Nico Yektai

Bench #6 from Series #2 is designed to be at home alongside of a dining table. The seat of the bench has just enough curvature to it to allow for as much comfort as a wooden bench ca...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Shore dining table was born of a desire to design a concrete outdoor table that was unlike anything I had seen. I wanted to find a way to introduce some freedom and spontaneity i...

Bench #5 from Series #2 can be the focal point of any modern interior. Pictured above in 72" with white concrete and oxidized Sapele seat finished for indoor use. The complex cast co...

This is the piece that started my relationship with this genre of furniture. The floating console has proven to be a wonderful platform for my approach to sculptural furniture. The t...

This outdoor console table was designed to accompany the shore dining table. It uses the same vocabulary that I established in that piece. That m...

Two white cast concrete legs embrace a sculptural bundle of oxidize a Sapele wood. The wooden seat is elegant, robust and delicate at the same time. Much of this comes from the narrowness of this bench and it's length. It's like a breath of fresh air. The seat, like most of my benches...

Bench #4 from Series #2 is a modern bench made of Sapele wood, cast concrete and Stainless Steel. This was the first piece that i designed with this type of bracket to suspend the ba...