Form Focus

ART DIRECTION: SARA BLACK
PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT HURLEY
SOURCE: ART NEWS – AUTUMN (S.H.) 2026

USM has collaborated with Armando Cabral and among the collection is the ʻArkadʼ side table, available from ECC. Weʼve butted two together—back to back—to make an elongated shape.

Classic tailoring and artistic energy imbue these Marni pieces (sold separately [but how yum as a set]). The fabric is titled ʻMelodia Printʼ and originates from their archives. Available at Muse.

We stacked three Tom Dixon ʻPoseʼ portable lamps, exclusive to ECC, atop one another. How easy when there are no cords!

We knotted four pairs of Levi’s jeans into a love heart.

An ʻAbbraccioʼ and a ʻCalla Whipʼ bracelet—both by Vhernier—and a pair of ʻAleluiáʼ earrings by Pasquale Bruni from Partridge Jewellers make for a bedazzling hanging sculpture of sorts.

When two ʻAnkerʼ candle holders by Anderssen & Voll for Nedre Foss become one. From Good Form.

We balanced five pairs of Birkenstock ʻAmsterdam Feltʼ shoes and created a form that we, on set, decided looked superbly spinal.

A trio of wheel-thrown clay lamps, made by Spencer Ceramics and available from Studio Italia.

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