About Nico Yektai
Nico Yektai has developed a distinctive approach to designing and making furniture. The essence of his style is that each component within a piece of furniture becomes the decoration. The components are pushed, pulled and faceted as the composition comes to life in the moment. This process is similar to the way a painter builds up a canvas one brush stroke at a time. It is not a surprise that he grew up in a house with Manoucher Yektai, a painter from the New York School, who painted with gestural pallet knife strokes. Scale models begin the process when he is desi...Read More
Featured Pieces
Sculptural Entryway Mirror with Three Dynamic Drawers by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This piece was designed to fill a space in an entryway while providing just a bit of functionality to go along with its decorative presents. The three drawers are sculpturally stacke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Asymmetrical Indoor/Outdoor Bench in Concrete and Wood by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Bench #5 from Series #2 can be the focal point of any indoor or outdoor situation. Pictured above in 72" with gray concrete and Sapele seat finished for outdoor use. The complex cast...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Benches
Materials
Concrete, Stainless Steel
Gestural Modern Bench with Curved Concrete Legs and Wood top by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The waves bench is comprised of two curved cast concrete legs which establish the dynamic movement of the piece. The bleached maple seat is layered in reaction to that movement. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Benches
Materials
Maple
Modern Floating Console with Drawers and Doors by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The exploration of the floating console as a subject continues. This iteration sees the introduction of doors and cabinet space combined with drawers. The result is both sculptural and utilitarian. I was particularly thrilled with the discovery of the sculptural transition between the doors and the cabinet space. Commissions for this version have ended up being at the heart of entertainment systems...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Sculptural Three Legged Console in Bent Maple and Ash by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Ash and steam bent maple combine with sweeps and curves in this contemporary console table. Each movement is balanced against the next until the composition is balanced. The wall is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Console Tables
Materials
Ash, Maple
Waves Bench featuring Blue Cast Concrete and Bleached Maple by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The waves bench is comprised of two curved concrete legs which establish the dynamic movement of the piece. The blue cast concrete legs are pigmented which results in a color that go...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Benches
Materials
Concrete
Floating Wall Hung Console with Storage by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This series lends itself to endless variations. This version explores a smaller size with a sculptural combination of two doors and three drawers. Like always, the drawers do not do ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Bleached Maple and Charcoal Cast Concrete in Dynamic Bench by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Presented in bleached maple and charcoal colored cast concrete. This version is smaller than its bigger sibling but not a small bench by any means. This version measures 72” long and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Benches
Materials
Maple
Modern Gestural Console Table with Maple Curves and Glass by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The two sweeping maple curves define this composition. They burst from leg to leg with the energy of two gestural brush strokes in an abstract expressionist painting. The glass top a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Maple
Unique Concrete End Table/Stool/Decorative Objects by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This grouping of sculptural objects was designed in a way that allows me the same freedom that I have with my one-of-a-kind woodworking. Casting concrete is usually a much more rigid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Materials
Concrete
Sculptural Stool/End Tables in Black Cast Concrete by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This grouping of sculptural objects was designed in a way that allows me the same freedom that I have with my one-of-a-kind woodworking. Casting concrete is usually a much more rigid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern End Tables
Materials
Concrete
Creative Floating Console with Three Drawers by Nico Yektai
By Nico Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This version of the floating console explored a slightly more symmetrical shape than some of the other iterations of this piece. The focus was on the three drawers that are incorpora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Shelves and Wall Cab...
Materials
Walnut
More About Nico Yektai
Nico cutting at the bandsaw
Bench #4 at the Long House Reserve
Nico working at the bench with scale models
Cousins in black cast concrete
Detail of Cousins
A large run of Bench #5 in Nico's Sag Harbor Ny studio
Nico in the studio with scale models
Bench #5 finished in oxidized Sapele and white cast concrete
Nico Yektai in front of hand tool cabinet
Bench #13 in Oxidized Sapele and White cast concrete.