Nested Lines
After discovering Alice’s work back in 2020 when looking for beautiful objects online, I instantly fell in love with Alice’s unique furniture pieces. We started talking and quickly decided to embark on a collaboration together. What started as a one-off collaborative table soon turned into a capsule collection.
From concept…
Starting with the iconic shape of the coffee table previously designed by Alice, Malika proposed a duo of interlocking Toucan birds that would live within the bounds of the table itself, thus turning it into a symbolic nest.
A multitude of drawings were developed with the same concept of “nesting” in mind : by carefully placing the abstracted birds directly onto the objects. Next Malika and Alice worked together on developing a colour palette that would bring playfulness and warmth and represent their shared colour sensibility.
After some back and forth, four of the drawings were selected and it was finally time for the two disciplines - illustration and design - to come together and be brought to life in Alice’s studio.
...to object.
Over the next couple of months, Alice spent her time studying every detail of Malika’s drawings, in order to capture their essence. Through numerous painted sketches, Alice refined her gesture on tangents, curves, and angles — all key elements of Malika’s masterful line work. She then experimented with painted hues and colours in her studio, perfecting it with the resin technique she developed to unveil a perfect fusion between the form and the object.
Malika's geometric birds transform into a playful display on Alice's double-sided furniture. Painted on both faces, the objects gracefully meld into the surrounding space. Their vibrant, intense hues are enhanced by a layer of resin, lending them a distinct gleam that contrasts with the wood's matte texture.
This first collection unfolds across four meticulously handcrafted walnut pieces: a coffee table, a side table, and two wall-mounted shelves.
The collection stands as a testimony to the seamless fusion of expertise, spanning from the design's inception in Spain by Malika to the artisanal woodwork in Portugal, culminating in the realisation of each painting and resin treatment by Alice in her Belgian workshop.
The Table
Coffee table
Walnut, acrylic, resin
L.110 x l.70 x h.40 cm
Limited edition of 8
2023
Price on request
The Console
Side table, double-sided top
Walnut, acrylic, resin
L.45 x l.30 x h.65 cm
Limited edition of 8
2023
Price on request
The Tablets
Wall-shelves, Blue and Green
double-sided
Walnut, acrylic, resin
L.32 x l.27 x h.3 cm
Edition of 12
2023
Price on request
Nested Lines I
To accompany the launch of Nested Lines, I also released limited edition Giclée prints of the four original drawings. Each piece is limited to 100, signed and numbered.
