{"id":1039,"date":"2015-07-09T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T16:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2015-07-09T16:44:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T16:44:46","slug":"david-amars-bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-art-deco-floor-tiles-in-a-tel-aviv-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/design-products\/david-amars-bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-art-deco-floor-tiles-in-a-tel-aviv-home","title":{"rendered":"David Amar\u2019s Bialik furniture collection inspired by Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>London designer David Amar has created a dressing unit, a daybed and benches with built-in storage, based on floor tiles in a heritage-listed 1920s home in Tel Aviv, Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home.jpg\" alt=\"David Amar\u2019s Bialik furniture collection inspired by Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bialik Collection was originally designed for the owners of a refurbished house in the White City district \u2013 a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with Art Deco, Bauhaus and International Style buildings constructed when Tel Aviv was expanded in the 1920s and 1930s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_.jpg\" alt=\"David Amar\u2019s Bialik furniture collection inspired by Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exterior of the building on Bialik Street, close to the city\u2019s Bauhaus Museum, was renovated in keeping with its original design like many similar properties in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, one of the few authentic features to remain inside was a set of floor tiles preserved as a \u201crug\u201d embedded within a dark cast-concrete floor.<\/p>\n<p>The tiles were the starting point for the collection of furniture that Amar designed for the dressing room in which the decorative floor was found.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_1.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_1.jpg\" alt=\"David Amar\u2019s Bialik furniture collection inspired by Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_1-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe furniture\u2019s colours complement the tiles while suggesting a neutral, yet playful atmosphere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The free-standing dressing unit is made of powder-coated steel frames, connected to a dark cast-concrete base. It incorporates a full-length mirror, a screen and a small dressing table with a single drawer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_2.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_2.jpg\" alt=\"David Amar\u2019s Bialik furniture collection inspired by Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_2.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_2-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll three swivel around the concrete base to allow for flexibility and a dynamic user experience,\u201d said Amar.<\/p>\n<p>A stool with a matching frame and a seat upholstered in fabric by Danish company Kvadrat accompanies the dressing table.<\/p>\n<p>A bespoke daybed was designed and made using the same materials. The fabric seams on the mattress create a grid, which mimics the vertical lines of the steel frame to create an asymmetrical pattern, and echoes the shapes in the floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_5.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_5.jpg\" alt=\"David Amar\u2019s Bialik furniture collection inspired by Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home\" width=\"655\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_5.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_5-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_5-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally designed to fit along each of the dressing room\u2019s four walls, dark-stained white oak shelving units double up as benches, providing seating as well as open storage space. Their dark concrete bases were designed to merge into the client\u2019s concrete floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_6.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar%E2%80%99s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_6.jpg\" alt=\"David Amar\u2019s Bialik furniture collection inspired by Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_6.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_6-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/David-Amar\u2019s-Bialik-furniture-collection-inspired-by-Art-Deco-floor-tiles-in-a-Tel-Aviv-home_6-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the bespoke pieces were first created for a specific client brief, the products are designed to be mass-produced and are available to buy from the designer\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">London designer David Amar has created a dressing unit, a daybed and benches with built-in storage, based on floor tiles&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}