Rarify

Rarify The independent, designer-led source for authentic furniture. Trade program available for professionals.

09/03/2026

This chair would have been impossible to make in the 1960s. Designed by Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard, these chairs are now featured in the UN headquarters in New York.

While it looks like a timeless form from the 1960s, its innovation lies in the patented 3D veneer process. Micro-cuts are made into the wood veneers, allowing for dramatic three-dimensional shapes that would have been a dream for designers like Charles and Ray Eames.

Hidden layers within the thin plywood feature even more dramatic cuts to achieve this form before a continuous piece of walnut veneer is applied. Combined with cast aluminum, the craftsmanship is truly top-notch.

09/01/2026

This is a contemporary chair designed by Alain Gilles. It uses wicker weaving in a metal frame, but in a way that is very different than traditional Bauhaus furniture.

It’s meant to be an outdoor piece of furniture and it’s called the Wicked Chair, which may be sort of a play on words between wicking water and wicker.

We have three material systems:

* One is this powder-coated aluminum structure.
* The second is this woven “basket” made from synthetic cane.
* And the third is an outdoor reticulated cushion.

Many furniture designs that utilize wicker weaving actually connect the tubular frame to the wicker, whereas these two systems are conceptually separated. And the result is this feeling of actually sitting inside of a wicker basket, which is pretty unique.

08/28/2026

This is a conceptual art piece based on an obscure 1920s cabinet by Marcel Breuer. Designer Florian Borkenhagen transformed the original by blending “ready-made” elements with Bauhaus style.

Borkenhagen highlighted “undesigned” features like the handles and kick plate, multiplying those elements across a mirror-polished metal case. He even replicated Breuer’s use of off-the-shelf screws and added eight additional ready-made poles.

Built with Tecta’s signature accuracy, this piece is a radical take on a classic design. Shop radical design at rarify.co.

.borkenhagen

08/24/2026

What would it look like if you took the idea of a dresser and reinterpreted it like a skyscraper, or maybe like a shingle roof? Probably something like this.

This is the Stack bookcase by London-based studio Raw Edges. It is a highly conceptual work of furniture that takes a conventional object we use every day—dresser drawers—and translates it into a moving work of art that you can also use.

The thing holding it all together is actually what you can’t see: an internal structure of powder-coated or painted steel that provides vertical support. For the sake of stability, there is a limited extent to which you can pull these drawers out from the front, back, and side to side.

This chest of drawers is not only challenging the way that one can be made, but also fundamentally rethinks the way it can be used.

08/21/2026

How is the Cube One lamp a modular lamp?

With the help of Gantri and their engineering team, we worked to develop a sugarcane-based light fixture that fits precisely within an authentic USM Haller frame. The frame features a subtle, hidden channel to register the tube and is composed of 12 chrome steel Haller tubes. These use advanced compression-based connectors that expand and lock in place as you rotate them.

To expand the system with multiple cubes, you simply add connectors to the sides, followed by additional tubes and cubes. For the feet, we searched the vast catalog of USM Haller components and landed on a large black foot and a small chrome foot.

Even the internal parts were developed with love and care; they are threaded to simply screw into the underside by hand.

Gantri

08/19/2026

Why make a pendant lamp entirely out of paper-thin wood strips?

Designed by 20th-century Swedish modernist Hans-Agne Jakobsson, this piece focuses on the unique properties of Scots pine. Jakobsson used thin sheets of the wood that become translucent when cut, allowing a soft glow to shine through the material itself.

In conversation with mid-century classics like Poul Henningsen’s lights, this design hides the light source but pushes boundaries by letting light escape through both the gaps and the wood.

While older versions used plastic internals, the design is now fully resolved using only Scots pine, also known as Finnish pine. This beautiful material features an even, straight grain that will patina nicely over time.

Support us by shopping at rarify.co.

08/17/2026

The development of “Stack” began with a sudden “spark moment” of inspiration that led to the creation of a chest of drawers featuring a new, gravity-defying mechanism designed to celebrate movement. The design process was incredibly rapid; within just a few days of the initial idea, the concept was presented to the client, and a large-scale prototype was built in the studio workshop in about a week.

The project was driven by a deep fascination with movement in everyday objects, particularly drawers, which are unique because they possess a kinetic quality while most surrounding furniture remains static. The creator finds it particularly fascinating to observe viewers as they interact with the piece, noting that the best reaction is when people are genuinely curious and actively try to understand the mechanics of how it works.

08/12/2026

Meet Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, the duo behind London-based Raw-Edges Design Studio. Their goal is to bring meaningful, curiosity-inducing objects into people’s environments. Rather than following trends, they stay unique by doing what they believe is right. Their dynamic balances zooming into details with keeping an eye on the big picture. For Raw-Edges, true learning happens when you get your hands dirty and experiment, allowing mistakes to evolve into future projects on their studio shelves.

08/07/2026

There’s a moment when you first see Horse Lamp. You pause. You smile. Then the questions start.

A full-size horse, crowned with a lampshade — dreamed up by Front Design’s Anna Lindgren and Sofia Lagerkvist, with Moooi giving them full creative freedom to make it real.

Front themselves called it furniture to fall in love with, or to hate forever.

So... any takers?

25 & Promising.

08/03/2026

Why would three 1970s Italian radical designers create a rug based on American baseball?

This is Stella, a historically important rug manufactured by Poltronova and designed by the infamous trio De Pas, D’Urbino, and Lomazzi. While it looks like just a star-shaped rug, it was intentionally designed to subvert modernism. Instead, it focuses on pop art, culture, and the human experience within a space—the trio even produced a giant baseball glove chair as part of this series.

Inspired by the cream and dark navy of the New York Yankees uniforms and the classic American star, this work prioritizes symbolism and culture over functionalism.

Love learning about design history? Support us by shopping on rarify.co. Ciao!

Address

Huntington, NY
11721, 11724, 11731, 11740, 11743, 11746, 11747, 11750, 11768

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Rarify posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Rarify:

Shortcuts

Share

Category