Caroline Gomez’s range of unfussy furniture pieces keeps a tight focus on natural materials: wood, ceramic, leather, and cloth. The beech Contre collection (French for “against”) does just that: leans on a wall, requiring only two legs for support instead of four.
Basic rectilinear groupings and luxurious materials like white lacquer and anthracite glass are the hallmarks of Didier Gomez’s Contours line, which includes this generously proportioned writing desk. Height: 27 1/2", Width: 69", Depth: 29 1/2"
Reviving the hi-fi console typology so popular in the 1950s, this brand-new company of off-duty architects makes stereo furniture to order in its Hudson Valley, New York, studio. Symbol also offers a smaller tabletop hi-fi.
The Cube by Eastvold Custom Woodworks is a piece that certainly lives up to its name, a refreshingly unfussy cabinet design that comes in reclaimed Douglas Fir, maple, walnut, or white oak.
