Layer Collection

A minimalist yet unique expressive furniture piece that can stand alone or along a wall. A refined storage cabinet crafted with a distinctive design poetry. The exact form is underlined by the exposed grain of the oak veneer set in horisontal and vertical patterned shapes. The geometrically exposed slits does away with any handles and reveals the hidden gems inside.

Layer Collection by Mathieu Gustafsson presents a subtle play with geometries, all in a single piece of furniture. Not entirely open, not completely closed. Is it a little gnome peeping out, or is it a valuable piece of ceramics?

The exact form and the exposed grain of the oak veneer set in horizontal and vertical patterns shape a distinct elegance with a minimalist take. And sure enough, there will always be a need to hide away kitchenware, treasured books, and valuables. Layer transforms otherwise simple storage into a valuable cabinet endowed with a distinct character. The graphic expression will grant a precious addition to a home, an office, a hotel lobby, and a restaurant. Layer has been meticulously crafted with a penchant for voluminosity, dynamics, and rhythm. No handles cluttering the surface, just use the small openings to slide it open or shut.

admits Mathieu Gustafsson. But if the form is reduced, the sliced veneer and its placement does accentuate surfaces and directions. The half-closed slots give a hint on what is inside."

Revealing and hiding, Layer excels in exact proportions with the whole base structure built out of massive oak.

In a world of constant scrolling, Layer asks to be touched, opened, explored. With clean lines and real weight, it's a design that rewards curiosity rather than a swipe. An analog design calling out for the real world. With clean lines, lightness, and solidity, Layer is both an homage to the past and a leap into the future. By reinterpreting a known typology, Mathieu Gustafsson manages to create a contemporary yet timeless sensibility.

"What is in my cabinet at home? I try to reduce the clutter, but I have lots of models and prototypes that I want to keep but are better stowed away. And every time I go back to France I shop for antique French ceramics and rare advertising objects like a clock in the shape of a Bayonne ham that would sit on top of a butcher’s shelf. The openings will trigger your curiosity to explore what is inside."

Layer is a distant cousin to Mathieu Gustafsson’s earlier cabinet Air and amplify Design House Stockholm’s offer of storage with a distinctive design character.

"You need beautiful cabinets to store your porcelain, linen, books," says Anders Färdig, founder of Design House Stockholm. "It is a furniture piece that will give a distinct uniqueness to any room. Layer can stand all by itself with its back exposed at home, in an office, as well a in any public place."