“An installation trying to recreate a personal vision, a universe, a global design language based on an industrial aesthetic.” Victoria Wilmotte is a promising new graduate of The RCA (Royal College of Art) and her latest work, Domestic Landscape, is gaining recognition.  Rather than designing a singular object, Victoria conjured “a total scenography that happens ‘around the table’: a set up of different elements, part of the scene.” 

Table from A Domestic Landscape. Designed by Victoria Wilmotte.

The relationships between the individual elements are of utmost importance. Simply put, the scene is composed of a round table holding a collection of ceramics and a pair of stools, “an exploration around the themes of sculpture, drawing, gesture and the industrial process.”  The designer,  regarding her work, claims that "designing objects is all about the 2d drawing before coming into the 3rd dimension.  Graphic design…is feeding the way I think (about) the objects." The round table utilizes a trestle system for support: a horizontal crosspiece held up by two pairs of divergent legs. The designer, Victoria Wilmotte, developed a process of cutting and hitting square metal tubes to split them in half lengthwise. 

By applying this technique, the full metal tube could serve as the horizontal crosspiece and split to produce a pair of legs on either end, creating a balanced four-legged table. Just a frame and a surface, similar to Todd Bracher’s T-NO.1 Table which is also supported by a horizontal crossbar which branches into two pairs of divergent legs.  The tabletop is composed of a circular formica center surrounded by walnut-veneered plywood. The composition of materials provides added interest to the simple forms of the collection.

The round table serves as the centerpiece.  The stools, based on the same principles of support, are supplementary components which symmetrically frame the table.  The ceramics, which sit within the  circular formica center, are “a pure exercise in form,”  appearing to be two-dimensional drawings extruded into three-dimensional forms.  Symmetry, form and composition; “Domestic Landscape” exemplifies thoughtful and playful design. Whether you consider “Domestic Landscape” an installation, sculpture, or a collection of furniture and decorative elements, Victoria Wilmotte has defined herself as a designer worth watching.  Victoria Wilmotte has received publicity in magazines such as Surface, Le Figaro Madame, Frame, Domus, and Icon.