The Art of Design Issue 16 2015 | Page 50

Zigzag Design Studio are a dynamic design and make company based in Oxfordshire, and are doing something quite special with staircases. Headed by designer Nick Burborough, they have designed and made a stunning range of over 40 sculptural balustrades, and are steadily growing a range of equally beautiful staircases. ‘Our designs provoke a reaction, we are turning structures into works of art, centre pieces for the home’ says Burborough, who studied Furniture Design at Nottingham Trent University before going on to set up his own design studio, specialising in staircases back in 2000. ‘We have made staircases for years now and we were being increasingly asked if we could give staircases a ‘facelift’, but there is nothing on the market to do that with if you want to achieve a really stunning, high end look, so we had to design something, which ended up being our range of sculptural balustrading.’ (pictured above right). Zigzags spindles can be fitted to new or existing staircases with ease, inside or out, and the results are eye catching and truly beautiful. As well as balustrading Zigzag are constantly adding to their range of sculptural staircases, like their ‘Tree’ spiral (opposite page) and ‘Spine’ (above left), a component staircase that creates a spine like structure to support its steps. For more information visit www.zigzagdesignstudio.com or contact their Oxfordshire studio on 01865 872278 www.zigzagstairs.com