Swiss Made
The studio partners with makers from local Swiss cantons to breathe life into modernist-tinged creations.
Crafted to last
While Switzerland is one of the smallest countries in Europe, Swiss made products are a byword for competence, quality, tradition and a down-to-earth approach—values recognized by the Swiss Label.
The Swiss have a legacy of precision and craft—demanding reliability in everything they do. In their train systems and products, the Swiss design for function but never forget the importance of form.
Every year, the Swiss Label carries out several quality assurance checks to ensure the quality of our products. They require manufacturing to be exclusively in Switzerland for a certain percentage of products and services. This is important because it allows to guarantee that the products and services bearing the label meet the Swiss quality standards.
Collaborative craftsmanship
Central to the studio’s work is collaborating with the community of Swiss makers. A lot of the people that we work with are actually family, friends, or people that have worked with our family before. Those who are not blood relations have become a family through the collaboration of their work, sharing their particular techniques honed over years, even generations.
Sixth-generation metalworker Adalbert Fässler hand-stamps the ornamented brass pulls on the drawers of the dresser and side table; fourth-generation master joiner Urs Mätzler (his craftsmanship is the benchmark by which all other artisans are judged—honesty instilled from the passion and care that can never be replicated in mass manufacturing) creates much of the woodwork; fifth-generation craftsman Thomas Seitz’s family-run workshop produces the candle holder and hardware for the dresser and side table. Second-generation weissküferei Reto Mösli runs a cooperage that turns and hand carve’s the frame for the wall mirror.
Meet the Makers
Responsible Production
Reflecting the simple mountain life led by original Swiss makers, we use only natural, locally available materials, often doing away with nails and screws (the Chalet Bench is engineered to be held only by the position of its legs and its own weight). We favor solid European ash, grown nearby in Eastern Switzerland and only use solid wood. We want to make heirlooms—the idea is that something lasts forever and you hand it down for future generations.
Made to order
While some of the popular pieces, such as the bench, are in regular production, every piece is made to order. This allows for us to administer design tweaks, such as creating a different size or finish. Advocates of slow living, we operate in the same manner we wish our furniture to be enjoyed.
We like to take our time. If something’s not quite working out in that moment, then we’ll just wait until we find the right person, the right thing, the right vibe. We don’t want to make stuff for the sake of making stuff. Each piece has to be special, and we want to make each person happy.
Material Library
