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The Journal.

Notes on furniture, materials and living, from the studio.

Air Quality Is a Material Choice
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Air Quality Is a Material Choice.

How furniture affects indoor air quality in Dubai, and why Saint Objets builds toxic-free, made-to-order pieces designed…

Disposable Furniture Is Engineered to Expire
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Disposable Furniture Is Engineered to Expire.

What makes furniture collectible, not disposable? Saint Objets on made-to-order French pieces, toxic-free materials and hospitality-grade fabrics…

Comfort Is Decided in the Ratios
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Comfort Is Decided in the Ratios.

Proportion decides whether furniture feels right in a room. Saint Objets, a French studio in Dubai, makes…

Less a Style Than a Discipline
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Less a Style Than a Discipline.

Bring a French studio feel to a Dubai home with Saint Objets: made to order, toxic-free, performance…

Restraint Is an Editing Decision
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Restraint Is an Editing Decision.

French design restraint is the discipline of leaving out. Saint Objets, a Paris-designed studio in Dubai, explains…

Dubai Has Two Lights, Not One
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Dubai Has Two Lights, Not One.

Match upholstery to Dubai's light with Saint Objets: French studio guidance on undertones, sheen and fade-resistant, toxic-free…

Fabric Chosen for the Air It Keeps
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Fabric Chosen for the Air It Keeps.

Low-emission fabrics release fewer airborne compounds indoors. Saint Objets, a French furniture studio in Dubai, specifies toxic-free,…

The Family Sofa Is Built to Be Scrubbed
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The Family Sofa Is Built to Be Scrubbed.

The best sofa fabric for kids and pets is a toxic-free, hospitality-grade performance weave. Saint Objets, French…

Stain Resistance Lives in the Fibre
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Stain Resistance Lives in the Fibre.

Choosing stain-resistant fabric for a family home: how Saint Objets, a French studio in Dubai, specifies toxic-free,…

Linen, Velvet, Boucle: Three Temperaments
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Linen, Velvet, Boucle: Three Temperaments.

Linen, velvet or boucle for upholstery? Saint Objets, a French studio in Dubai, explains texture, wear and…

A Calm Bed Is Not a Busy One
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A Calm Bed Is Not a Busy One.

Style a calm bedroom the Saint Objets way: tonal layers, quiet symmetry, and a made-to-order headboard in…

Every Upholstered Bed Is Timber Under Fabric
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Every Upholstered Bed Is Timber Under Fabric.

An upholstered bed is a fabric-wrapped frame and headboard. Saint Objets makes them to order in Dubai…

Headboard Scale Comes from the Wall
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Headboard Scale Comes from the Wall.

Choose a master bedroom headboard by scale, upholstery and cleanability. Saint Objets designs made-to-order pieces in Dubai,…

Durability Begins Where You Cannot See It
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Durability Begins Where You Cannot See It.

What makes a sofa last for years? Saint Objets builds made-to-order sofas in Dubai on kiln-dried frames,…

Curves Answer Dubai's Straight Lines
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Curves Answer Dubai's Straight Lines.

Curved sofas suit modern Dubai homes: soft geometry, made-to-order forms, toxic-free materials and performance fabrics from Saint…

Velvet Care Begins with the Air Conditioning
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Velvet Care Begins with the Air Conditioning.

Caring for a velvet sofa in Dubai's climate: a French studio guide to pile, sun, humidity and…

Custom and Modular Differ in Origin
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Custom and Modular Differ in Origin.

Custom sofa vs modular sofa, explained by Saint Objets: one is made to your exact brief, the…

Start With the Room, Not the Sofa
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Start With the Room, Not the Sofa.

Choose the right sofa size for a Dubai living room with Saint Objets, a French studio in…

A Villa in Emirates Hills
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A Villa in Emirates Hills.

A villa is furnished room by room, but it should read as one hand. For a private…

Inside a Branded Luxury Hotel, Abu Dhabi
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Inside a Branded Luxury Hotel, Abu Dhabi.

Some commissions begin with a single curve. For a hospitality project, a branded hotel in Abu Dhabi,…

Designing a Calm Bedroom Around the Bed
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Designing a Calm Bedroom Around the Bed.

A calm bedroom is rarely the result of many decisions. It is usually the result of one…

Upholstered Beds: Comfort, Proportion and Materials
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Upholstered Beds: Comfort, Proportion and Materials.

An upholstered bed brings softness and quiet to a room, but its comfort is decided long before…

Bespoke Beds and Headboards: What Made to Order Means
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Bespoke Beds and Headboards: What Made to Order Means.

Made to order is not a finish option, it is a different way of arriving at a…

Size the Bed to the Room
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Size the Bed to the Room.

A mattress comes in standard sizes. A room does not.The bed is what sits between the two:…

The Sofa as the First Decision in a Dubai Home
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The Sofa as the First Decision in a Dubai Home.

In many Dubai homes the living room is the centre of the house: generous in proportion, full…