During this year's edition of Stockholm Design Week, the duo behind Dusty Deco released a limited handmade furniture collection in three parts. The design is provided by the architectural office MER Arkitekter and the collection is designed by Lucas Hinnerud.
The collaboration, which includes a sofa, armchair and loveseat, has its origins in the Swedish Grace style and has been combined with Dusty Deco's international design language. The collection is called Miles and is a tribute to the jazz legend Miles Davis and his iconic style.

You made this collection in tribute to Miles Davis the famous jazz musician,why Miles? What is it that made you inspired by him in particular?
Dusty Deco together with MER Arkitekter created this collection in tribute to Miles Davis to honor his iconic sense of style. Miles Davis is considered a reference point in men’s fashion, with an exceptional ability to combine different styles with great finesse. The inspiration for the Miles collection came from a picture of Miles Davis at his home in Malibu, where he was dressed in a zebra shirt standing in front of a zebra rug. This image conveyed an immediate sense of harmony and belonging between the two elements and served as the perfect inspiration for the Miles collection.

When you create your furniture, do you always consider where the material originates from, if it is ethically produced and if it is environmentally friendly?
It’s important to be mindful of the impact our work has on the environment and the people involved in the production process. We therefor strive to work with ethically and environmentally conscious suppliers and manufacturers. For the Miles collection, we worked with a small, family-owned business in Bulgaria that has been operating for three generations, and we were impressed with their craftsmanship and attention to detail.

The name Dusty Deco, how did you come up with that and what does it stand for?
We started our business 13 years ago with buying a bit too much vintage pieces for our own house. Both of us worked in fashion and just loved going to markets and buying beautiful objects and when our apartment and storage became too full, we started to sell things online. After a while we decided that we needed to do something more, so we borrowed a friend’s house In Barcelona for inspiration. After a bit too much wine and Dusty Springfield singing “Son of a Preacher Man” on the stereo we said almost at the same time, Dusty that’s a cool name! That’s how Dusty Deco was founded and now 13 years later we have five shops selling vintage furniture, a showroom in Mallorca and we are building our own brand.

Do you have a favorite piece of your collection? Which one and why?
That is a tough question, we love everything and for every new piece we are adding to the collection we love that a little extra until a new thing is added. Besides the zebra we have a new green onyx stone we are adding that is super cool and a new rug in earthy colors inspired from a wall in a the Bellver park in Mallorca we always go to.

What is your source of inspiration apart from jazz music?
Our inspiration stems from diverse sources - it’s a blend of life experiences, architectural designs, and furniture pieces that we’ve encountered over the years. It’s not just limited to what we’ve owned and let go of, but also extends to what we’ve seen in films that we adore, newspaper cuttings, and places we’ve had the pleasure of visiting.

Is the collection dedicated to certain houses, styles or environments?
We don’t have a certain house in mind when we think of new pieces, it is a mix of styles, timeera’s, we are slowly building our own DNA and look that could go in any environment, minimalist, maximalist or a chaotic home like our own. With this handmade collection, we teamed up with Lucas Hinnerud at MER Arkitekter who wanted to combine the classic Swedish Grace style with the essence of Dusty Deco and give the collection an international dress.                                                          We usually spend some time each season and dream up a person who lives and works with the collection. This spring, she is a well-traveled and decadent woman who quite spontaneously settled down in a shabby but noble house by the Mediterranean Sea sometime in the 70s. Possibly she’s on the riviera… She has inherited the house from her deceased husband, she has left some of the furniture and the heavy draperies in his memory. The rest she has thrown in there effortlessly without respect or thought, an armchair here and a marble table there and paintings on old nails. She has collected the art over the years from friends in the industry, some works are her own and some are gifts from old lovers.