OEO Studio x Mater
With its latest debut, Mater demonstrates how trash can be reimagined into timeless objects. Collaborating with Thomas Lykke, founding partner of OEO Studio, the pair introduced the Lily table and Compound chair collections, each constructed out of Matek, Mater’s proprietary material that combines post-consumer fiber and plastic wastes. “There is a beauty and authenticity to the material that draws you to touch and feel—just like if it was made out of wood, stone, or other natural materials,” says Lykke. “On a personal level, I am obsessed with the merge between crafts and tradition with technology, [namely] AI, and Mater is a good example of becoming a green tech ‘mover’ rather than just a design brand.”
David Thulstrup x Georg Jensen
At the silverware showroom of Georg Jensen, Danish architect and designer David Thulstrup presented Penumbra, a hammered sterling silver centerpiece that toys with shadow and light, silkiness and texture to highlight the timeless material’s variance. “The archives of Georg Jensen, which cover 125 years of the company’s design history, really inspired me to embrace the aesthetics of modernism,” says Thulstrup. The sculptural object—created with 300 meticulous hammer marks—took highly skilled silversmiths four months to produce. “I was interested in trying to conceal the classic typology of function and form to some degree, to provide room for the aesthetic qualities, which have been given a minimalist expression,” shares the designer.
Noah x Gubi
Just in time for summer, Copenhagen-based Gubi teamed up with American coastal-cool lifestyle brand Noah to launch its new outdoor edition of the MRO1 lounge chair by Mathias Steen Rasmussen. In a showroom stamped with graffiti-like decals along the walls, the duo highlighted the wood-framed seating—now wrapped with FSC-certified iroko wood to meet outdoor standards. “Fashion is way ahead of furniture, especially [as] a culture brand,” says Gubi CEO Marie Kristine Schmidt of the co-launch, which included Noah’s debut of a capsule collection of towels, swim shorts, and caps in the label’s signature new-wave nautical style. The coordinated event was in proper seaside fashion, indeed.
