Duffy London
Christopher Duffy founded Duffy London in 2002 while working as a part-time furniture buyer after graduating from the University of Brighton with a BA in Product Design.
Duffy London's furniture designs are ideas-based, combining art and function, and playing with the concepts of gravity, geography and optical illusion. Chris works with a talented team of designers, artisans, and manufacturers to turn these concepts into high-quality pieces of luxury, bespoke furniture, and artistic sculpture. All the pieces are handmade to order here in the London studio by a skilled team of craftspeople using sustainable woods from Forestry Stewardship Council-managed forests and other eco-friendly materials and mediums.
Works are divided into six main collections - Abyss, Solo / Sculpture, Megalith, Up! Balloon, Swing and Meeting Pod. In 2019, a limited edition of the Abyss Table was acquired by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs at The Louvre in Paris to become part of the permanent National collection.
THE BRAND
Christopher Duffy founded Duffy London in 2002 while working as a part-time furniture buyer after graduating from the University of Brighton with a BA in Product Design.
Christopher Duffy
A study of depth and our perception of it, the Abyss Horizon uses the interplay between light and layers of the natural Birchwood coloration and sculpted blue glass to forge a mesmerizing three-dimensional canvas – reminiscent of our perception of water and how we observe its color transform at different depths. The perceived change in color becomes the element that gives true meaning to the piece, conjuring up ideas of a great oceanic topography and transforming the flowing design into an expressive object.
Christopher Duffy
An irregular, rock-like configuration splits apart to form the base. Each structure echoes the other’s form, emphasising where they were once joined together
Christopher Duffy
With its glass table balancing miraculously on top of toppling monoliths, Duffy London’s mind-boggling creation appears to defy the laws of physics by remaining in a permanent state of impending collapse. The monolithic design takes its inspiration from The Sentinel, a book by Arthur C. Clarke that went on to be made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
