Autoban by De La Espada

You might worry about a collaboration involving two Turkish designers, one Spanish designer and one Portuguese designer. How is the end product going to look? Vaguely Moorish? Eur-Afro-Asian? As it turns out, Autoban by De La Espada "” the collaboration in question "” manages to produce some very un-muddled looking furniture. The pieces seem to have influences as diverse as flora, fauna and chess, but never look confused. For example, the Deer chair evokes its namesake perfectly, from its thin arms and legs, to its knobby joints, to its timid stance; click over and take a gander at Mushroom Family, Pumpkin and King.

Autoban consists of Turkish designers Seyhan Ozdemir and Sefer Caglar, who enjoy working with natural materials and have been loved up by the press so much that we’re actually starting to get embarrassed for them. De La Espada, the other half of the collaboration, is Luis De Oliveira and Fatima De La Espada. They’ve been around since 1996, with a flagship store in London and factories in Spain and Portugal. Variety, it seems, really is the spice of life.

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