Ted Synnott is an industrial designer based in Tāmaki Makaurau who specialises in designing pieces reduced to their very essence.

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At the extreme, this purity found form in Chair Frame, made from five pieces of timber that appear to grow out of one another. There’s a little humour here – it’s not really a chair for sitting on, more a form to admire or drape things over – a coat, say, or maybe your jeans at the end of the day.

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Now, Synnott has released the Home bed. And what timing! With the Covid restrictions of 2021 sending us home, and with a little more time in bed than usual, it should be in one that is sublime, and has back support for all that reading.

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Built from more than 90 horizontal and vertical slats that intersect at right angles, it’s solid, but light in appearance. It is the essence of a bed frame – and there’s a wry little joke here too, a play on the slats on frames that normally stay hidden.

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With his latest design, Synnott is true to form – Home bed works with a primary shape that exudes a sense of calm. 

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Ted Synott

Tedsynott.com

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