Entitled 'For Austerity's Sake', design critic Nicole Swengley writes about Chest of Drawers in Saturday's Financial Times - the venerable 'How to Spend It' magazine. She celebrates the trend towards a "...more considered, even intellectual approach, to buying furniture. Showy pieces and glitzy designs are giving way to to a very simple - almost stark - aesthetic underpinned by quality craftsmanship."
Swengley continues "... of course some furniture makers have always espoused a pared-down, almost austere look. The rustic, hand-crafted, solid wood furniture sold by long established London retailer Chest of Drawers scooped a Guardian Sustainable Business Award a few months ago..." OK, I'll swallow the 'rustic' remark since she nailed this growing appreciation for all things well crafted right on the head. Personally I like the inference that our aesthetic is 'raw' - that we allow the natural elements of grain, tone and character of our timber to prevail in all of our designs. And I grant that there are rustic elements in our Eden table. Raw or rustic, the article is a tribute to all the designers who espouse simple, well crafted design.
Swengley offers up some beautiful pieces in her article and I wholly support her assertion that the demand for quality and craftsmanship in simple design is indeed enjoying a resurgence.
