The world of furniture is evolving daily. Furniture making today has to create things that are only possible today. Frankly speaking, we’re no longer interested in furniture that can be made using the technology from the 1950s. There are of course many things we can learn from the Scandinavian furniture of the 1950s and the Shaker Furniture that preceded it, and their appeal will certainly never die. We’re interested in the process of doing further research that is built on top of what has already been done, just as in scientific research.

The new chair WAFT from Arti, for example, closes in on an ultimate 3D form through an elaborate prefabrication process in which a certain degree of form and cuts are made before placing the single molded plywood (bending any part of the surface in only 2 dimensions, but resulting in a combined 3 dimensional surface) into the mold. We completed the chair in a development process that took over two years involving such initiatives as combining the plywood with a new mesh material containing natural materials. It’s not merely an industrial product that gives consideration to streamlined production, but the most modern, progressive furniture that we could conceive combining a refinement realized thanks to a little extra effort and manual work and sense of luxury that exudes from such work.

Type of product: Chair
Manufacture: arti
Year: 2008

DT 03 is a modern and very light 3 legged table, The strong aesthetically impact is achieved only by conventional production methods. Tabletop in traditional 2d-bent plywood Foldable Legs in bent stainless steel tubes. Choice of wood: White oak. Dimention Ø: 1000 mm Height: 730 mm

Type of product: Table
Manufacture: Inoda+Sveje
Year: 2005
Awards: Bronze leaf/ IFDA international design fair asahikawa 2005

Momo actually means peach in Japanese, but is also used as a character’s name in children books. We chose the name for the bench after a decision to give our products names that are normally used for individuals (mostly animals and fiction names). We want our users to have a closer relationship with their furniture this way. The strongest point in the bench’s design is the harmony and simplicity it shows, it is shaped but not ornamented. We think the two materials merge together as a result of their interacting shapes, the result is neither a frame with a seat or a seat with legs but two merged materials creating a bench as a result of their shapes, sharpness, lightness and movement.

Seat in bent plywood. Leg in bent laser-cut steel frame with a mirror silver finish. Choice of wood: Maple, White oak, Walnut, black-stained ash. Dimentions Height: 406 mm, Width: 1194 mm, Depth: 406 mm

Type of product: Bench
Manufacture: Offi
Year: 2002
Award: Pure design award/ Idee design competition 2002

The Dining chair “Vanilla” was born from the exhibition “Dining set” at the Salone del Mobile 2001. Although Vanilla is a dining chair, the armrests and wide seat give a comfortable lounge-feeling.

Stackable chair with mat chromed steel frame. Seat and back in plywood. Choice of blanched beech, blanched oak, oak stained dark walnut, white or black lacquered. Dimensions Height: 760 mm, Width: 620 mm, Depth: 570 mm, Seat height:470 mm, Armrest height: 640 mm

Type of product: Chair
Manufacture: Lapalma 2002-2003
Year: 2001