Material Studies
Explorations in timber, resin and form.
Material Studies document exploratory work undertaken in the INSIGNI studio where furniture-level discipline is applied beyond traditional furniture.
Some investigations lead to finished objects or architectural elements. Others remain simply as studies in material behaviour, proportion, or process.
Together they form a record of how ideas develop before becoming part of the INSIGNI collection.
Two naturally varied ash slabs were resolved as a single horizontal field before being cut into four doors. Grain, colour variation, and resin infill ignore door boundaries, allowing the timber to read as one continuous form.
This study examines how furniture-level discipline can extend into fixed elements when the material and setting justify it.
Resin within INSIGNI work is rarely used as a dominant visual feature.
Instead it is introduced with restraint to stabilise natural voids, knots, and fissures within the timber.
The objective is not to obscure the wood, but to allow light to pass through the resin while retaining the depth and structure of the grain beneath.
This study explores how dilution levels influence that balance.
Study I Slab-Led doors
