The New Rattan

My mom used to love rattan furniture. Like most of you, I grew up with all sorts of these brown furniture. They weren't really very comfy, and they were very often cheesy. And when they age, they split and splinter. Butt ouch!

Kenneth Cobunpue's take on rattan is anything but cheesy. At his showroom in Maxilom, I couldn't help but touch everything. His pieces were, for lack of a better word, sexy. I like the way he transformed the rattan into a sensual piece of material, its lines swerving this way and that, seemingly quite organically. And because I am looking for lighting fixtures, I went crazy taking photographs of the Hive line. Really lovely!




A cream puff of clouds





A twist on the walis ting-ting





Little men





Organic





Modern Chinese lanterns





Noodles





So pretty!! I love yellow, obviously!





Fun!