Armadillo & Co Showroom Installation by Sarah Ellison

Design

2 Aug

Written By Hande Renshaw

Stylist and furniture designer Sarah Ellison has curated a bold and dramatic installation at Armadillo’s Sydney flagship showroom.

Photography: Anson Smart

The ‘a wilderness of colour and texture’ installation is a celebration of Australian creativity and craftsmanship. Photo - Anson Smart.

Florals - Hermetica. Photo - Anson Smart.

Stylist and furniture designer Sarah Ellison has curated a bold and beautiful installation at Armadillo & Co’s Sydney flagship showroom. The display is a sensory feast of colour and sumptuous texture, featuring iconic pieces from Sarah Ellison’s SOL collection, including her Muse sofa, Huggy chair and Earth table. The living and dining room settings are arranged on a trio of Armadillo & Co’s rectangular and custom round Agra rugs, in autumnal shades that complement a forest of florals by Hermetica.

Designed by Studio Goss and opened late last year, the Armadillo & Co showroom has a tactile feel that lends itself to artistic expression. “It is a space where these types of visual narratives, whether pared back or avant-garde, can be brought to life so that customers can experience our rugs in a new light and be inspired to wield colour and texture in a way they may not previously have considered,” notes Armadillo & Co founder Sally Pottharst.

While passers-by can enjoy Sarah Ellison’s dramatic panorama through floor-to-ceiling shop windows, customers are invited to immerse themselves in the scenery as they peruse Armadillo’s range of luxury rugs.

The installation will be on view at Armadillo & Co’s flagship showroom in Surry Hills, Sydney until the end of August 2020.

“The collaboration is a celebration of Australian creativity and craftsmanship, reflecting a shared ethos of drawing inspiration from the natural world and translating it into a uniquely antipodean aesthetic.”

— Jodie Fried, Co-Founder Armadillo & Co

“I worked with florist Jai Winnell from Hermetica to build out a grounding concept, where dried native grasses, sorghum and possum banksia appear to grow out of the rugs and furniture.”

— Sarah Ellison

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