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Saint Objets · Journal

The Journal.

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

Upholstery Is the Part You Touch Every Day
Journal · Journal

Upholstery Is the Part You Touch Every Day.

Upholstery is the part of a sofa you touch every day. It is also the decision most…

Designing a Living Room Around One Defining Piece
Journal · Journal

Designing a Living Room Around One Defining Piece.

Most rooms are decorated from the outside in: paint, then accessories, then furniture squeezed into what is…

Bespoke or Ready-Made: Choosing the Right Sofa for Your Home
Journal · Journal

Bespoke or Ready-Made: Choosing the Right Sofa for Your Home.

A sofa can arrive finished, or it can be drawn. What separates the two is where the…

Comfort Is Architecture, Not Softness
Journal · Journal

Comfort Is Architecture, Not Softness.

Comfort is not softness. A sofa that feels right is an architecture: proportion, support and posture resolved…

From Sketch to Upholstery: How a Bespoke Sofa Is Developed
Journal · Journal

From Sketch to Upholstery: How a Bespoke Sofa Is Developed.

A bespoke sofa is not a product pulled from a catalogue. It is developed in a sequence,…

How a Curved Sofa Changes a Room
Journal · Journal

How a Curved Sofa Changes a Room.

A curved sofa is a spatial decision before it is a style. Where a straight sofa draws…

Designed in Paris, Crafted in the Emirates
Journal · Vision

Designed in Paris, Crafted in the Emirates.

Saint Objets is a French furniture studio in Dubai. The idea is simple. Furniture should be drawn…

A Residence at Emaar Beachfront
Journal · Projects

A Residence at Emaar Beachfront.

A home on the water asks for light furniture with weight. For a residence at Emaar Beachfront,…

One Sofa Leads, the Room Follows
Journal · Design Guide

One Sofa Leads, the Room Follows.

Scale, silence, palette, rug, lighting, how to build a refined Dubai living room around one sofa that…

Collectible Furniture Is a Work, Not a Product
Journal · Collectible

Collectible Furniture Is a Work, Not a Product.

Why the most refined Dubai interiors are built around fewer, stronger objects, and why collectible furniture is…

Fabric Decides How a Sofa Ages
Journal · Dubai Interiors

Fabric Decides How a Sofa Ages.

From boucle to velvet to chenille, a Saint Objets guide to choosing the right sofa fabric for…

Ready-Made Furniture Is Finished Before You Ask
Journal · Bespoke

Ready-Made Furniture Is Finished Before You Ask.

Ready made and made to order in Dubai. Two methods, described. Drawn in Paris, built in the…

The Room Chooses the Sofa
Journal · Journal

The Room Chooses the Sofa.

Four sofas. Four ways to choose well in Dubai. A Saint Objets edit of the pieces that…