My favourite room: 'It's got its origins in lightweight aircraft design' - Garvan de Bruir on creating furniture, bags and his sustainable Aviator Haus

"Designer Garvan de Bruir isn't just brilliant at designing the leather bags which have made his name; he can turn his creative skills to a host of products, including housing, and designed a fascinating building where he lives with his partner Garvan de Bruir's home is distinctive in many obvious ways - its design, its shape, its location - and then there are the subtle things that make it different"

"which slowly emerge on a tour of the unusual compact home which was designed by the Kildare man himself. Leather is a big feature; the hinges on all the storage units are made of leather, as are the handles. Then it turns out the tables and chairs nearly all have a leather component. There are desk tidies made of leather, and even an apron - it seems there is no end to the uses of leather."

Garvan de Bruir designs leather bags that made his name and applies his creativity to a wide range of products, including housing. He designed and lives in a distinctive compact building with his partner. The home stands out for its design, shape and location, and features subtle custom details that reveal themselves on a tour. Leather is a dominant material throughout the interior: storage unit hinges and handles are leather, many tables and chairs include leather components, and accessories such as desk tidies and an apron are crafted from leather, demonstrating extensive and inventive leather use.

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