For the fourth film in our Homing In series, co-founder Matt Gibberd meets a couple who have transformed a suburban semi in south-west London into a nurturing home embedded in the natural world.
As with each of the films in the series, we aim to show how adherence to five key design principles – space, light, materials, nature and decoration – allows you, in Matt’s words, “to live a better and more fulfilled life.” Here, we examine Yasuyo and Phil Harvey’s relationship to nature and see how they gently surround themselves with natural materials, furniture and objects, championing the delicate detritus of nature and giving it aesthetic value.
Written and presented by Matt Gibberd
Filming: Edmund Cook
Editing: David Potter
Production: Hannah Phillips
Graphic Design: Ben Tucker
Music: Father
You can pick up a copy of Matt Gibberd's book, 'A Modern Way to Live' at: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/320176/a-modern-way-to-live-by-gibberd-matt/9780241480496
Botanical Arrangements by Yasuyo Harvey https://www.instagram.com/yasuyoharvey/
Dining tables: Leonard Trestle Table by Achille Castiglioni for Zanotta https://www.aram.co.uk/leonardo-table.html
Dining Chairs: Vintage Ercol Stacking Chairs https://www.twentytwentyone.com/products/l-ercolani-lucian-ercolani-stacking-chair
Living room: Vintage Cigar lounge chairs and Sofa GE240, designed by Hans Wegner for Getama https://www.twentytwentyone.com/products/290a-armchair-1954
Cabinet: Vintage Globe Wernicke Bookcase
Toogood Spade Chair https://t-o-o-g-o-o-d.com/products/spade-chair-aluminium
Vintage Bobbin Chairs
Garden Chair: Vintage Thonet Rocking Chair
Garden bench and table: Vintage German Beerfest bench and table
Antique Herbariums on the wall
2:37 Chapter 1: A Non-Standard Semi
3:49 Chapter 2: A Sense of Duty
7:36 Chapter 3: Nature's Rounded Forms
8:42 Chapter 4: Putting Down Roots
10:48 Chapter 5: Relating Inside and Out
13:59 Chapter 6: A Nest in Nature
15:00 Chapter 7: Nature Through the Seasons
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