This sculptural series emerges from a collaboration between Arbore and Berlin-based architect Cezar Moldovan. Its starting point is a simple but profound observation: architecture is everywhere. We pass through porticos, lean against columns, and inhabit structural spaces, often without conscious attention. These gestures inspired us to translate architectural elements into an intimate, domestic scale, making heavy, bold structural forms movable, usable, and grounded in everyday life.
In this collection, texture takes precedence over colour. Each piece is shaped by the way light touches its surfaces and by how the hand understands material through touch. The user experiences not only the play of light and shadow across varied reliefs, but also the physical warmth or coolness of the materials themselves. This dual sensibility—visual and tactile—creates a layered interaction with each object.
Wood, as in nature, takes on multiple shapes and textures. Traditional carpentry combines with contemporary digital fabrication, allowing the handmade softness of certain elements to intertwine with the intricate precision of machine-carved surfaces. The result is a collection where craft and technology converge, and architectural presence becomes part of the daily ritual of living.
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Kafka sofa.
Luna chair
Influenced by the relationship between nature and the cityscape, the chair is meant as an
organic structure with its design highlighted by a perfect circular shape.
Luna dining table
Inspired by dendriform columns, the slender "stem" is branching into the tabletop. the rough
textured base which is meant as a non-functional element "blooms" into a smoother, usable
surface.
Enclave shelving unit
The structure of the shelving unit is meant to emphasise the relationship between the different
materials, the lighter wooden, more massive structure lies on the thin metallic sheets giving it a floating effect, depending from which angle it it percieved.
Kafka lounge chair
The seemingly neverending rows of columns at the base combined with the 60s inspired office seating create a kafkaesque-like piece that invites one to take a seat in the soft leather
cushioning.
Kafka Sofa
The seemingly never-ending rows of columns at the base, combined with 1960s-inspired office seating, create a Kafkaesque piece that invites one to take a seat in the soft leather cushioning.
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Scarpa coffee table.
Scarpa Coffee Table
The rough-textured base transitions into a smooth tabletop through two intersecting, perfectly circular shapes. Their intersection represents the fragility of the otherwise massive furniture piece, enhanced by a mirrored surface.
Brut Side Table
A perfect stair-like shape invites the user to position it as desired. The warm, burl-surfaced piece is designed to complement the sterile metallic element, creating not only a visual play of light but also a tactile experience.
Pontos Wall Table
Wood takes many forms and shapes. The Pontos table pushes this material through a near-magical transformation: the wooden tabletop transitions into a water-like surface as it reaches the wall. The shape represents the flow of the material, combined with technological finesse.
The new colleciton will be presented at Maison & Objet: Hall 3 — Stand E90
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Pontos Wall Table.
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