Dark wood hasn’t always gotten the respect and veneration it deserves on the décor scene. As such, in the age of minimalism, the sumptuous dark tones can’t seem to escape their reputation as a destroyer of free, calming space. 

Wicker is back and better than ever. Finding its way into numerous interior design magazines worldwide, it soon found its way onto thousands of patios and into more hearts than perhaps any furniture piece before

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Growing in the depths of Southeast Asian forests is a naturally renewable palm that finds its way into sturdy furniture the world across. To understand why this unassuming woody plant has hit it big, you just have to look at how the locals use it. So strong, reliable, and reinforceable is the stem that you’ll find it being used as shelter in rattan-rich countries. 

When our ancestors invented the wheel, they probably never envisioned we’d use its likeness as a table. In fact, they probably weren’t familiar with the concept of a table. But still, they ate together, often around a fire – in a circle.

So, why have we strayed so far from this intuitive eating arrangement? Why do we subject ourselves to eat with edges between us when we could opt for the much more diplomatic, rounder approach?