, Vertigo and Idole, so it's fitting that her protégé, the Paris architectural designer Elliott Barnes, is now debuting a range of limited-edition accessories for the historic French silver and tableware company. Dellipse, a celebration of Champagne, unites three items: a bucket, a two-bottle vasque, and a saber painstakingly hand-hammered from sheets of silver that are then heated and hand-twisted into an organic ovoid form.

Pantry by Lang Architecture x Samuel Moyer Furniture

Lang Architecture x Samuel Moyer Furniture

As founder and principal of New York practice Lang Architecture, Drew Lang has always looked to the landscape to guide his residential and commercial projects, and nature continues to play an equally outsize role in the firm's newly unveiled furniture division. The inaugural collection, Hudson Woods, is an ode to Lang Architecture's 26-unit Catskills housing development of the same name and the bucolic region's deep-seated craft traditions. Both sleek pieces, a pantry and credenza, were built by bicoastal furniture maker Samuel Moyer and flaunt leather and brass accents along with expanses of slatted wood drawers that charmingly shun pulls for cutouts. They can be topped with soapstone, Calacatta marble, or another jolt of solid wood.