We often choose an artist’s residence as our weekly featured Get their look home. Today, it’s a Memphis-inspired, new-build, city centre flat; a little bit of Italy in the middle of Manchester.
On his Instagram feed, Michael Pybus titles his home like he would a work of modern art; Home (Living room, kitchen, studio, hallway) 2022 – 61m² / 656ft².
His living space is a seamless meld of high-end, vintage Italian design and classic, mass-produced IKEA with a backdrop of bright, primary colours.
Pybus explains his taste in a recent Apartment Therapy interview:
My style is quite plasticky, hard edged and artificial but I also do really appreciate nature and natural forms which is what drew me to setting up and growing a mini coral reef.
- Red and Blue chair by Gerrit T. Rietveld designed in 1918 for Cassina
- Orbital floor lamp designed by Ferruccio Laviani in 1992 for Foscarini
- Svarva floor lamp designed in 2009 by Front Designers for IKEA
- Tahiti table lamp by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano
- Oceanic lamp by Michele de Lucchi designed in 1981 for Memphis Milano
- Lilac retro microwave
- SARAKAJSA cushion
- Virgil Abloh x IKEA MARKERAD Receipt rug
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