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Notes on the houses that matter — how they work, what they use, and why the objects last.

FRAMA’s Unlacquered Brass: Left to Patina

FRAMA

FRAMA’s Unlacquered Brass: Left to Patina

Unlacquered brass patina is the darkening raw brass develops with use. FRAMA leaves its brass lighting untreated so it happens by design.

Emeco

Outdoor Furniture Is a Maintenance Plan, Not a Look

Choose durable outdoor furniture by exposure, drainage, finish and care—not a weatherproof label. An Australian decision framework.

Outdoor Furniture Is a Maintenance Plan, Not a Look

Emeco

How to Choose an Outdoor Chair for Australian Sun, Salt and Rain

A practical Australian checklist for outdoor chairs: measure the site, verify material and finish, test drainage, care, access and storage.

How to Choose an Outdoor Chair for Australian Sun, Salt and Rain

Emeco

Jasper Morrison's 1 Inch Chair: The Square Tube That Would Not Bend

The 1 Inch chair's provenance: Jasper Morrison, a difficult square aluminium tube, recycled material and Emeco manufacture in Hanover.

Jasper Morrison's 1 Inch Chair: The Square Tube That Would Not Bend

Emeco

What a Lifetime Guarantee Does to the Way a Chair Is Designed

Most furniture warranties run one to five years. Emeco's runs the life of the chair — here's exactly what it covers and excludes.

What a Lifetime Guarantee Does to the Way a Chair Is Designed

Form & Refine

Monolith Side Table: Form & Refine's Object for Three Uses

Form & Refine's Monolith Side Table is solid oak, designed by Jonas Herman to work as a side table, low table or step stool. Size, price and care.

Monolith Side Table: Form & Refine's Object for Three Uses

Form & Refine

Shoemaker Chair no. 49: A 1936 Workshop Stool, Remade in Oak

Form & Refine's Shoemaker Chair no. 49 began in 1936 as a cobbler's own stool. The Werner family has hand-turned it in oak for two generations since.

Shoemaker Chair no. 49: A 1936 Workshop Stool, Remade in Oak

Emeco

Best Dining Chairs Australia: The Designer Edit, Argued Properly

Five designer dining chairs available in Australia, argued by material and construction — aluminium, oak and where each one actually earns its price.

Best Dining Chairs Australia: The Designer Edit, Argued Properly

Karakter

Karakter Copenhagen: Publishing Colombo, Mangiarotti and the Overlooked Masters

Karakter is a Copenhagen house reissuing furniture by Joe Colombo, Angelo Mangiarotti and Bodil Kjær. Who runs it and where it stands with Objena.

Karakter Copenhagen: Publishing Colombo, Mangiarotti and the Overlooked Masters

Karakter

Karakter: Publishing Colombo, Mangiarotti and the Overlooked Masters

Karakter Copenhagen reissues furniture and lighting by Joe Colombo and Angelo Mangiarotti. Its history, its masters, and why Objena doesn't carry it yet.

Karakter: Publishing Colombo, Mangiarotti and the Overlooked Masters

Form & Refine

A Line Storage Bench: Form & Refine's Case for a Bench That's Lifted Off the Floor

Form & Refine's A Line Storage Bench: solid oak, angled lifted legs, leather-handle lid, two sizes, plus the matching oak shoe rack. Dimensions inside

A Line Storage Bench: Form & Refine's Case for a Bench That's Lifted Off the Floor

Form & Refine

FSC Oak and the Traceable Tree: How Form & Refine Sources Its Timber

FSC-certified oak furniture means timber traced from a managed forest to the finished piece. How Form & Refine sources European oak and makes each piece near the tree.

FSC Oak and the Traceable Tree: How Form & Refine Sources Its Timber