Design

What Do You Get When You Combine Irish and Scandinavian Design? Orior Furniture

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Portrait of Ciaran and Rosie McGuigan by Sean Robertson. All images courtesy of Orior.

With the exception of the fanciful romanticism of fashion designers John Rocha and his daughter Simone Rocha, Irish design typically conjures images of lace, harps, and Celtic wood carvings. “It’s been attached to craft and diddly diddly diddly,” says Ciaran McGuigan, the creative director of his family business, Orior, “and I want to stay well clear of that.”

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