Anna Gravelle - a textile & furniture collaboration

I was asked many years ago this question - "When you design a piece of furniture is the form influenced by the fabric or does the form influence the selection of fabric?"
Many years on and the answer is either or. At the moment I'm inspired by the fantastic 'tufting work by contemporary textile designer Anna Gravelle. We are exploring the potential to collaborate where i'm in no doubt the fabric will definitely be influencing the form, style and detail of the furniture. One thing we have agreed on - we will introduce a sense and celebration of past design decades in the overall furniture design. Some exciting developments being explored already with some technical boundaries to be pushed!