Monocle Selects Natural-Material Furniture, From USM Storage to a 1973 Scarpa Armchair
Monocle's design selection emphasizes the aesthetic appeal and stress-relieving properties of untreated wood, stone, vegetable-tanned leather, and raw metal. Among the highlighted products are the claret USM Haller Storage G1 with Aram, Carl Hansen & Søn's CH621 swivel chair, and Konstantin Grcic's Noctambule floor cone for Flos. Additional items include Minimalux's Drum lamps, Reddie's Morris 1 Stool, Rimadesio's Ascot armchair, Technics and Fritz Hansen's SL-40CBTFH record player, and the revived Monk armchair from Molteni. Other noteworthy pieces consist of Garnier & Linker's Nezu lamp, Tamart's Clore Floor Lamp, Mogens Koch's MK54 Bookcase, along with various tables, chairs, and lamps designed by Jean-Marie Massaud and Ronan Bouroullec.
Key facts
- Monocle's selection links natural materials such as untreated wood, stone, vegetable-tanned leather and raw metal to lower cortisol and reduced stress.
- USM's Haller Storage G1 appears in an exclusive claret colourway produced with UK design house Aram.
- Carl Hansen & Søn's CH621 reworks Hans Wegner's 1948 swivel chair with a brushed stainless-steel base and oak seat.
- Molteni reintroduces Afra and Tobia Scarpa's 1973 Monk armchair with leather over a hidden tubular-steel frame on solid American walnut legs.
- String's Museum Trolley by TAF Studio was originally designed for Stockholm's Nationalmuseum.
- Joe Armitage's Classic Desk Lamp adapts Edward Armitage's 1952 floor lamp, keeping its conical shade.
- Technics and Fritz Hansen pair a limited-edition SL-40CBTFH record player with the Kaiser Idell lamp.
- Konstantin Grcic's Noctambule floor cone for Flos uses stacked blown-glass cylinders with hidden LEDs.
Entities
Artists
- Hans Wegner
- Konstantin Grcic
- Broberg & Ridderstråle
- Giuseppe Bavuso
- Luka Yasukawa
- Afra Scarpa
- Tobia Scarpa
- Tamar de Shalit
- Mogens Koch
- Ted Synnott
- Elisa Ossino
- Nicos Zographos
- Jean-Marie Massaud
- Sebastian Herkner
- TAF Studio
- Maria Tyakina
- Ronan Bouroullec
- Umberto Riva
- Layan
- Joe Armitage
- Edward Armitage
- Martin Lauritsen
- Thomas Bentzen
Institutions
- Monocle
- USM
- Aram
- Carl Hansen & Søn
- Flos
- Swedese
- Minimalux
- Reddie
- Rimadesio
- Technics
- Fritz Hansen
- A New Framework
- Molteni
- Garnier & Linker
- Tamart
- Fredericia
- SCP
- De Padova
- Karakter
- Cassina
- Poliform
- Poltrona Frau
- String
- Nationalmuseum
- Bothi
- B&B Italia
- Tacchini
- Studio Hagen Hall
- Stellar Works
- Juntos Projects
- Bolia
- Muuto
Locations
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Denmark
- Italy
- Sweden
- Australia
- Japan
- France
- Netherlands
- China
- USA
- Rotterdam
- Stockholm
Sources
- Monocle —