ORCHID EDITION - TRAVERSE rattan bench

Designed by ACAL studio (Amandine Chhor and Aïssa Logerot) for KOK maison and Orchid Edition, the Traverse rattan bench combines contemporary lines with ancestral manufacturing techniques. By replacing the numerous bindings and arches usually to be seen on rattan seats , with simple metal braces, ACAL makes the TRAVERSE aerial, yet rich of gracious curves.The "french canework" seat mat, a technique developed in the 18th century, will add transparency and a pinch of classicism.

Versatile, mobile, the TRAVERSE rattan bench will find its place in an entrance hall to store your bag or take off your shoes, as a bed end, in the living room as a side table or as an occasional seat.

"In the designs proposed by the ACAL studio, it is the lightness that has won me over. Nothing is too much, everything is in its right place. The canes are linked by a set of curves without embellishment. The combination of rattan and metal avoids the need to add rattan, which is often necessary to make the structure solid. And the French webbing pattern adds transparency.

A bench is always a small piece of furniture that finds its place in many places in the house. In the hallway to put down bags or to sit on to put on your shoes. At the end of the bed to put down emergency blankets, our pile of must-read books. In front of the fireplace, around the sofa. An essential item: versatile, mobile."  Tina Ledi