DIVISIØN

By NØDE: Charles Haupt & Gerrit Giebel

Fumed American red oak; water-based sealer

The opportunity to work with a new material, and the specialised machinery that allows for it to be manipulated at the Houtlander workshop, created a new approach to the brief for NØDE studio, who specialise in working primarily with aluminium. The DIVISIØN screen they’ve created for Future Heirlooms embraces technology to craft a surface that emulates the studio’s celebrated aluminium carvings through parametric drilling that references the style of the carvings. Featuring hand-made aluminium hinges, and a unique fumigation treatment to the surface of the wood, the piece brings together separate mediums in a uniquely realised, technology-focused design.

“While we normally work with aluminium and other metals, we still have a high appreciation for authentic and natural materials,“ says Gerrit Giebel, co-founder of NØDE studio. “The American red oak itself has a beautiful tone with interesting attributes like its high porousness - something we wanted to explore with literal holes through the screen. Adding to this the benefit of the carbon negative footprint of the material you have an amazing reason to use the material again, one we are definitely considering for future projects.”