Love at First Sight (or how to revamp your furniture the Australian way...)

Last year there was a fantastic exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in Paris called "Né dans la Rue - Graffiti" ("Born in the Street - Graffiti") which celebrated street art and the birth of tags in New York in the 70's. It has to be one of the most vibrant and popular visual art forms out there (didn't Barack Obama and David Cameron this year exchange paintings both of which were forms of word art?), which is why my jaw dropped at this fabulous sofa by Love at 1st Sight in Australia.
Re-vamping antique and/or discarded items, the group produce unique pieces, giving up-beat colour to retro design. Similar to Bulle in Paris (see the Poppy Club post of June 16th "Bulle") and Zoe Murphy in the UK (see the Poppy Club post of April 26th "Viva Margate" ) they combine recycling with hip design to staggering effect.

My first crush of the autumn!