Copenhagen

A unique seating series born from heritage craft – combining joinery and weaving.

The Sahin seating series received the Estonian Design Awards (BRUNO) 2024 life environment prize.

House of Pärnamets studio is rethinking how seating can be made—slower, more sustainable, and hands-on. Their seating series Sahin uses old and clever green woodworking method where you take advantages of green wood, both in the processing, bending and in structural connection of wet and dry detail as a joint. In this connection, moisture is transferred from wet wood to dry, which swells in the joint socket and creates an extremely strong and durable bond, with no need for artifical glues or screws. The backrest of the dining chair is steambent from fresh solid ashwood. The seating pad is handweaved from the durable and natural paper cord. With the Sahin series, we explore alternative ways of sustainable master-based small production. Sahin series consists of stool, bench, swing, counter stool and dining chair.

Alongside making, they host stool-making courses to share skills and keep traditional craft alive in a contemporary way.