DUST FURNITURE

Dust Furniture is a line of unconventional, quirky pieces of furniture by designer Vincent T Leman. Launched in 2005, the line was originally based on the abstraction of traditional furniture. To appreciate this wacky and wonderful furniture, you must understand the basic design elements used to create each piece; Vincent T Leman cleverly makes use of shape, line, form, movement, colour, contrast and balance to create furniture which is eye capturing, functional and ‘full of life’.

The furniture produced by Dust always beings with sketches; there is no exception. The steps taken to turn these sketches into fully functional, inspiring pieces of furniture is as follows, taken from the company website:

“The work starts with a concept, the spark of imagination that defines each piece. This concept is something that must be worked towards with perseverance. Sometimes the concept is a particular movement or curve, sometimes an idea like Acrobats balanced on top of each other. The concept is refined and reworked, sometimes surfacing in Vincent’s sketchbook several times over the course of months or years.

Eventually, there is a point where the concept is ready to develop into a piece of furniture. While concepts are formed during sparks of imagination, developing concepts into final designs is a process of disciplined work. Lines are placed, erased, redrawn only to be erased again. Movements are refined, thrown out and reworked. Once satisfied with the design, the sketch is scanned into a computer and turned into a vector rendering.

At this point, the idea becomes reality. The rendering is turned into files that Dust’s CNC router can read. This computer controlled router (lovingly named Chuck) relieves our employees of the many hours of tedious work with a jigsaw previously required. Panels of wood are cut to shape by the router. Pieces are assembled, sanded, routed and sanded again. Paint is applied in a multistep process. Precision work is done to painstakingly distress each line and clearcoat is applied. The last step before packaging is to put drawers & hardware in place. The piece is then packaged to ensure safe arrival to your home.”

I absolutely love this line of furniture; each piece almost has a kind of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ feel about it. It’s so unusual and unique in comparison to the regular, every-day furniture found so often in a typical home. I love anything that adds a bit of interest and an element of fun to an interior.