Home of the Week: Address Downtown Dubai

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If you saw this weekend's edition of H&H, you can't have failed to have been impressed by the interior styling

Pallavi Dean

(right) and

Angelita Alves

did on this week's

Home of the Week

, an apartment in the

Address Downtown Dubai

. Sourcing pieces and furnishings exclusively from local shops and companies, and with a brief to appeal to the discerning, design-savvy client, the Dubai-based team created a scheme that was sophisticated yet quirky and ulitmately unique; sucecessfully marrying modern Scandinavian and classic European design with contemporary intepretations of traditional Arabic motifs.

We never have the space in the section to show all the photographs from our

HOTW

's shoot, and we think that these in particular deserve a comprehensive airing, so here's the full selection...

  1. 2403-HH07JA-HOTW05-thumb-400x600-2402.jpg1. The tables and shelving unit are by Muuto, available from Dubai's Kollektion & Co.
    On the wall are prints taken from the new Dubai Graphic Encylopedia also shown below. 

    2389-AR_1512_Home_Of_The_Week-8-thumb-400x600-2388.jpgTo find out more about the book, click here.

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    2. Alarm clocks were mounted and used to create this quirky piece of wall art.
    The lettering was custom made.

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3. The black Acapulco chair, available here from The One, is a 1950s design classic that still retains its cool, contemporary edge. The stool is by Nada Debs from O'de Rose and the wall ladder coat hook is from Bloomingdales Home, Dubai Mall.


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4. Muuto's wooden anglepoise lamp and the inventive stationery storage area/wall decor made using wine racks bring a playful finishing touch to this compact work station. 
5. The face of the iconic Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum features on this striking yellow cushion from Dubai's O'de Rose boutique. The wall art is from Crate & Barrel, Mall of the Emirates.



2397-HH07JA-HOTW01-thumb-400x600-2396.jpg6. With the discerning client in mind, the designers chose Vitra's Eames plastic side chairs
for the dining area. The light fixture is from Singways in Mall of the Emirates.

2393-HH07JA-HOTW11-thumb-400x600-2392.jpg7. The framed henna handprints and cushions in the second bedroom a reference the region's cultural heritage, while adding colour and interest to the simple neutral palette.
2391-AR_1512_Home_Of_The_Week-10-thumb-400x600-2390.jpg8. The block lamp by Design House Stockholm, available from Kollektion and Co,
the embossed metal table is from Bloomingdales Home.
2385-AR_1512_Home_Of_The_Week-3-thumb-400x600-2384.jpg9. Mirrored wardrobes were used in to maximise the master bedroom's light and space.
The same grey/red combination was again used, finished off with the red Umm Kulthum cushion, again from O'de Rose.
2420-HH07JA-HOTW08-thumb-400x600-2404-thumb-400x600-2405.jpg10. The feature wall in the main bedroom has been covered with this striking 'book pages' wallpaper (above and below) by the Swedish brand Mr Perswall, available to order from Kollection & Ko.
2411-HH07JA-COVER-thumb-400x600-2410.jpgTo view the print version of the feature, click here