Objects of Strange Desire – Bespoke Object Studio

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Bespoke Object Design and Fabrication Studio-Workshop. Together with our clients and friends, we turn a thought into a physical object.

Specialising in bespoke furniture, objects, structures, lights & things for home, private and commercial projects.

Deigned and made in
London, England.

IDEA Publishers DSM Store
Commercial Commission (2022)

Working with the lovely David from IDEA Publishers, I designed and built this 360 degree walk around freestanding store to house their books and other merch. The beauty of this is that it flat packs.

Oak Dowel Stair Gate
Private Commission (2022)

This stairgate is a uniquely one off creation built using European Oak and fits bespoke to their top floor bannister. The client was after something different and that fitted with many of the other oak-tones objects throughout their home.

Objects of Strange Desire,
Solo Exhibition (2022)

Four day solo show in Peckham. Somethings old, somethings new and some things in between. With Duende Gallery.

Plywood Interior Structures
Private Commission (2022)

Bespoke Design and Development for a private client in London. So far these have been interior furniture, cabinets, playroom fit outs, along with other structures. Ongoing.

Ducting Lamps
Lighting (2022)

Bespoke Cabinet design, build and installation. For this the client wanted one interior and one exterior grade. Both units were sprayed in a bright white satin finish.

Bright White Cabinets
Private Commission (2022)

Bespoke Cabinet design, build and installation. For this the client wanted one interior and one exterior grade. Both units were sprayed in a bright white satin finish.

Banister Furniture Series
Furniture (2022)

These series formed and evolved around previously fabricated banister handrail sections.

I had started building a stool, but after getting distracted from the first design, I moved onto the second. This was when I realised the sctructure under the second would work perfectly as a backrest for the first. Bob’s your uncle – the once stool now had a backrest, so on and so on.

This is an ongoing series of experiements into reforming banister handrails into the sctructure and form of furnitures.

Offcut Coat Hangers
Experiments in Paint & Wood (2023)

Transforming found, sourced, and left over offcuts into Coat, Hat, and Thing Hangers.

Flap Lamp
Lighting (2022)

Maple veneer Lampshade and further experiments using similar and non similar materials. Plan is to continue to play with the same form, using different materials, and expand the structure into a family of objects from sculptures to lamps, to sofas to tables and chairs.

Extrusion Series
Furniture (2020)

Using a mix of new and old woodworking processes techniques I developed a range of flatpack furniture pieces that embrace the legs as a feature on each top surface.

11 Saddles
Project (2022)

Questioning the evolution of objects, with research into and the development of 11 Saddles and a documentary into whether the saddle has finished evolving.

Petal Face Chopping Boards
Product (2021)

Plywood walnut veneer 18mm

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Flower Stool
Furniture (2022)

Three Leg Flower stool, available in different woods and finishes.

Conversation Table
Commercial Commission (2019)

Comission for UBS, Art Basel Miami

Oak Sample Ladders (2023)
Solid American Oak Ladders built for a commercial rug company for sample display.
Designed to flat-pack, with specially fabricated ‘caps’ for the top of each half ladder allowing for lower display and protection during transportation.

Dowel People (2023)
Building people with offcuts around the studio

Dowel Chairs for Private Collection in Milan (2023)
Showcase for private brand in Milan. To be exhibited early summer in Milan, Italy.

Tea Bag Modular Furniture (2023)
Ongoing prototypes in simple modular furniture that use Dowel-Plugs for alignment and Tea Bag cushions

Based in London, we design and manufacture all of our objects and projects in house, delivering and installing globally.

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