Collectible design — in stock or imported to order, delivered Australia-wide

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

Form & Refine

Trefoil Round Table Ø90: Form & Refine's Four-Legged Take on a Three-Leaf Name

Form & Refine's Trefoil Round Table Ø90 is solid oak on four centred legs, 72.5 cm tall, 17.7 kg. Dimensions, price and the three-leaf name explained.

Trefoil Round Table Ø90: Form & Refine's Four-Legged Take on a Three-Leaf Name

Emeco

The Broom Chair: Philippe Starck's Chair Made From Swept-Up Factory Waste

What Emeco's Broom Chair by Philippe Starck is made of, why it's named Broom, and how the 2012 design turns factory waste into furniture.

The Broom Chair: Philippe Starck's Chair Made From Swept-Up Factory Waste

Emeco

Authentic Designer Furniture in Australia: Five Checks Before You Buy

Five checks — licence, mark, material, seller, price — for telling a genuine designer piece from a replica before you buy in Australia.

Authentic Designer Furniture in Australia: Five Checks Before You Buy

Emeco

Authentic Designer Furniture in Australia: How to Tell, in Five Checks

Five checks that separate authentic designer furniture from a replica in Australia — provenance, licensing, materials, price and paperwork.

Authentic Designer Furniture in Australia: How to Tell, in Five Checks

Form & Refine

Australian Light Is Brutal: Where to Put Timber So It Ages Evenly

Where to place solid-oak furniture in Australian light so colour change develops evenly instead of leaving a hard sun line.

Australian Light Is Brutal: Where to Put Timber So It Ages Evenly

Audo Copenhagen

Audo Copenhagen: Menu and By Lassen, One House

Audo Copenhagen formed in 2023 when Menu and By Lassen merged under Design Holding. Here is the house's history — and why Objena doesn't carry it yet.

Audo Copenhagen: Menu and By Lassen, One House

FRAMA

FRAMA Rivet Chair: One Material, Honestly Joined

The FRAMA Rivet Chair is Jonas Trampedach's hand-riveted, untreated 4mm aluminium chair, made in place of a weld — sold through Objena at AUD 3,680.

FRAMA Rivet Chair: One Material, Honestly Joined

Emeco

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

A furniture lifetime warranty means the guarantee outlives the owner's use of the piece. Emeco's terms, and the chair brief written around them.

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

Form & Refine

Soap, Oil or Lacquer: What Your Oak Finish Actually Does

Oiled oak wants a dry cloth, mild soap only if needed, and reoiling as it dulls — not lacquer. Form & Refine's own care instructions, explained.

Soap, Oil or Lacquer: What Your Oak Finish Actually Does

Form & Refine

Blueprint Chair: Drawn Like a Plan, Built Like One Too

The Form & Refine Blueprint Chair is a stackable oak dining chair by Jonas Herman, with a backrest steam-bent from one piece of wood.

Blueprint Chair: Drawn Like a Plan, Built Like One Too

Emeco

Alfi Chair: Jasper Morrison's Reclaimed-Material Everyday Seat

Emeco's Alfi Chair by Jasper Morrison: a reclaimed-plastic and wood-fibre seat on hand-carved ash legs, designed in 2015 for daily use.

Alfi Chair: Jasper Morrison's Reclaimed-Material Everyday Seat

Emeco

Best Designer Bar Stools Australia: Counter Heights, Footrests, Materials

Three designer bar and counter stools sold in Australia — Emeco's aluminium originals and Form & Refine's oak — compared by seat height and material.

Best Designer Bar Stools Australia: Counter Heights, Footrests, Materials