CITY POINT

The Pleasure of Collecting

For the young couple at City Point, home is a place to live among the things they love. Their collection of figures, particularly Hot Toys, sits alongside designer objects chosen with an equally discerning eye. These possessions give the apartment its personal starting point: a home in which collecting and everyday living belong to the same story.

Within a compact footprint of 483 square feet, their wish to display the collection brings an intriguing question of scale. Each piece invites close attention, while the interior as a whole needs room to breathe. The design narrative centres on that relationship between object and setting—the pleasure of allowing a favourite figure or treasured design piece to have a presence within the larger composition of home.

There is a shared sensitivity behind these apparently different interests. The expressive detail of a figure and the considered form of a designer object both reward careful looking. Together, they offer a portrait of the couple’s taste, bringing character, imagination and a playful note to the domestic setting.

The collection also gives the home a sense of continuity. Pieces acquired at different moments become part of the couple’s shared surroundings, carrying associations that deepen with familiarity. Their presence turns an ordinary pause into an opportunity to notice something enjoyed: a silhouette, a finely rendered detail, the particular character of an object chosen and kept.

City Point’s story is one of personal attachment. For this couple, the pleasure of home includes the pleasure of looking, with space in daily life for the objects that continue to capture their imagination.