SÉPARATION(S)

By Tim Defleur

After the open space trends, since the living spaces are smaller and smaller and because of the new ways of living and working, we need to redefine areas in the living spaces. Partly opened, partly closed, partly blurred, partly opaque, SÉPARATION(S) creates areas in open rooms without stopping the luminosity or the perspective.

Rolled mesh fabric with wooden bar by Tim Defleur on a wooden table

Tim Defleur's SÉPARATION(S) furniture with mesh divider, vase, and laptop

White grid partition by Tim Defleur, part of SÉPARATION(S) furniture project

Tim Defleur's SÉPARATION(S) desk with lamp, photos, sticky notes on perforated partition

Project Information

Some curtains just divide a space. These ones add a whole new layer.

This is one of those projects that feels calm at first glance, but the more you sit with it, the more thoughtful it becomes. It’s basically just a curtain, but not in the typical sense. It’s gauzy and subtle, like someone pixelated a wall and gently dropped it from the ceiling.

The idea responds to how we actually live now: in smaller spaces, in blurrier work–home hybrids, where we still crave boundaries but not at the cost of light, movement, or connection.

Defleur’s partitions don’t block, they suggest.

They hint at separation rather than enforce it. It’s both practical and poetic and that balance is exactly what makes it so clever.