Fashioned from plate aluminium, spiky tabs are bent over to secure the joints of a typical panel desk. The claws protruding from the furniture are kind of a graphic representation of the angst of college and studying, the desperation of trying to come to terms with your creative voice versus institutional and economic pressure. The bamboo desktop has an Ikea coded, green washed passivity in contrast to the forged raw metal structure. Oval foot holes for resting one’s feet and integrated paper shredder for destroying ideas.

In the Weeds

 chair, morphing its iconic holes into 91 hearts, reminiscent of traditional vernacular Alpine furniture with pierced heart holes.

Heart Landi

 bench is a monolithic steel bench created from a combination of a few simple actions. A standard 2.5 x1.5 meter flat sheet of steel is manipulated in three operations: it is rolled into a tube, pressed flat and the ends are bent at two points to form the verticals. The resulting contours and curves are a result of this rather direct process. The Standard Steel Bench was developed in collaboration with David Horan and first released in 2013.

Standard Steel, 2013