{"id":243772,"date":"2024-12-20T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=243772"},"modified":"2024-12-20T16:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T21:07:27","slug":"this-design-duos-lisbon-apartment-is-a-study-in-ceramics","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/this-design-duos-lisbon-apartment-is-a-study-in-ceramics\/","title":{"rendered":"This Design Duo’s Lisbon Apartment Is A Study In Ceramics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the main bedroom, Studio Haos\u2019s bamboo pendant and a vintage Italian bench frame the \ndoor to the bathroom, where the ceramic tile\u2013clad custom tub is backdropped by a Rosa Estremoz marble dado.\nPhotography courtesy MARIE GRAUNBOL\/LIVING INSIDE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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December 20, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Peter Webster<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This Design Duo’s Lisbon Apartment Is A Study In Ceramics<\/h1>\n\n\n
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French duo Olivier Garc\u00e9 and Clio Dimofski took a circuitous route to Lisbon, Portugal, where their 2,300-square-foot apartment doubles as a gallery for their eponymous multidisciplinary practice. The couple met studying design at Paris\u2019s \u00c9cole Carmondo, completed second degrees at the \u00c9cole d\u2019Architecture de Paris-La Villette, and then decamped to Beijing for a year. \u201cIt was just after the Olympics,\u201d Garc\u00e9 reports, \u201cand we got to experience the impact of two cultures on contemporary design and architecture.\u201d Back in Paris, individual stints at firms like Shigeru Ban Architects and Hamonic + Masson & Associ\u00e9s preceded a move to New York to launch an office for Pierre Yovanovitch Architecture d\u2019Interieur, before returning to Europe in 2021\u2014daughter Zo\u00eb and dog LeWitt in tow\u2014to open a studio of their own<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisbon beckoned for a number of reasons. \u201cMy mother\u2019s Portuguese,\u201d Garc\u00e9 says, \u201cso there was already a close connection.\u201d More importantly, the couple wanted their practice to involve local craftspeople, something they felt would be easier to achieve in Portugal where, Dimofski notes, \u201cThere\u2019s so much to discover and develop.\u201d The apartment-gallery is on the second floor of a late 19th\u2013century Pombaline-style building featuring solid-color exterior tilework rather than the ornate azulejos of earlier periods. The interior, however, doesn\u2019t lack for elaborate plasterwork and moldings, which the couple carefully preserved when renovating the run-down property, \u201cto keep the soul of the space,\u201d as Dimofski puts it. Outfitted with a mix of new and vintage pieces, contemporary art, and the designers\u2019 own distinctive handcrafted furniture and products, the light-filled quarters reflect their ethos and aesthetic perfectly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Flanked by a pair of their Almond glazedceramic\nsconces, the founders of Garc\u00e9 & Dimofski\nstand in the entry of their second-floor apartmentgallery\nin the buzzy Arroios neighborhood of Lisbon,\nPortugal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about materiality, too,\u201d Garc\u00e9 continues, \u201cusing marble, stone, wood, and ceramic.\u201d The last is particularly important, appearing as massive sculptural legs on the Mimi coffee table, for example, or as wall tiles with a painterly glaze\u2014developed with artist-potter L\u00edgia Guedes\u2014in the kitchen. Similar tiles in a larger format are used as baseboards in the dining room. The clay is locally sourced, as is the chest\u00adnut that tops the coffee table, composes the chunky H\u00e9lios sofa, or panels a wall in the study. Local design and art includes a Studio Haos aluminum dining table and several Pedro Batista paintings, while Korean American talent Minjae Kim, a frequent collaborator, is represented by characterful chairs, tables, and lighting that epitomize the apartment-gallery\u2019s creatively eclectic spirit. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ceramic Details Abound In Olivier Garc\u00e9 and Clio Dimofski’s Lisbon Home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Featuring a chestnut body on massive\nceramic feet, the H\u00e9lios sofa incorporates two of\nthe couple\u2019s favorite materials.\nPhotography courtesy of Garc\u00e9 & Dimofski.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Garc\u00e9 & Dimofski\u2019s brushed stainless\u2013steel Luis chair has a precise, graphic presence. \nPhotography courtesy of Marie Graunbol\/Living Inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A niche holds a Zande decorative knife from Congo-Kinshasa in the hallway, which is lit \nby two G&D ceramic fixtures: a custom pendant and an Eclipse sconce.\nPhotography courtesy of Garc\u00e9 & Dimofski.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Iconic chair, commissioned from Korean American designer and frequent collaborator Minjae Kim, is handmade in Porto.\nPhotography courtesy of Marie Graunbol\/Living Inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A vignette in the study includes a painting by Klara Kristalova, a Moon sconce, and \na vintage Axel Einar Hjorth pine table, set against chestnut paneling.\nPhotography courtesy of Marie Graunbol\/Living Inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Finished with an eye-catching painterly glaze, the kitchen\u2019s wall tiles were developed \nin collaboration with L\u00edgia Guedes, an artist-potter based in Porto.\nPhotography courtesy of Marie Graunbol\/Living Inside.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Upholstered by Ateliers Jouffre in New York, Kim\u2019s hand-carved Lola chair pairs \nwool boucl\u00e9 with stained and lacquered Douglas fir.\nPhotography courtesy of Marie Graunbol\/Living Inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The dining room is outfitted with Studio Haos\u2019s waxed aluminum table and vintage \nPierre Chapo S24 chairs, as well as a Pedro Batista painting and Kim\u2019s Canopy pendant \nand hand-carved Lacquered Chair II.\nPhotography courtesy of Marie Graunbol\/Living Inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Named for their daughter, G&D\u2019s Zo\u00eb side table caps its biomorphic clay form with a colorfully glazed top.\nPhotography courtesy COURTESY OF GARC\u00c9 &\nDIMOFSKI;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kim\u2019s Iconic coffee table for G&D comprises \na painted base with a ceramic plate inset on the sapele top.\nPhotography courtesy COURTESY OF GARC\u00c9 & DIMOFSKI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In the main bedroom, Studio Haos\u2019s bamboo pendant and a vintage Italian bench frame the \ndoor to the bathroom, where the ceramic tile\u2013clad custom tub is backdropped by a Rosa Estremoz marble dado.\nPhotography courtesy of Marie Graunbol\/Living Inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The apartment\u2019s original plasterwork ornaments the living room, while another Batista canvas presides over G&D\u2019s chestnut-and-ceramic Mimi coffee table and Colin King\u2019s handwoven \nTaglio rug for Beni Rugs. \nPhotography courtesy of Garc\u00e9 & Dimofski.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n