The Diz Chair by Sergio Rodrigues is a beautiful piece of furniture and is without a doubt one of our favourites here.

The clean lines and sculptural shape recall the mid-century modern design aesthetic. Although Rodrigues has been designing since the 50s, this piece was first produced in 2002. It’s no surprise to us that it is quickly becoming a modern classic.

See the Diz at the Fasano Hotel in Rio (above)

02/20/12

Check out our Diamante stool on Wallpaper* magazine’s website

02/14/12

Beautiful use of Sergio Rodrigues’ Mocho stool

01/13/12

5 weeks until Christmas!

11/20/11

see photos and prices here

11/09/11

Gioco rocker now only £199.00 at the allê pop-up shop!

11/07/11

Just sold the last blue fruit bowl designed by Zanine de Zanine at the allê pop up shop!

Come and get the black and crystal while they last!

Only £40.00 they make perfect christmas gifts!

11/05/11

10/26/11

Artist spotlight:

Jose Adriano Lopes is a young (born 1976) award-winning Brazilian artist and photographer based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His process begins in the streets, where he takes photos of everyday life in Sao Paulo. These photos are the inspiration for his collages. His chosen medium is newspaper. Both the theme of his work and the newspaper share the same emphasis of everyday life. He has been exhibiting regularly since 1996 both in Brazil and Italy (Milan, Turin, Rome, Brescia, Reggio Emilia…).

“The newspaper with its layers of pages, stories and variety of printed colours form the basis for my work. I used to say that the newspaper itself is my work, the process of layering the paper makes reliefs, shapes and tonalities with pictorial effects that create surreal atmosphere. The figures suddenly emerge from the contrast created by the many layers of paper. This is my way to tell the stories of everyday life and its subtleties. I love the urban atmosphere and the street is the perfect setting; the visual pollution, the dust on the buildings, the sky with its faded colours, the advertisements, the battered walls of the building’s gaps and holes revealing different layers of faded colours, all of these represent the many different layers of everyday life.”
~ Jose Adriano Lopes

“Cotidiano” series (2008): Roughly translated means everyday life or living. In this series Adriano uses his photography as an inspiration for his newspaper collages.

Come see original pieces by Adriano in the showroom today!

10/19/11

See everything here:
Oscar dining chair
Lucio dining chair
Diz armchair
Fly sofa
Mole footstool

10/04/11

New Fetiche table in store now
£295.00

09/27/11

Take a sneak peek at some of our vintage pieces on the set of “My Week with Marilyn” starring Michelle Williams!

In photos:
Yellow 1950s sofa suite
Jacaranda 1960s coffee table
1950s Shelf
1950s Side table

09/24/11

Shooting some new vintage pieces for our 1st Dibs site

Check www.silvianayla.1stdibs.com next week to see them all!

09/21/11

Have a look at our latest project!

09/16/11

Fruit bowls by Zanine de Zanine now 50% off!

08/05/11

This Wednesday stop by for a bellini and browse the lovely new pieces from allê design!

08/01/11

New Marroc stool/side table from Nada se Leva!

07/04/11

Click here to see us on 1st Dibs!

06/23/11

06/21/11

From top to bottom:

Disc-o table lamp
Cercadinho buffet
Lopomo sculpture
Vintage chairs
Steel side table

Photo courtesy of www.mikelirastorzainteriorismo.com

05/25/11

New from allê design! Limited edition, only 5 made in this colour way!

Get one today!

05/07/11

see all of the photos from our carnival extravaganza here

04/16/11