MACMAMAU is a relatively new brand of furniture that creates high quality pieces deeply rooted in Italian tradition with top-notch craftsmanship and strong design. Along with using traditional cabinetmaking techniques, they also add their own stamp with mechanical engraving, hand painting, and lacquering of the pieces. The entire line carries a striking graphic quality on the surfaces but there’s a beautiful simplicity to the overall forms

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MACMAMAU Engraved, Stamped and Painted Modern Italian Furniture

Tom Cecil is an innovative furniture designer based in the UK. He started out as a mechanical engineer, but soon turned to furniture and product design that incorporates his past experience exploring “how and why things work.” Stretched Table A very thin sheet of steel is stretched across a steel frame to create a table. Supported only at the ends, the ratchet strap moves the base of legs together, the frame acting as lever, pulls the top tight with 30 ton of force. Auxetic Table A table made from sixteen hollow parts that are hand stitched together to create 24 articulated joints. The table can be opened and closed by either pushing, pulling or rotating a single part

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Tom Cecil

This Storm in a Tea Cup curiosity is a limited, hand crafted piece by John Lumbus. It is what is known as a timeless automata design, initially produced using second-hand bone china tea cups. Contemporary Dutch and English versions of it have been developed in collaboration with Laikingland and ceramics specialists, Royal Delft and The New English. Turn the handle and the golden boat rides the mechanical waves, above the stormy clouds periodically reveal a shining bolt of lightning

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Storm in a Tea Cup