Belle Feature

april/may issue

Belle ‘Shining Stars’ Feature

Amy Cunningham

Hot because…. She brings form function and beautify to simple plywood. “My furniture designs are bases around the concept of connection. They are simple, elegant, adaptable, and made to last.”

What’s inspiring you right now? Pieces that can be pulled apart and rearranged easily without the use of a fixing device. The more flexible a piece of furniture is, the more likely it will be retained when a new fashion arises.

I love this chair (Butterfly Stool) I’m pictured with because… it was a present from my parents, and because I adore its sweeping curves. It’s elegantly simple yet complex at the same time. Every time I walk past it, I feel inspired to create something similarly exquisite.