DINOSAUR DESIGNS “RIVERSTONE COLLECTION LONDON … · 2019-06-20 · Mineral Drop Earrings and...
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DINOSAUR DESIGNS “RIVERSTONE” COLLECTION LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2019 Dinosaur Designs’ Creative Directors Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy are excited introduce their new collection Riverstone, a collection of jewellery and homewares. The smooth rocky forms found on the riverbeds of Australia have inspired Riverstone. The collection features a rich, dense palette of burgundy and forest green laced with pale mineral swirls, and a chalky white, with touches of black and creamy earthy tones. Riverstone’s jewellery designs explore the natural beauty of rocks and the formations they create. Mineral Drop Earrings and Long Mineral Bracelet are a new addition, featuring a golden rock bead sitting amongst a string of Dinosaur Designs’ signature resin pebbles. The Rock Garden Earrings, with their mismatched rock form stud, are wabi sabi nature inspired. And classics such as the Round Rock Bangle take on a new dimension as golden pebbles have gently been embedded into the resin, evoking a glistening riverbed. Olsen says, “This collection has been inspired by nature’s forms, rocks, pebbles and stones and the warmth of the dense earthy colours found in the natural landscape”. In the homewares, Skipping Stones vases take centre stage, mimicking the smooth, curved forms of matt and polished river stones. The collection features a stunning new burgundy drip, where painterly drops of white pigment have been artfully applied, and a new butter knife and butter plate rendered in artful, sculptural forms. Riverstone will be exhibiting at Dinosaur Designs for the duration of London Design Festival: Dinosaur Designs 35 Great Windmill Street, Soho, London W1D 7DT For further information on Dinosaur Designs or to view the Riverstone collection, please contact: [email protected] About Dinosaur Designs Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy are artists, designers, creative directors and co-founders of Dinosaur Designs. Over three decades they have built it in to what is arguably one of Australia’s most recognized design companies. Their work has been shown at the Victoria & Albert museum, London Design Festival, Art15 London, Tokyo’s Designer’s Block, Jack Boffo House- New York, Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, Sydney’s Centre for Australian Design, Powerhouse Museum, Melbourne’s Karen Woodbury Gallery and ‘OLSEN ORMANDY: a creative force’ at Newcastle Art Gallery and at the OLSEN Gallery in Australia.
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DINOSAUR DESIGNS “RIVERSTONE” COLLECTION LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2019 Dinosaur Designs’ Creative Directors Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy are excited introduce their new collection Riverstone, a collection of jewellery and homewares. The smooth rocky forms found on the riverbeds of Australia have inspired Riverstone. The collection features a rich, dense palette of burgundy and forest green laced with pale mineral swirls, and a chalky white, with touches of black and creamy earthy tones.
Riverstone’s jewellery designs explore the natural beauty of rocks and the formations they create. Mineral Drop Earrings and Long Mineral Bracelet are a new addition, featuring a golden rock bead sitting amongst a string of Dinosaur Designs’ signature resin pebbles. The Rock Garden Earrings, with their mismatched rock form stud, are wabi sabi nature inspired. And classics such as the Round Rock Bangle take on a new dimension as golden pebbles have gently been embedded into the resin, evoking a glistening riverbed. Olsen says, “This collection has been inspired by nature’s forms, rocks, pebbles and stones and the warmth of the dense earthy colours found in the natural landscape”. In the homewares, Skipping Stones vases take centre stage, mimicking the smooth, curved forms of matt and polished river stones. The collection features a stunning new burgundy drip, where painterly drops of white pigment have been artfully applied, and a new butter knife and butter plate rendered in artful, sculptural forms. Riverstone will be exhibiting at Dinosaur Designs for the duration of London Design Festival: Dinosaur Designs 35 Great Windmill Street, Soho, London W1D 7DT For further information on Dinosaur Designs or to view the Riverstone collection, please contact: [email protected] About Dinosaur Designs Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy are artists, designers, creative directors and co-founders of Dinosaur Designs. Over three decades they have built it in to what is arguably one of Australia’s most recognized design companies. Their work has been shown at the Victoria & Albert museum, London Design Festival, Art15 London, Tokyo’s Designer’s Block, Jack Boffo House- New York, Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, Sydney’s Centre for Australian Design, Powerhouse Museum, Melbourne’s Karen Woodbury Gallery and ‘OLSEN ORMANDY: a creative force’ at Newcastle Art Gallery and at the OLSEN Gallery in Australia.
Their first book ‘The Art of Dinosaur Designs’ was published in October 2016. Steve is also a public speaker on issues relating to art and design and exhibits paintings through Sydney’s Olsen Gallery. Louise also sits on various judging panels including Veuve Clicquot’s New Generation Award and the InStyle Australia and Audi Women of Style Award. Olsen and Ormandy have also collaborated with international design houses Louis Vuitton and Paul Smith. Louise and Stephen have boutiques around the world in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, New York and London. Find and Follow Dinosaur Designs
- www.dinosaurdesigns.co.uk - Instagram @dinosaur_designs and @dinosaurdesigns_international - Twitter @DinosaurDesigns - Facebook @DinosaurDesigns - Creative directors’ Instagram @louise_olsen and @stephenormandy
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