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Like the look: Danielle Mac Innes specialises in Eames chairs, Anglepoise lamps and other retro must-haves
DAB IT German laboratory jars, set of five, €95
September 19, 2010
VOL 27 NO 38
Retro Fitting
the designer danielle mac Innes is moving on from stocking seductive modernist gems to launching her own range of quirky recycled pieces.
DISC IT Vintage record player, €220
PRESS IT Green metal cabinet, €350
FOLD IT Formica kitchen table, €120
ROCK IT Eames side shell, €275
Lovers of mid-century design and revamped vintage furniture should be advised that Fuse Finds is a seductively dangerous website on which to spend any length of time. From investment pieces like Eames chairs through to German laboratory glass bottles and stunning Anglepoise desk lamps, this collection of preloved furniture and products is the latest venture from interior designer Danielle Mac Innes of Fuse interiors. "I just felt there was a gap in the market and it's something that I'd be quite passionate about. I'm very interested in vintage furniture as well as in reusing things," the 32-year-old explains. "I think it's increasingly important that we don't keep producing more and more new things when older things are much more beautiful and also much more sustainable."
Mac Innes started Fuse Interiors some three-and-a-half years ago with Dutch designer Willem Heeffer. They offer their design services to both private and commercial clients. She was the winner of the Image Interiors Young Designer of the Year award in 2008, an accolade which she says opened many doors for her.
Design wasn't Mac Innes' first career choice. She studied psychology for six years, but decided against pursuing it further and opted to do something more creative instead, enrolling in an interior design course at the Dublin Institute of Design.
Affordable, original and sustainable are the key concepts behind Fuse Finds. Many of the products are sourced from Europe, primarily from the UK, Germany, Belgium and Holland and range from design classics to charity store finds that they have revamped.
One of Mac Innes' most recent exciting discoveries was a dining table for four made from an original enamel London underground sign. "I absolutely love it. It's just so, so cool and completely different," she says.
At the moment, the website acts as the shop front and potential customers can make an appointment to visit the studios in Lad Lane, Dublin 2, but there are plans to introduce online purchasing in the coming weeks. There is no such thing as a typical Fuse Finds customer Mac Innes says, and she's constantly amazed by the diversity of the people who buy from them.
The interior-design aspect still remains the core of their business – they have worked with property developers and boutiques and are currently working on an overhaul of an advertising agency's office, but Mac Innes wants Fuse Finds to develop a lot further.
The next step is the launch of their own in-house products, the first being the Fuse Can Lights, developed by Willem Heeffer. Made from recycled Heinz Baked Beanz and Campbell's Soup tins, they also come in a plain version. They cost €90 each or €225 for a set of three.
"We're doing a deal because they just look so good hanging in threes," she says. "We source them from restaurants and other places that are throwing out cans, and salvage them. I think they have a great story and they're a crossover between pop art, popular culture and sustainability."
Visit www.fuseinteriors.ie and Tel: 01 6611 498
September 19, 2010
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