Furniture designed with hidden details that put your IKEA furniture to shame: part 3

IKEA has become a staple of our modern furniture scene. So well have they mixed mass-produced convenience with cheaper prices, we have almost forgotten what the other side looks like! Furniture design has always been a love of labor and it is that love which translates into an unseen level of detail, making each handcrafted piece a treasure to be cherished across ages. The furniture details showcased in this collection glorify and celebrate that attention to detail and what gives furniture design its character, making it a must-have in your life!

Aero bar cart by Plataform4 for Lider Interiors shows us a more elegant version of the classic straw woven ventilated cabinet door contrasted by a simple leather pull. This merging of two extremely traditional materials in a modern avatar is guaranteed to be a show-stealer, letting you store your bar essentials while bringing a light airy feel to any room.

Lozi Design used a supersized wave joint made from light solid ash and a variety of surface finishes to create the Wave Table. This perfect centerpiece is a part of their ‘wave series’ that highlights and adds a new dimension to any contemporary home. Lozi has also developed a new surface material for this table – by repurposing their waste sawdust they have created a red sheeting material by mixing it with Bio Resin. Eco-friendly with a side of furniture details!

The award-winning cabinet maker turned designer Dean Watson is the brain behind this innovative twist-cabinet! This cabinet is actually one of Dean’s first design and has been a client favorite for years. The detailing of this cabinet lies in the twist, with each one taking over 20 hours of manual effort to create.

Taking inspiration from the land of minimalism and attention to detail, the Kyoto Sideboard by Riva 1920 is a statement piece. Made with solid wood and blackboard, the drawers have been assembled using dovetail joints with milled handles to open the same. Every requirement of the sideboard has been completed using the wooden elements without using any extruded element like a drawer handle in the design, making the design minimal yet functional.

Mubu Home’s Elliot Daybed implies luxury with its craftsmanship, timber slatted top, and soft curves. The bed at the first glance is inviting without requiring any additional effort to draw your attention. It is this feeling of easement that makes this perfect for any room that needs a sitting area without relying on a couch!

The Nabb chair By Studio Mattias Stenberg for Nola Industrier emphasizes its use of neutral colors with its powder-coated triangular ends that form the frame of the chair. The rest of the chair is leather, that allows it to hold its form naturally but becomes soft and malleable for the user’s comfort once seated!

Dieter Rams says “Good design is thorough down to the last detail.” The BM0865 daybed by Børge Mogensen for Carl Hansen & Son is the perfect example of that! Exhibited for the first time in the 1958 Copenhagen Cabinetmakers Guild Furniture Exhibition, this design is being relaunched as a part of this great Danish Designer’s collection. Simple in its design, the beauty of this daybed lies in its attention to detail, with the curved edge sitting just inside the mattress, ensuring you never get accidental bumps while lounging on it!

If you have ever (like me) binged on endless lists of “quick and easy way to transform your apartment,” there is one hack that is truly useful when partnered with Iva Decor Studio’s No. 9 Upcycle Sideboard Legs! The design in the color gold is contrasted by the stoic black, instantly adding retro charm to the entire designs and giving you a new theme to repeat throughout the interior.

Sawdust Bureau takes the vintage XVI dresser and gives it a modern take with their version of it! Traditionally a bulky design with thin legs, Sawdust Bureau uses a stepped back radius to create a shadow gap, making it ‘float’ and giving the overall design a lighter look. The design also uses white mahogany wood and subtle brass pins to retain its elegance!

The Arco Chair by Cantarutti showcases how an everyday object like a chair can be luxurious, stackable, and adaptable for modern living! You don’t need plastic chairs to save space, Arco accomplishes the task with easy using its curved backrest which also is the inspiration behind the name of the chair!

Love these designs as much as we do? Check out our Parts 1 and 2 of this series for more inspirational and detailed furniture designs!

Furniture designed with hidden details that put your IKEA furniture to shame: Part 2

Furniture has been around ever since man started resting on a stone to keep away from the grassy ground. One thing this quarantine has taught us is to appreciate the finer things in life. With all the introspection that is happening, we are looking closely at everything we own, challenging the disposable culture that has taken root and want to improve the products we own. Detailed furniture design like these elevates basic functional consumerism to a whole new aesthetic level. It is this detailing that we want to highlight with this collection, to inspire you to select and showcase designs that have great meaning for you, throughout the years.

Distinguished by its elegant formal shape and enhanced by its large rounded leather-wrapped arms, the Ryokō Armchair by David Girelli gives an instant feeling of calmness. Inspired by a Japanese folding chair from the 1960s, its features, materials, and joinery details elevate the lines and design elements of the chair. The loose back cushion adjusts around the ash frame when seated and offers an innovative sense of comfort.

The Oak Coffee Table by Ciaran Allen is a minimal furniture piece designed to elevate any room. The attention to detail shines through in its interlocking dowels that hold the coffee table together is an attention magnet for anyone who appreciates good furniture designs.

The Lean Collection by Simon Pengelly designed for Marque furniture will find a place in any home and become the center of attention. The Lean Credenza featured here features perfection in fitting with the door closing into exactly carved out space. Having such beautifully detailed furniture is like showcasing an art piece at our home, to be recognized and awed at by only those who understand the true beauty of such art.

VRTIŠKA & ŽÁK studio’s Vetva takes an ordinary shelf and uses wooden fittings to amplify its strength. Use a single shelf or a series to showcase your precious collectibles with ease.

The Alato Cabinet by Pakawat Vijaykadga and Jumphol Socharoentham – students studying furniture design in Thailand uses a wave-like pattern to create a gradient of cool colors across its front panel. The designers chose the feathers to be the inspiration for the design, using the interlocking pattern to replicate the gradient of a bird’s feathers.

The Saara Chair by Fernando Zanardi for Marê Mobília highlights the traditional woven strings to give elasticity to the user’s back, flexing to support them. The curved joinery at the edges of the design only emphasizes the finishing of this design.

Roberto Paoli’s Pippi Chair for Midj in Italy stands out from the crowd with its bright orange color. With the frame of the chair upholstered by fabric to add an interesting dimension, the collection also includes chairs, armchairs, and lounge chairs with armrests and two stools.

Named as the Fehn table, this table is best represented within the field of architecture using Sverre Fehn’s Nordic Pavillion. Designer and architect Robb Wright uses his understanding of both architecture and furniture design to create sculptural pieces that can hold their own in any space.

The Retro Chair by Pasque D.Mawalla is a homage piece that was inspired by Arch. Luigi Caccia Dominioni’s Catalina chair. Having studied and met Arch. Luigi Caccia Dominioni and inspired by his great architecture and design contribution, the retro chair came to be. Designed on a metal ribbon base, the backrest is linked to its base through vertical supports on either side with the seating deck suspended in between the two main ribbons. The notable addition of an organically shaped backrest plays elegantly into the overall circular design language recognized in the Catalina chair by Arch. Luigi Caccia Dominioni.

The Simbiosis Chair by Fábrica Astilla takes the age-old combination of wood and leather and upgrades it with a sleek revisit. Using a slit to hold the leather in place, this chair adds modern minimalism to this traditional design.

For more innovative and inspiring furniture designs, check out Part 1 of this series.

Furniture Designed with hidden details that put your IKEA furniture to shame!

We all love furniture design, especially the ones that highlight and focus on individual details. It is the love of those details that is encompassed in this collection! Curated especially for furniture lovers, each piece in this curated collection has a story to tell by its craftsmanship!

Aero bar cart by Plataform4 for Lider Interiors shows us a more elegant version of the classic straw woven ventilated cabinet door contrasted by a simple leather pull. This merging of two extremely traditional materials in a modern avatar is guaranteed to be a show-stealer, letting you store your bar essentials while bringing a light airy feel to any room.

With an appearance that almost mimics the fragmented beauty of terrazzo, the PVC Bench by UAE-based designer Ammar Kalo relies on a new type of composite material developed by recycling old PVC drainpipes. The transparent resin reveals the multiple PVC shards in a way that seems to contrast the bench’s overall smooth, soft, organic design.

Olly Desk by Pavel Vetrov features a perfect little niche in your table desk that holds your stationery in place for you. Along with this, there is a small cut out that holds all the wires and cables from a laptop, computer or other equipment in the center of the table. Who needs to buy more organizers when your desk is so mindful of your needs? We are in love already.

Culturally, the Japanese have been known for their attention to detail while maintaining a minimal aesthetic and this same technique can be seen in Hamanshi Design’s Paraboloid Chair. Composed of a bentwood frame and a characteristic rope back, the hyperbolic form tightens up the diagonal rope back and can be optimized as per the user’s back to disperse pressure.

Meet the Big Foot Table, obviously inspired by the well-known mythical giant, this table features equally natural wooden legs! The beauty of the original wood has been maintained throughout this table, right from the cracks to the texture that is retained and even highlighted by the space surrounding the wooden legs by designer Philipp Mainzer.

This beautiful dining table joint by Philbé Design is so smooth, it seems almost too beautiful to be true. Merging those three pieces of wood almost seamlessly, this table is the perfect example of how a single tweak can elevate everyday designs!

The Polly cabinet is a versatile storage and shelving solution. Made in solid timber, the Polly cabinet celebrates simplicity combined with subtle flowing lines and as always with TIDE Design, it is the beautiful positioning of the slanted wooden legs that caught our attention!

Making its mark in the collection of small dedicated studios, we have the Oria Armchair by Rafael Moneo, designed for Hermès. The craftsmanship shines through in the natural oak frame, taurillon H leather back and traditional cane seat. We can just imagine this chair aging over time with the beautiful leather adjusting to your needs.

Modi sofa by Lars Ernst Hole of Krafted builds a bridge between rectangular and curved shapes and is inspired by both Nordic and Asian traditions. The details of this minimal joinery emphasize the minimal nature of this product.

Olof Davidsson of OD Form created this textured stool and we can’t stop wow-ing over the texture of that birchwood design.