dumæ

Artful objects and home accents with sculptural character and considered material warmth define the dumæ edit at Lulu and Georgia — a brand whose pieces occupy the register between functional object and work of art with the ease of genuine quality. The dumæ aesthetic is warm and specific: pieces that have been made with attention to the material they inhabit and the form they express, and that read as individually considered rather than category-produced. Each object brings something to a room that is difficult to define precisely but immediately apparent when it is absent.

What kinds of pieces does dumæ offer?

The dumæ collection at Lulu and Georgia spans the category of décor and home accents: vessels and vases in ceramic and glass with interesting forms and warm glazes; sculptural objects for the shelf, mantle, or tabletop that function as art at the small scale; lighting in organic or architectural forms that contributes as much to the room during the day as it does at night; textiles and throws with material warmth and surface character. The unifying quality across categories is the same: each piece has been made to a standard of material and formal integrity that puts it in the category of objects worth keeping, not merely filling space.

How do dumæ accents fit into an elevated home edit?

The dumæ pieces are the kind of accents that elevate an already-considered room by adding the quality of the individually excellent object at the small scale. An elevated room is composed at the large scale by furniture of quality and character; it is completed at the small scale by objects with the same standard applied to the surfaces, shelves, and tabletops. A dumæ ceramic on a bedside table, a dumæ sculptural object on a coffee table, a dumæ vessel on a dining sideboard — each of these contributes a moment of quality at the immediate human scale that the larger furniture provides at the room scale. The effect of getting this scale right is that the room feels fully considered from the doorway to the closest surface.

What is the best way to style artful home accents on a shelf or surface?

Artful home accents are most effective when styled with genuine restraint: fewer pieces of higher individual quality, arranged with attention to the relationship between the objects rather than the objective of filling the surface. A grouping of three objects of varied height and form — a tall vessel, a lower sculptural object, and a small piece at the smallest scale — creates a complete composition without over-populating the surface. Leave negative space around and between the objects: the empty shelf behind and beside the grouping is what allows each individual piece to read fully. Change the grouping seasonally or when a new piece arrives rather than accumulating indefinitely.

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