Details of new-season interiors collections are coming thick and fast, and I have another beauty to share with you today – this time from Menu. Not only is it brimming with gorgeous designs, it also provides a chance to have another peek inside The Audo – the brand’s integrated Copenhagen HQ, hotel and showroom, and one of the most inspiring spaces I’ve ever visited.
On the whole, it’s a wonderfully inviting and elegant collection, with lots of soft beiges, browns, greys and bronzes interspersed with flashes of mustard yellow, sage green and rust red. It’s a combination that suits The Audo perfectly, warming the sleek glass- and concrete-clad communal areas on the ground floor, and enhancing the sense of cosiness and comfort in the 10 guest bedrooms, which are nestled into the eaves at the very top of the building.
Among the brand-new pieces being launched this season are several stunning lighting designs. My eye was instantly drawn to Aleksandar Lazic’s ‘Reverse’ table lamp, which takes its cue from 1970s Italian marble tables and is designed to show off the beauty of the materials, with a curved bronzed-aluminium shade that casts a soft glow over the raw-stone base. I also love the look of the brass and opal-glass ‘Walker’ wall and ceiling lights – the latest additions to Søren Rose Studio’s ‘Tribeca’ series, which channels the glamour of 1930s New York. My personal favourites, though, are Norm Architects’ ‘Hashira’ floor, table and pendant lamps – a modern Nordic take on Japanese rice-paper lanterns. Named after the Japanese word for ‘column’ or ‘pillar’, they were inspired by a visit to a traditional washi papermakers and reflect Norm’s ongoing interest in Japanese design, which has resulted in fantastic collaborations such as Karimoku Case Study and Kinuta Terrace in recent years.
Other new additions include the graceful ‘Harbour’ table collection, which was created to complement the existing ‘Harbour’ chairs and has mix-and-match marble tops and steel legs. And there’s the minimalist ‘Rail’ desk from Keiji Ashizawa (another of the designers behind Karimoku Case Study), which consists of a wooden platform and a wall-mounted steel bracket whose lines echo staircase handrails. It’s an incredibly versatile piece and can act as a work surface, a dressing table, a shelf and more.
Several existing ranges have been extended, too. The marble-topped ‘Androgyne’ side table, designed by Norwegian architect Danielle Siggerud in 2018, has been joined by matching coffee and dining tables, and there’s now a sleek wooden version of the popular ‘Afteroom’ chair, made from curved plywood and finished with a choice of veneers. There’s also a banquette version of the ‘Eave’ sofa, which was created by Norm Architects and takes its inspiration from the curve of roof edges. Available in a range of fabrics and colours, it’s intended as an alternative to dining chairs and works equally well in residential and commercial settings. Finally, I spotted new additions to Krøyer-Sætter-Lassen’s halo-like ‘Nimbus’ mirror series, which now comes in circular and rectangular shapes and polished- and bronzed-brass finishes.
What do you think of the new collection? And which of the new pieces are your favourites?
All photography via Menu
Loving the rectangular Nimbus. Really stunning
It’s beautiful isn’t it? Eye-catching but still quite minimalist and timeless.
Hello, do you know what´s the brand of the beautiful simple desk in picture 13 and 14. This is not MENU, is it? Kind regards from Sabine
Hi Sabine, it is Menu – it’s the ‘Rail’ desk described in the text. One of the new pieces this spring so it might not be available to buy quite yet.