Heal's celebrated their bicentennial anniversary this year and mark their existence on providing a large array of furniture and home decor to the masses for 200 years. Started by the brothers, John Harris and Ambrose Heal back in 1810, Heal's has grown from making their own bedding, mattresses and beds into 'importing' some of the big names of furniture designs into their store.
Now that they've reside at their signature building in Tottenham Court Road, the bicentary has seen many event taking place on their window display since early this year. From the 'living art' installation in collaboration with Slade School of Art to the placing a faux grass outside on the pavement, to having different furniture displays that sometimes provoke people to think of something new for their home decor - Heal's never fail to impress the passersby.
Latest to the window display exhibit is their own 'supermodels' - featuring some of the product that represents the significant milestone in products designs. For instance, the Phillipe Stark lampshade in acrylic, the James bookends in a silhouette of men pushing something, the Missoni bathlinen and my favorite of all time - the Louis Ghost chair which is forever timeless yet modern at the same time. There's also the iconic lounge chair and ottoman by Charles Eames, which has been featured in the previous issue of Shortlist magazine and become the most coveted item in any bachelor pad. These 'supermodels' are not only iconic in themselves, they also possess high investment value for those who own it too. Take the lounge chair for example, it may cozt around £2000 at present, but Shortlist tauted that it may fetch a value of £18,000 in a decade or so!
Anyway, what an great 'art installation' by Heal's. The only question sprung to my mind - where's Arne Jacobsen Egg chair?
Louis Ghost chair... which you can barely see!
The iconic lounge chair and ottoman by Charles Eames.
