Buyers can borrow pieces of furniture from this pop-up shop, which online sharing platform Harth has opened in north London.
Founded by editor Henrietta Thompson and her husband Edward Padmore, Harth allows customers to rent design-focused furnishings, accessories, and artworks instead of disposing of them once their tastes or living circumstances have changed.
The House of Harth pop-up store is the first physical retail-space for the online platform, which launched its website back in June 2018.

"We were often asked if we had a showroom or space where people could see the pieces in real life, but as we are a platform and don't hold stock, it didn't seem to make sense at first," Thompson told Dezeen.
"However when the opportunity came up to collaborate with Islington Square we began to rethink the idea and quickly saw that we could stage a concept store and events space that would allow us to really refine our model, meet and talk to our borrowers face to face," she continued. "We're also really looking forward to using the space as a forum for discussion about the future and the sharing economy."

The temporary store takes over a two-storey unit in Islington Square ? a complex of restaurants and independent boutiques that sit on the grounds of an early 20th-century postal sorting office in north London.
Design studio Campbell-Rey was brought on board to give the space an "eclectic and surprising" fit-out.

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