Adding geometric shapes to enhance a modern look

Designers often talk about colours, textures and mood for enhancing our indoor living.  There are also other dimensions of course, and one of them is to use geometric shapes which can effectively bring a feel of modernity to any interior looks.

While geometrics may not appeal to everyone especially to those looking for a soft romantic look, they come in various form, shape, lines and points.  Here are a few ideas that can instantly add geometry to any interior space.

Top right shows Tower 3 Light Cluster Pendant in Black Copper from Dar Lighting featuring a cascading trio of wire frames in matt black with bright copper lamp-holder detail.  

Cluster pendants are fantastic for stairwells or anywhere with a long drop. They also look great in a corner over a low table, where they can make a real feature out of an otherwise dull dark area. The simple Scandi style of the Tower cluster pendant ceiling light is perfect for framing vintage style decorative lamps, giving additional interest.

At top left from Word Up Creative is a contemporary abstract art print with lines and circles in beige, black and mustard with a white border. This print outlined in a black frame will look perfect in any living room, bedroom, playroom or office.

Word Up Creative is an online lifestyle store based in Cheshire, UK that sells gifts, stationery and home decor products. 

The bottom image shows Geometric Pearl Day Bed from Myface based in Portugal.  With its distinct shape and oversized scale, it is deal for injecting a significant visual weight in any terrace or patio scenario. Meticulously stitched weather-resistant cushion and upholstery are in powder-coated textured fibre. 

Sofa - bed: Tom Dixon X Ikea

All those fashion shows to review, we need a lie down.  Or at least somewhere to sit.

The answer could come in the form of the DELAKTIG - the result of a collaboration between British enfant terrible designer Tom Dixon and the world’s biggest furniture company Ikea.

Described as a durable, transformable platform for living – DELAKTIG was launched in Milan a couple of weeks’ ago.  It is a sofa that also functions as a bed.  

According to Tom Dixon, the bed is the most important furniture we need in our life.  As many of us now work from home, we can certainly relate to that.  More often than ever, we bring our work into our bed with us, sitting up at odd hours to pour through our emails and social media platforms using our electronic devices to communicate with colleagues, clients, loved ones, friends, contacts in different parts of the world.

Tom Dixon has come up with the concept of making the bed work harder for us as to him it is the only indispensable piece of furniture, the primary unit of home furnishing.

Together with IKEA, Tom decided to create a super-durable aluminium frame that could be constantly updated or upgraded as your life and needs evolve.   At its most basic, DELAKTIG is a single bed - rapidly transformable into a chaise lounge or a three seat sofa by adding additional components.

Contributing to a global community of IKEA hackers that already edit and modify IKEA designs for every-day life, Tom and IKEA began work with the world’s most innovative art schools to see if DELAKTIG, rather than being a complete finished piece of furniture, could be the start of something much bigger - a kind of ecosystem with unlimited possibilities. The results were diverse and inspiring.

In response, Tom Dixon has created heavy-weight task lamps, coffee tables and magazine racks that can be clamped, slotted or bolted on at will, to mutate the sofa into a work or entertainment space. Made of substantial and durable aluminium plate the hacks are robust enough to last a lifetime.

Tom Dixon also collaborated with Bemz who specialize in soft hacks to produce three luxe covers that elevate the IKEA frame into a luxury unit – from Shower-proof stripes to an Icelandic sheepskin mono-cover known as ‘The Beast’.

So, this is the plan - you can go to IKEA and you can buy yourself a bed. If you want, you can add components to make it into a sofa. Once you’ve got this bed sofa you can add on Tom's hacks, other people’s hacks, or you can hack it yourself.    Presently, the hacks are available from tomdixon.net in the UK and Europe only.