The Art of Switching Off: Ellison Studios Reimagines the Bedroom
If our homes are increasingly expected to do everything, Ellison Studios would like the bedroom to do a little less.
The Australian design studio has unveiled The New Bedroom, a collection shaped around softness, volume and what it rather perfectly calls “the very serious business of rest.” Sculptural beds, bedside tables, seating and storage come together through generous curves, tactile upholstery and beautifully grounded forms.
At its centre are two beds that make a compelling argument for staying in. Melt is soft and enveloping, with inflated curves and hand-applied ruching in warm butter, while Rem pairs a voluminous, pleated headboard with minimal walnut supports, complete with just the right amount of ’80s glamour.
Around them, Ellison Studios builds an entire room worth retreating to. The glossy Edie side table plays with negative space; Notte brings rhythmic curves to rich walnut storage; Nico wraps a plush seat within a polished architectural frame; and the Tondo screen uses rotating circles of oak and walnut to shift light and sightlines throughout a space.
The palette is equally dreamy: Salento Butter, Scala Chalk and Amalfi Tabacco, grounded by oak and walnut and washed with a subtle sense of 1970s nostalgia. Ellison describes it as a palette made for that particular hour between 4pm and dusk, which may be our new favourite way to think about decorating.
But perhaps the most interesting part of The New Bedroom is the idea behind it.
Its accompanying Low Battery campaign asks whether the bedroom might be one of our last spaces untouched by the algorithm, a room that doesn’t need to predict, recommend or demand anything from us. In a world optimised to keep us perpetually switched on, Ellison is proposing a different kind of modern luxury: less noise, fewer distractions and a room so good you actually want to put the phone down.
Frankly, we’re ready to go on low battery.
The New Bedroom by Ellison Studios is available now at https://ellisonstudios.com/.