These Case-Piece Furnishings are Cleverly Embellished in Ceramic Tile
Design Milk | 02.06.2026 22:00
With callbacks to subtle Art Deco flourishes all the rage in contemporary furniture design these past few years, age-old artisanal techniques like marquetry have cropped up in cleverly interpretive and narrative-driven applications. This approach introduces complementary, sometimes contrasting, materials into the surfaces of what are normally monolithic forms. These meticulously introduced details break up the monotony of rigid modernist designs while inlaying them into their resolutely uniform profiles. They imbue these otherwise nondescript objects with emotional resonance, as well as visually and viscerally enticing complexity.
