2023

Simple in appearance but full of personality, Bilboquet is an adjustable table lamp that allows you to direct light in a playful yet precise manner. Taking cues from magnetic ball joints, Bilboquet offers a full range of movement for a variety of functions. Whether used as a task light on a desk, or to provide a soft glow against a wall, or directed at a good book, Bilboquet shines light where it is needed.

2023

A modular sofa system that also comes as a standard three-seat sofa, developed from the idea of creating a fully enclosed conversation pit, or a pool.

2023

An almost square club chair that deconstructs the idea of cushions with the application of fixed feather toppers on all its horizontal surfaces.

2023

Brutalist modular components that allow the user to assemble different forms for holding fruits, jewellery and stationery or act as statement centrepieces. This series is cast in concrete by Vitor Silva in the North of Portugal, with an air-dry, slow production process of one bowl a day per mold.

2023

Design and comfort go arm in arm in a very appealing way in the DS-705 by Philippe Malouin. The way the armrests are casually folded inwards creates a very bold design statement. They create flowing transitions between the backrest and the seat, and make the sofa feel distinctively soft in both the fabric and leather versions. This stylish and charismatic sculptural sofa has been designed to appeal to people of all ages

2023

The Chop Chair and Table by Philippe Malouin is an evergreen design conceived for use in a range of public and private outdoor spaces. Beautifully proportioned, with subtle curvatures, it is intentionally simple, in both construction and style. Chop reimagines a classic slatted chair archetype to create a silhouette that is immediately recognizable, yet pleasingly unknown. The idea for the design was influenced by Malouin’s work in the art world, where he often utilizes hand-led industrial techniques to develop striking forms that accentuate the object’s materiality. The Chop collection is cut, bent and welded from durable stainless steel, and is available in 4 powder-coated colored finishes. A design for all seasons, Chop is correctly weighted to resist wind, while still being light enough to move around and stack with ease.

2023

2022

A refined angular design with a solid wood frame that evokes the spirit of military camping gear and classic modernist furniture designs. It cleverly utilises tensile cotton fabric to support the upholstered sections, providing an enveloping kind of comfort.

2022

2022

Sacha is a fully upholstered dining or side chair. It is comfortable, yet brutal and geometric. The unique folded backrest provides the best resting angle for your back, allowing perfect lumbar support.

2021

One-offs made from scrap metal found in scrap yards in the UK and in Greece. Exhibition made for The Breeder Gallery in Athens.

2022

A new sofa version of the design made from sustainable materials that is made up of joinable feather pocket sections. The sofa version is resplendently large, offering a kind of comfort that suggests spending hours and hours in it.

Brand: SCP

2021

A small occasional chair of basic construction that is designed to be made in the simplest way possible. The chair has a sculpture sensibility and is in keeping with the original Ishinomaki Laboratory brief. It only requires 90 degree cuts in its construction and is screwed together using the signature black screws, found across the Ishinomaki Laboratory family of products. Made from western red cedar, the design is sturdy, stable and has a very small footprint. It’s ideal for small spaces, as a place to stop, perch and have a few moments reflection.

Brand: Ishinomaki Lab

2020

The design of puffer was inspired by the way a chair frame would wear a “jacket”, just like a human would. It is made of natural and sustainable materials.

scp.co.uk

2021

The Stilts Side Table consists of a floating volume elevated above the ground. The form is inspired by the vernacular architecture of lakeside cabins common in both Quebec, from where designer Philippe Malouin hales, and in Finland. In the spirit of these informal buildings, over-engineered solutions have been rejected in favour of an intuitive structure. Therefore, the Side Table is simple but effective; a box drawer sits inside a cavity whilst legs support and enclose the volume in a matter-of-fact way; an honest design made from the most honest of materials.

Photography by Jussi Puikkonen

Styling by Connie Hüsser

Brand: Vaarnii

2021

Arca Portable lamp is the first of its kind to the contemporary market, designed and built with today's user in mind. Inside the small opal glass globe is a single and powerful 110lm LED module.

Plugged in, the lamp offers endless hours of use as a bedside, reading or task lamp. Untethered, its lithium battery offers 6-30 hours of use depending on which of its 4 settings are used – night, ambient, reading or task. Travel ready, the stem is also demountable for easy flat packing. Selection of international plugs included.

Photography: Justin Borbely

brand: matter

2020

The ‘DS-707’ system includes an armchair and a modular sofa that can be infinitely extended to create custom configurations.

Photography: Images 1-3 by Jonas Marguet for Wallpaper, Images 4-9 by Lukas Wassmann, styled by Connie Hüsser.

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The collection communicates flexibility and transformation, trades rarely associated with marble. The back plate is mounted to the wall and the hooks are fed through the channel. The hooks can be moved around to suit the hanging needs of the user.

2020

Lift stool is hand-thrown in terracota by a British maker. It has a handle on each side.

scp.co.uk

2020, Ash

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2020, Wool

Lines rugs for cc-tapis are hand-knotted in Nepal. Dip-dyed Himalayan wool replicates the irregularities of lines made by a crayon on a sheet of paper.

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2020

The Hardie stool is made of three identical bent metal tube columns and a seat. The tubes pair up where they join, adding rigidity and stability to the design. It is a vertatile addition to any space and are offered in low stool, counter, and bar height. The seat is offered upholstered in leather and is also available with a natural ash wood seat, natural or stained.

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2020, glass, ceramic

Kuru collection features distinct, sculptural pieces that were designed to work harmoniously together, with other objects, or to look beautiful on their own. The simple geometry of the Kuru collection creates tranquility in any interior. While the ability to organize personal belongings like headphones, keys, jewelry and much more in these highly functional storage solutions brings joy to the everyday. Equally as elegant when not in use, the Kuru collection includes handmade bowls in ceramic and pressed glass as well as mouthblown frosted vases. All available in complementary colours in earthy, natural tones.

Photography: Justin Borbely, iittala

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2019

Industrial Office is a new body of work for Salon 94 Design presented during Design Miami/ Basel, 2019. This new series is inspired by an in-depth study on office furniture, and fabricated using a variety of industrial materials and techniques.

Pieces include Nylon Executive Desk, Nylon Sideboard and Nylon Armchairs that use its material properties for movement. Intuitively hand-made steel furniture and pieces coated in textured polyurethane; solid Rubber Chairs with measured amount of flexibility and translucency and a Metal Rug made up of steel wire rings which are held together using an intricate Japanese chainmail pattern.

Selected press - Sight Unseen, Wallpaper

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2019

Cast is a large modular pendant lighting system made from fibreglass. Its name, material and fastening method takes inspiration from fibreglass casting moulds. Resident offers this product as standard as Straight, Circle and Oblong, however many other configurations are possible, to meet the specific needs of a space.

resident.co.nz

2019

Rigid yet flexible, Pole's aluminum construction and modular design allows it to create giant curves. Pole illuminates a broad range of space in multiple configurations along walls, floors, and ceilings.

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2019

Alexander Street is a seating collection that has obvious nods to the automotive icons ofpast in the lines, ribs and perforated leather. It consists of a lounge chair and ottoman, bar stool, armchair and side chair.

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2019, Oak

The Barrel collection is a range of designs that are a streamline interpretation of wine or whiskey barrels, used as a table base. The design is formed by the repetition of a single wood plank, for both the circular bases, and in laminated form for the creation of the solid tops. The result is a simple yet sturdy, brutalist home object.

scp.co.uk

2018

Desk lamp with touch dimming and USB interface for charging.

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2018, Oak

2018

Group armchair is part of collection of designs that use primary shapes in a concise way to form the base, back and seat of each piece. Designed to be both comfortable and tactile, and to work in an array of different settings, Group is a versatile design that was awarded the Design Guild Mark in 2018. Made in Norfolk, England.

scp.co.uk

2018, concrete with exposed aggregate

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2018

The Group Sofa has been designed for British Manufacturer SCP. A new addition to the Group family of upholstered furniture, this three seat sofa uses primary shapes in a concise way to form the base, back and seat. The frame is made from solid beech and birch plywood. The seat base is webbed and has a seat and lumbar cushion made from feather and foam.

scp.co.uk

2017, stainless steel

A single tube of stainless steel has been pressed and polished to create an unexpected tabletop mirror. The cylindrical base seamlessly transitions into a planar surface, which can be used as a hand mirror or admired as sculpture.

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2017, nylon

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara commissioned us to create this range or turntables for the Alexandra Cunningham curated 'freeplay' exhibition.

The tables are made of one hundred percent nylon. A simple circular groove in the solid nylon table top and body holds the marbles and allow the tables to turn easily.  

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2018, aluminium

The simple design of the coat hook attaches to the wall with a single fastener and a hidden pin to prevent turning. The hanger ball unscrews to allow for the hook to be mounted to the wall.

mattermade.com

2017

This compact occasional upholstered chair has a small footprint and revolves on a swivel base. The design uses primary shapes in a grouped fashion to form the base, back ans seat. 

scp.co.uk

2018, blackened brass, opal glass, LED

This desk lamp is an extension of Arca family for Matter Made. A single dimmable LED light source is surprisingly powerful.  

The Arca Desk Lamp is available in two configurations - surface mounted, an option where the lamp pierces through the table top, or a clamp that attaches to the edge of any surface up to two inches thick.

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Study for screens is a research installation commissioned by Hem to explore screen solutions. 

The installation contains visual notes and three-dimensional sketches that investigate what it can mean to separate space. We relocated my studio to New York City ten days before the exhibition opened in order to manufacture as many 'screens' as we could. 

Thirteen experiments were made, documented, and edited into a journal. Seven of these three-dimensional 'sketches' were showed at Wework's Bryant Park space. During nycXdesign. 

www.hem.com

2017, concrete with exposed aggregate

Superbenches is a project curated by Felix Burrichter, and initiated By Andreas Angelidakis.
 
The super benches have been designed by a range of international designers and have been installed as part of the Kalejdohill project, an initiative to regenerate Kvarnbacken, a park in Järfälla, Sweden. 

For this project, we designed 'Core', our first architectural project. Core is a concrete modular system that assembles itself into a small brutalist structure. 

Kalejdohill project

2017, marble

The collection communicates flexibility and transformation, trades rarely associated with marble. Following the wall hung bedside table that was introduced in Milano 2016 at Wallpaper* Handmade, two new pieces of hallway furniture have been added; a low console that can be used as a desk and a tall console. Marble shelf and hook modules can be added to static back as needed to create desired look.

Marsotto edizioni

2017, Oak

Offset stool and coffee table for the New Zealand producer Resident. The legs have an offset threaded insert resulting in them always sitting in a different position.

Resident.co.nz

2017, blackened brass, opal glass, LED

Arca is a modular lighting system whose form is a play of contrasts between the classical swooping branches and the spare minimalism of its linear, black composition. As a contemporary interpretation of a classic design, its structure is visually light and graphic, with arms of blackened brass and LED driven bulbs of blown opal glass. Tiers can be easily added together to create a unique chandelier.

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2016, Miami Design District

The Speed of Light transforms humble urban design fixtures into a playful rollercoaster of light where simple LED globes accompany visitors as they walk through the neighbourhood. 

The installation, which is a playful twist on a static light pole, puts the emphasis on the light itself and its movement. The simplicity of the installation is captivating, whilst keeping a minimal appearance.

2016, 3D printed steel

The connection vessels have the look and feel of old cast iron, but with the exact precision and features that can only be achieved with modern technology.

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2016, Glass

Blown Glass Chamfer boxes for Nude Glass. The lid of the box is chamfered in order to be easily pick up off the box or a flat surface. 

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2016, Oak

Bookmatch Table for Hem. The table gets it name from the practice of matching surfaces so they mirror each other, like an open book. As a result, any slight change in the wood is highlighted and emphasises the nature of the material.

Photo: Erik Lefvander
www.hem.com

2015, Birch

Timeless and versatile, the stool was designed for Ace hotel rooms and lobby with easy assemblance in mind. Stackable and sturdy the stool can also be used as a side table or stacked to from and interesting sculpture.

The stool is available in four finishes; terracotta, petrol, khaki and natural birch. 

www.acehotel.com

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2015, Steel

A minimal door handle created for IZÉ, manufactured out of ready-made industrial parts.

www.ize.info

2015, Maple

A chair and coffee table that strike a perfect balance between soft and hard, curve and line. Immaculately finished in mature maple and then painted.

www.mattermatters.com

2015, Ashwood

On it’s curved base the Balance Box acknowledges the object stored in it by gently tilting with the objects weight. 

The balace box has removable dividers and comes in three finishes.

www.umbrashift.com

2015, Steel & LEDs

Named after its resemblance to the celestial phenomenon, the Eclipse wall sconce creates a halo of light that can be made wider and brighter by pulling the tab away from the wall.

www.rollandhill.com

2015, Caesarstone

20 planters is the result of a material exploration using Caesarstone, ranging from refined industrial processing to handcrafted techniques. Designing by making was at the heart of this project. Making planters and using Caesarstone were the initial parameters we set ourselves when beginning to work. 

Working within an industrial environment, we set out to insert ourselves within the factory's production line. This was done by manually transforming the pieces by stone carving, inlaying, cutting, grinding, texturing. Vintage Caesarstone is used alongside the current collection, highlighting the material. The planters showcase a spectrum of styles and colours from Caesarstone's palette.

2014, Glass, Marble 

Contrasting materials play with our perception of balance. By carefully placing the marble cylinder at its designated spot this minimal yet powerful mobile sets itself in perfect harmony. 

2014, Concrete, metal tube, LEDs

This lamp is a nod to the brick – beautiful in its own right. Aesthetically blunt yet stylish and functional, the Brick Lamp is an adjustable LED task lamp for your desk or shelf.

www.umbrashift.com

2014, Polyurethane foam, upholstery

Composed entirely of foam, without any hard internal structure, Mollo’s simple form provides exceptional comfort using exaggerated stitches to delineate seat, arms and backrest. A feature seating solution this piece provides the ultimate in relaxation.

www.establishedandsons.com

2014, Brass, Electrical fittings

Raw and unpretentious, Gridlock is a series of lamps in the style of the Brutalist movement. Gridlock feels industrial in its straightforward, platonic forms and the repetitive efficiency of the grid; however, it is assembled entirely by hand from thousands of tiny brass parts.

www.rollandhill.com

2014, Wood pallets

Loop installation at Bloomberg head office, London, made from Bloomberg's discarded wood pallets.
Project commissioned by Arts Co.

Photo: Nathalie Priem

2013, Bone China

Bone China tableware, slip cast from plaster models. Minimalistic patterns created through analog 3D printing where movement, imperfection and material deposition form the piece. The shapes formed are carefully utilised and transformed into functional china pieces, highlighting the skill of the craftsman and creating.

www.1882ltd.com

2013, Pigmented MDF

Geometric patterns produced by slicing through layers of mdf give this readily available and humble material a tactile appearance 

Projectb gallery edition      

Curation: Maria-Cristina Didero                                                    

Photos: Eleonora Mion

2013, Pigmented MDF

Bookends and a lamp composed of a readily available and humble material such as mdf. By handpolishing mdf this rudimentary material is transformed into something new and tactile. The simple geometric shapes of the objects give them the freedom to perform without any restrains.

ProjectB Gallery edition,

Curation: Maria-Cristina Didero

Photos: Eva Feldkamp

2013, Slats, Hemlock wood, 

Slat table and bench, made of two-by-four timber lengths laid horizontally to create a top and arranged radially on end to create two cylindrical legs. The bench can be stacked up into a shelf. 

ProjectB Gallery edition

Curation: Maria-Cristina Didero

Photos: Eva Feldkamp

2013, Candle, Tension wires 

A candle is suspended on wires stretched between two walls. When the candle is lit and its wax starts dripping to the floor the weight distribution changes and the candle spins upside down as it moves along the wires.

ProjectB Gallery edition

Curation: Maria-Cristina Didero

Photo Eleonora Mion

2013, Powdercoated Aluminium

A perfect balance between soft and hard, curve and line.  A series of sand casted chairs where the sand leaves its mark on the material, making each and every chair unique.  

Projectb Gallery edition

Curation: Maria-Cristina Didero

Photos: Eva Feldkamp

2013, PVC

Installation commissioned by Dezeen and Seven Dials. A giant installation of bunting made from transparent PVC designed to celebrate and highlight the Seven Dials area and its landmarks. Waving in the wind and uniting to a ceiling, the sixty bunting lines do not hide Earlham Street but reveal its houses and history, leading the way to the Seven Dials monument.

2012

Blur explores the idea of memory in an increasingly digital world and is a series of ‘paintings’ realised through light and motion. The circles shimmer because LEDs shine light at them, while variations in the speed of rotation affect the colour intensity.

Digital Crystal exhibition at London’s Design Museum 

2012, Beech Wood, LEDs

A series of lamps or artificial windows inspired by plantation shutters. Rather than mounted, the shutters are secured to a bare wall and contain an artificial light source. Each individual slat is lined with LEDs that replicate the color temperature of daylight. The light emitted is reflected back from the wall on which the window is mounted to produce the impression that a real window lies behind. Light intensity can be adjusted by manipulating the angle of the shutters. The shapes of the lamps are based on the Tangram: a Chinese dissection puzzle. Each geometric shape of the Tangram shares a set of common proportions, allowing the lamps to be arranged in multiple, complementary configurations.

2012, Hallingdal fabric, Resin

Kvadrat Hallingdal fabric is usually used for the upholstery of furniture where the fabric composes 5-10% of the whole piece and has purely aesthetic or tactile role. Wanting to give the material a more significant role we set out to design a range of stools and chairs that uses Hallingdal fabric as its main material, therefore doing without the usual structural elements. 

The weaving of the fabric is very hard wearing and deep, and after comparing the Hallingdal to certain fibreglass and carbon fiber matting we had the feeling that the Kvadrat fabric could have a structural role as well as an aesthetic one in the creation of a piece of furniture.

By applying a simple action, such as rolling to a nonstructural material, a structural strength can be achieved, f.ex. rim of a paper cup or a rolled up newspaper. Fabric doesn’t react like paper, but the idea is the same: by rolling it up to make it structural, just like a rolled-up sock it starts to become more rigid. When paired with resin, the fabric acts in a similar way to laminated fibreglass or carbon fibre.

The result is a series of stools that use the same piece of fabric from the inside to the outside, for its structure and for its finish. The Hardie Stool is light and playful, warm and tactile.

Commissioned by Kvadrat for Kvadrat Hallingdal exhibition at Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2012, Jil Sanders showroom. Curated by Ilse Crawford.

2012, Galvanized Steel wire, Electroplating

The Yachiyo metal rug is made using the intricate Japanese ‘12-in-2’ chain mail method. That method is virtually indestructible as well as it creates a very stable membrane, structural yet flexible.

After exploring ideas for a range of furniture made using this technique, we chose to create a rug because the attention is focused solely on the 2-D object itself, the craftsmanship can be better admired this way.

The final piece presents an isometric rectangular prism which was created through playing with ideas of perspective, so that a two dimensional object like a rug could visually spring into the 3D realm.

The metal rug is completely handmade from galvanized steel wire. The looped wire is taken and wound into a tight coil which is then hand cut into small rings. These are riveted together one-by-one in the ‘12-in-2’ pattern, which consists of 2 central rings with 12 perpendicular rings connected around. This process is painstakingly repeated to create the rug and it involves thousands of hand-manufacturing hours, since it is impossible to make by machine.

The rug is named after Yachiyo Kawana, an amazing intern that worked on this project from the beginning and is, just like the chain mail method, Japanese.

The entire rug was handmade in London by Yachiyo Kawana, Greg Austin, Carlo Cialli, Anna Perugini, Vic Margevich, Maria Kuzmenko, Midea Diomideia Kolani, Xue Dong, Khadija Durbar, Jade Blair, Zahra Rajaei, and it required more than 3000 meters of galvanized wire and 3000 hours of work to make it.

2012 Brass, Sandblasted Concrete

Gridlock feels industrial in its straightforward, platonic forms and the repetitive efficiency of the grid; however, its structure is assembled entirely by hand from thousands of tiny brass parts.

2011, Pigmented Concrete, waxed & polished

The individual components can be arranged in a multitude of configurations.

Photo: Eva Feldkamp

2011

Time is a quality that makes Lobmeyr so special.

Great investments of time are taken in producing and decorating the crystalware that possesses timeless design, or up to 100 hours for a single object. This investment in time differentiates Lobmeyr from other glass manufacturers and was the inspiration for Time elapsed.

The flow of sand through an hourglass is traditionally used to keep track of elapsed time. It is also physical representation of the fine line between the past and the future. Through the machine in this room, the deposition of sand forms not minutes and hours on a clock face but abstract and changing patterns, illustrating the link between time and decoration. The sand also holds a physical connection with Lobmeyr, since it is the raw material from which the crystal is created.

The hourglasses in this room were made by introducing a new element to two existing glasses from Lobmeyr's Alpha series. A turned wooden connector transforms the vessels into very different functional objects. Here the flow of sand expresses how much time it has taken to engrave a decoration. At the one minute mark, the decoration illustrated on the side of the hourglass is simple, at the five minute mark it becomes more intricate, and so on.

Installation for J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna October 2011, commission by Vienna Passionswege, Vienna Design Week. 

2010, Paper

The paper vessels are a result from a design performance that lasted a week. The only request was to work with paper.

The vessels came to life by mixing a material with a manufacturing technique that usually don't go together. By throwing thermal receipt paper rolls in a similar way as you would throw a pot the vessels found their shape. They obtained the black colour patterns solely by sanding them with sandpaper as the heat generated then coloured the thermal paper.

Project commissioned by the Vienna design week.

2010, Ashwood, Rope

Mobile made for Alvin

Perfect harmony is reached with consideration of weight and gravity and play of vertical and horizontal lines in this wooden mobile.