Canadian furniture design and manufacturing company New Format Studio sits at the cutting edge of modern and ultramodern style. Its contemporary furniture involves all forms of metal — from steel to aluminum — as a viable material for creating cocktail tables, side chairs and credenzas that hold great visual appeal and functionality.
Canadian designer Henry Norris established New Format Studio in 2016. With a background in construction and metal fabrication, Norris realized through the company his interest in working with metal. Norris combined his skills from his previous occupations to teach himself furniture design. This industrial background informs much of his work, showing through in the skill with which he makes welds and joints disappear into a seamless finish, giving many of his creations the appearance of coming from a single piece of material. Norris has exhibited his work at the Architectural Digest Design Show and Sight Unseen in New York City.
New Format Studio combines design, fabrication and processing to find new and inventive ways of exploring the potential of time-honored materials. Its design team collaborates with colleagues across the industry, produces custom commissions and experiments with new concepts. This variation of methods and processes provides the company with an eclectic array of pieces, each born from fresh creativity.
On 1stDibs, explore the work of New Format Studio tables, seating, storage pieces and more.
Lincoln Lounge Chair in Blackened Oiled Steel and Full Grain Leather
By Henry Norris, New Format Studio
Located in Vancouver, BC
A single grain leather hide, tensioned with cord lacing underneath the seat, makes up the expanse of this richly textured chair. The blackened frame is p...
Metal, Bronze
Mers Low Stool in Pacific Blue Aluminum with Upholstered Leather Seat
By Henry Norris, New Format Studio
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Mers low stool is fabricated from solid aluminum and is suitable for use indoors and out. Form is inspired by the simple utilitarianism of West Coast aluminum fishing boats. Sho...
Aluminum
$6,400
H 31 in W 27.5 in D 29 in
Danish Otto Schulz style Low Mid century Lounge Chair in Oak and Shearling 1940s
By Otto Schulz
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fantastic 1940s Otto Schulz style lounge chair made by unknown Danish master carpenter sometime in the 1930s or 1940s. The style is similar to that of Schulz with the typical separat...
Sheepskin, Oak
$2,422 / item
H 27.96 in W 19.69 in D 27.56 in
Contemporary Mexican Easy Chair in Walnut Wood and Natural Leather Seat
By Laura Noriega
Located in Guadalajara, Jal.
The “Your Skin” easy chair is a comfortable low chair with a solid and light structure perfect to accentuate with its impeccable and minimal aesthetics the decoration in every room o...
Leather, Walnut
$3,006 / set
H 33.47 in W 22.45 in D 35.44 in
Pair of French Lounge Chairs 1950s on Brass Legs in Black and Gold
Located in London, GB
French Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs are elegant and compact, reupholstered luxurious in black and gold striped fabric and standing on fine brass spider legs. These stylish chairs...
Brass
Set of 3 Vintage Modern Wood Bar Stools with Upholstered Seats
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 3 vintage Modern wood bar stools with upholstered seats Offered for sale is a substantial set of three wood swivel bar stools with metal...
Metal
Pair Knoll Pfister Black Leather Lounge Chairs, 1980
By Charles Pfister, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair Knoll Pfister Black Leather Lounge Chair, 1980. Original black leather is great condition.
Leather
$1,496 / item
H 37 in W 18 in D 22 in
Bar Stool in Walnut Wood Finish with Light Gray Upholstered Seat - Ura Line
By Uultis Design
Located in Miami, FL
Crafted in Brazil by the Uultis Design team, the Ura bar stool embodies the brand’s signature balance of elegance, comfort, and sustainable craftsmanship. Its gently contoured seat, upholstered in a soft light gray fabric, is set atop a solid walnut finish frame with fluid, architectural lines. The result is a refined silhouette that feels both sculptural and grounded—ideal for contemporary kitchens, elevated counters, and hospitality environments. Blending European-influenced detailing with South American craftsmanship, the Ura stool...
Upholstery, Hardwood, Fabric
$12,400 / set
H 26 in W 22.5 in D 22.5 in
Danish Modern Pair of Kristian Vedel Style Lounge Chairs in Palomino Shearling
By Kristian Vedel
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Stylish pair of Kristian Vedel attributed low profile Danish Modern lounge chairs newly professionally upholstered in super soft hand sewn Palomino Shearling. If you're an admirer of...
Sheepskin, Walnut
$4,429 / item
H 19 in W 18 in D 22 in
Side Dining Chair Modern Contemporary Hand Made in Blackened Steel & Leather
By J.M. Szymanski
Located in Bronx, NY
CHAIR NO. 1 J.M. Szymanski d. 2018 Inspired by a Spanish toreador, this sleek combination of blackened steel and thick bull leather. Can be modified to any seat height. Custom si...
Steel
1920s Italian Neoclassical Curule Stool With Upholstered Seat
Located in High Point, NC
This 1920s Italian Neoclassical curule stool features the iconic X-form base historically associated with authority and ritual seating, reinterpreted with early 20th-century elegance...
Upholstery, Wood
Moorish Modern Stool with Upholstered Seat
Located in Danville, CA
Freshly restored Moorish stool with charcoal grey mohair seat.
Upholstery, Walnut
Chile Modern Lounge Chair and Ottoman
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This Chile modern side chair is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The lounge chair's silhouette is simple, modern, and sleek with comfortable back and seat cushions. This is the perfect chair for any space, indoor or outdoor. This specific wood species is for indoor only. Price includes thick weave fabric (multiple colors available) and finish of your choice. Designer Inspiration: "I am inspired by my love for travel. So many places that inspire me have very minimal furniture...
Hardwood
Hardie Low Stool with Wood Seat and Black Steel Frame
By Please Wait to be Seated
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Hardie stool is a clean-lined and no-nonsense piece. The stool is made of three identical bent metal tube columns and a seat. The tubes pair up where they join, adding rigidity a...
Steel
