b'colourful peoplecolourful peopleReseneReseneReseneResene Wham Deep Purple Aero Blue Outrageoustimbermeets colourKlaus and Annett Todt are used to pushing colour boundaries, choosing and using delightful shades in their stunning pieces of occasional furniture.The Nelson couples core business at Living Design is custom-made kitchens and bathrooms, but a sideline range of furniture indulges their passion for timber, colour and design. Says Annett: You can invent things all the time. You can bounce ideas and create new things and thats what we love to do.Their pieces have an elegant European simplicity often with a quirky twist, such as bowls turned within the plywood of a coffee table, providing glimpses of grainagainstthehighpressurelaminateofthe remaining surface.Thecolourofthepiecesisoftenchosento complement the timber, such as the Resene Aero Blue used with maple in one of their beautiful cubes. These cubes can sit alone as a table, chair or shelf, or stackIn Germany 12 years ago they used apple green,Above left: Klaus and together in modules. In this case, the colour was alsotwo years before the colour became a hit. NowAnnett in their Nelson inspired by the view of Nelson from their RichmondAnnetts eyeing up Resene Deep Purple which shestudio. workshop. knows will provide stunning contrast against maple,Above: Examples of Klaus Most of the time its the combination, she says,but will challenge many clients. and Annetts clever Cube pointing out a series of Zebrano veneer and ReseneOur pieces are different and they are modernsystem made of maple Outrageous orange modules. You have to combineandnotthenormallocallook.Wearealwaysand using colours such the wooden grain with the colour. She says thesepushing the boundaries and looking for ways ofas Resene Aero Blue, smaller pieces can be moved around and used as animplementingnewthingsinthefurniture.ItsResene Wham (green) and Resene Outrageous accent. what we want to do and its what satisfies us. It is(orange). The cubes can Boththedesignsandtheirtonespushcomfortwhat keeps us happy.be used up, down or boundaries for many clients, but Annett and Klaus,For more, see www.livingdesign.co.nz.on their side, with or who is a German master craftsman, would rather bewithout the connector. leading the trend than following it. words Sophie Preece64'