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Patchwork Upholstery from Squint Limited

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Though we're not usually a fan of patchwork, it can be enticing when it is done very well. We have a fondness for Hans Hopfer's Mah Jong sofa from Roche Bobois and a recent fascination with Bertjan Pot's beanbag sofa. Recently, we came across Squint, a design group based in London that does amazing custom patchwork upholstery on a variety of styles of furniture...

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Squint Limited was formed when designer Lisa Whatmough wanted to show off her collection of textiles. The custom pieces are not cheap (re-upholstered Egg Chairs, top, start at £3000!) but we thought the collection was wonderfully inspirational. There are tons of pictures of patchwork furniture and accessories on the
Squint Limited site. Via: designmilk.

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Comments (14)

I kinda like the first pic with the chair. Has a nice bohemian quality to it, plus I love the shape of the chair...not so fond of the sofa or the bed though, it looks too busy for me.

posted by suzy8track on 2008-07-11 11:51:01
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My eyes, they are a-burnin'...

posted by somedudeinvicenza on 2008-07-11 12:24:51
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Love it. Of course you've got to put one of those in an otherwise completely white room, so the one piece of patchwork furniture really pops. Otherwise, yes it would be too busy.

posted by f.in.eur on 2008-07-11 12:38:53
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I love all of these!

posted by Anna at D16 on 2008-07-11 13:01:09
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I never though I'd say an Egg chair was ugly because it's my iconic chair. But, that Egg chair is UGLY. :)

posted by halltd on 2008-07-11 13:09:21
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that bed is unbelievable!

posted by hanako66 on 2008-07-11 14:08:17
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All that furniture needs now is a good bedazzlin'.

posted by elvedon on 2008-07-11 14:35:01
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So Alice in Wonderlandish!

posted by Snugglitas on 2008-07-11 14:46:36
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I believe this trend was started by Bayer, the makers of Aspirin.

posted by superflyguy on 2008-07-11 15:17:27
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there's a shop in EastHampton NY that does this as well.. I've forgotten the name of the designer.

posted by pdesign on 2008-07-11 16:24:39
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I don't care for this look. I think it looks like clown furniture.

posted by dmstudio on 2008-07-11 16:45:23
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oh how i love thee.....

posted by naebyrd on 2008-07-11 17:21:16
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I love this look on other peoples furniture [people i will never meet]!
- except when they do it to classic pieces of furniture and make me cry patchwork tears.

posted by Bob Fossil on 2008-07-11 19:33:50
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I love the last one!

posted by nausved on 2008-07-11 23:03:19
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