Georgian Stools

W Oak Stool by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: D 30 x W 55 x H 45 cm. Materials: Solid oak. Made in century old oak wood, W stool serve as an easy and c...

Set Of 4 W Oak Stools by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: D 30 x W 55 x H 45 cm. Materials: Solid oak. Made in century old oak wood, W stool serve as an easy and comfortable seating for...

Set Of 2 W Oak Stools by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: D 30 x W 55 x H 45 cm. Materials: Solid oak. Made in century old oak wood, W stool serve as an easy and comfortable seating for...

Element Black Stool S by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 75 x D 40 x H 55 cm Materials: Painted Wood ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was created under the...

Element Travertine Stool by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 75 x D 45 x H 55 cm Materials: Travertine ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was created under the influence of the Georgian Oda house...

Element Stool S by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 75 x D 40 x H 55 cm Materials: Century Old Oak ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was created under the in...

Element Basalt Bulk Stool by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 85 x D 45 x H 55 cm Materials: basalt ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was created under the influence of the Georgian Oda house...

Element Red Marble Stool by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 75 x D 40 x H 55 cm Materials: Georgian Red Marble ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was created under the influence of the Georgian Oda house...

Element Diabase Bulk Stool by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 85 x D 45 x H 55 cm Materials: Diabase Stone ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was created under the influence of the Georgian Oda house...

Element Black Bulk Stool by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 85 x D 50 x H 55 cm Materials: Textured and Painted Wood ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was c...

Element Bulk Stool by Nana Zaalishvili Dimensions: W 85 x D 40 x H 55 cm Materials: Century Old Oak Made of solid oak, this 'Bulk' stool is one of the pieces of the ‘Element’ collection influenced by the Georgian Oda house...

This one-of-a-kind sculptural beeswax chair with sides is designed by Rooms Studio in collaboration with Shotiko Aptsiauri and was produced in Tbilisi, Georgia. The molded, beeswax sculpture, which can be interpreted as a stool, seat, side table or art object, is cylindrical in shape with two rectangular blocks at the top, representing a backrest or arms for the seat. About the Design Studio: Works of Rooms Studio refers to the sculptural forms and abundant materials in juxtaposition with the feminine instincts. Born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia, the duo behind the Rooms, Nata Janberidze and Keti Toloraia, lean towards preserving the inherited craftsmanship techniques unique to the region. Massive wood and stone objects are hand-crafted using traditional techniques to create raw and symbolic forms often rooted in the designers' childhood memories. Growing up in a culturally diverse environment, where the two worlds - Western and Eastern collide, remarkably influenced their design language. Over the years, Rooms has created eight independent collections and collaborations equally memorable and representative of the duo's perpetual mission to bring life to omitted elements of a former life. Through their series of works, Janberidze and Toloraia try to examine the boundaries between the public and private. Experiencing adolescent years in the 90s - a significant decade of cultural and societal shifts - their work is a narrative of personal experiences of womanhood. By contrasting the new feminine monumental shapes with architectural brutality, Rooms challenges the status quo and also bridges the conventional and contemporary design with a confluence of female energy. The studio’s largest U.S. exhibition to date, Distant Symphony, expands upon this impulse to focus inward. The title is again a chief concern—some of the objects included here were designed during the global pandemic, under a regime of forced isolation that made the studio’s typically collective work process untenable. The pieces shown here are the results of Rooms’ search for a way forward. The first room, an antechamber of sorts, evokes the intimate quality of a private home. Shown here are trinkets and personal effects chosen by Janberidze and Toloraia for their emotive qualities; a low background noise emphasizes the climate of urban domesticity. The ensuing gallery space features highlights of Rooms’ recent design output. Here, the subtle scent of organic materials provides a sensory indication of the atelier’s interest in dichotomies: natural and man-made, personal and collective, local and cosmopolitan.   In light of the global circumstances, Janberidze and Toloraia felt it was especially important to pursue collaborative work. Rooms invited three artists—Shotiko Aptsiauri, Salome Chigalashvili and Mariana Chkonia—to conduct a dialogue and shared design process. As such, this exhibition is a kind of polyphonic meditation on a need for solitude and desire for companionship. The practice of polyphonic singing, essential to Georgian folk culture, is reinterpreted here as a design endeavor. Chigilashvili, working with unprocessed yarn, interpreted folk motifs by adapting embroidery to the scale of furniture with expansive stitches applied to painted boards...