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The clocks have changed and with the lighter, brighter days comes an opportunity to get outdoors more and bring the outside back into the home. My home and the way I style my interior is deeply connected to the seasons, I like celebrating those subtle changes and creating an ambience that reflects the mood outside. I’ve been enjoying a few sunny moments in the garden, and while it’s not quite warm enough yet for balmy evenings and alfresco dining, it’s got me hopeful for the summer months to come.

For today’s blog post, I’ve styled Georg Jensen’s new Frequency collection by California-based designer Kelly Wearstler in a simple, fresh, alfresco setting. The collection is inspired by nature’s dramatic elements – the wind, water and light of the West Coast of America. I don’t have the roaring ocean or a beautiful vista near my urban home, but I knew my London garden would provide the perfect backdrop for these organic-shaped steel objects.

With a history dating back more than 100 years, Danish design brand Georg Jensen is renowned for producing highly crafted, timeless silverware, from watches and jewellery to design objects and home products.

Georg Jensen himself looked to create democratic design that was both beautiful and functional. The first pieces to be made in the silversmithy were ornate brooches and delicate jewellery with serene, organic forms, depicting bouquets of flowers and lush bunches of grapes. Today the brand translates that design philosophy into new, contemporary pieces by working with some of the world’s top designers and names, like LA-based Kelly Wearstler.

The Frequency collection, captured here, comprises a series of stainless steel objects with a distinctive, curved silhouette. Wearstler has managed to distill down the drama and warmth of her native California into fluid forms, while also capturing a hint of the special light that Scandinavia is known for.

Part sculpture, part art object, the designs to me are like a piece of jewellery for the home. Modern and bold, the pieces are united by a wavy, bent element that forms the base of the bowls and the faceted form of the vase and hurricane lamp.

‘There is an energy in the silhouettes, a vibrant movement that comes to life through the beautiful folds in the steel,’ says Wearstler, ‘Each design is like a sculptural conductor of this living energy.’

The Frequency bowls have a delicate, lightweight appearance, almost as if the silver discs are floating on their wiggly lines. They’re as shiny and polished as mirrors, which proved playful when trying to capture the garden foliage and sky in their reflection. They look beautiful as standalone objects or as vessels for vibrant arrangements of fruit. You could also use them for displaying shells or even glass baubles at Christmas time.

The vase itself comes alive when placed in its surroundings – reflecting slithers of sky, clouds or details. The bends of the form help position stems to create a contemporary, asymmetric display.

These are luxurious pieces, but I liked the juxtaposition with the old brick wall in the garden. The soft and smooth against the rough and the raw. I think with pieces like this that so appeal to the senses, you need to compliment the material richness with natural materials – textured linen, antique glass, warm wood. Just like Wearstler’s multi-faceted interiors embrace a rich sense of materiality, colour and form, intuitively combining contemporary and vintage, architectural and organic. Wearstler hopes these pieces will give a home ‘a sense of magic and a lustrous spirit’.

The Frequency Collection is available in Georg Jensen flagship stores worldwide. Bowls start from £85, hurricane lamps from £180 and the vase is £185.