5 Brands Helping Us Fall in Love with Rattan
Rattan is not new to the modern furniture market. Making its appearance in some of the most iconic pieces of Mid-Century furniture, rattan stole hearts for many decades. But, like most timeless materials and design aesthetics, rattan continues to inspire and captivate the minds of design enthusiasts and casual home decorators alike. A natural, versatile material, rattan can bend and weave its way into a variety of furniture pieces, effortlessly slipping into any room of the modern home. To help us all fall in love with rattan again, here are five brands keeping the tradition and craftsmanship of rattan alive.
Feelgood Designs
Placing humans and their comfort at the heart of everything they do, Feelgood Designs creates timeless designs through collaboration with designers dedicated to creating feel-good environments. When people feel good, they tend to thrive, driving Feelgood Designs to return to natural materials that can live in harmony with the human experience. Through their use of rattan, Feelgood produces high quality, lasting, comfortable outdoor pieces that bring people together to feel good—together!
Snug Rattan Lounge Chair
Inspired by the plush and casual nature of the bean bag chair, the Snug Rattan Lounge Chair elevates the concept and uses rattan to achieve the unmistakable curvature of a chair designed for relaxing.
C603 Outdoor Bar Stool
Originally designed in 1958, the C603 Outdoor Bar Stool holds its own to this day. Featuring a woven rattan seat and a powder-coated steel base, the C603 Outdoor Bar Stool achieves a classy and elegant silhouette that looks comfortable in both domestic and commercial spaces.
Basket Rattan Dining Chair
A product of 1951 design inclinations, the award-winning Basket Rattan Dining Chair has earned its place in the Museum of Modern Art, while maintaining its authentic expressions and humility that makes it an outdoor dining favorite. Stackable with an ergonomically woven basket seat, the Basket Rattan Dining Chair makes life easy and invites the user to sit and stay a while.
Sika
In 1942, Sika founder Ankjær Andreasen probably didn’t realize just how far or influential the Sika name would go and become. Starting with smaller products like baskets, the Sika name has since grown to a diverse collection of outdoor wicker and rattan furniture—including the iconic Renoir Rattan Hanging Chair. Sika’s design partners have mastered harnessing the power of the natural rattan and turning it into breathtaking masterpieces that grace homes with honest, authentic, and enchantingly organic forms.
Franco Albini Frattelino Trolley
Packed with an old world charm and clever decorative filigree, the Franco Albini Frattelino Trolley serves many purposes. The lightweight rattan and brass castors makes it easy to move the Franco Albini Frattelino Trolley from beside the lounge chair to the center of the room for hors d'oeuvres, to the side of wall as a drink cart.
Robert Chair
Proving not only the beauty but the versatility of rattan, the Robert Chair captures the imagination with its romantic curves, welcoming openness, and distinguished silhouette. Designed by Robert Wengler—a rattan pioneer—the Robert Chair reimagines everything an elegant lounge chair can be.
Marie Side Chair
Open, honest, and charming, the Marie Side Chair introduces a sophistication to any outdoor seating arrangement, simultaneously fulfilling the purpose of seat of honor and dining chair for all. Accompanied by a cushion, the Marie Side Chair makes itself known while demurely complementing any modern dining experience.
Gubi
Carefully curating their catalogue of design giants, Gubi has placed itself at the epicenter of modern design. Pulling from the creative minds of the Mid-Century era while collaborating with today’s brightest and boldest, Gubi’s collection of rattan furnishings and other eclectic pieces has captured the spirit and timelessness of modern design, introducing it to a whole new generation (and hopefully generations to come).
Basket Sofa
Transforming traditional basket-weaving techniques into an unforgettable sofa composition, the Basket Sofa opens the door to refined, modern, and visionary living room aesthetics. Coupling the basket weave with velvety upholstery and distinctly Mid-Century silhouettes, the Basket Sofa adds a signature elegance to organic expressions.
Ferm LIVING
Together, the team at ferm LIVING marries Scandinavian traditions with their own expansive experiences and multidisciplinary expertise to realize the company’s grounded, authentic values through holistic techniques. Based in Copenhagen, ferm LIVING blends the past, present, and future, in their synergetic approach to design, focusing on composing furniture, lighting, and accessory collections that celebrate the unexpected, remain true to traditional functionality, and create comfortable and composed atmospheres in every room.
Dollhouse Furniture
Just like all aspects of good design, rattan is for everyone. Ferm LIVING’s rattan Dollhouse Furniture is no exception to the rule, bringing the artistry and simple beauty of rattan into the playroom, and introducing the next generation to the possibilities and versatility of rattan.
Weave Trivets
Gorgeous, durable rattan is woven into rings to create the Weave Trivets. Organic in their expressions and endless in their uses, the Weave Trivets can protect the tabletop from hot items, sit on the sideboard as decorative pieces, or at height to centerpiece displays.
Porti Braided Lamp
Allowing just the right amount of warm, inviting light through, rattan transforms the traditional table or floor lamp into an enchanting artisan light. The Porti Braided Lamp makes the rattan the primary feature, pairing it with a modest metal framework that ensure the whole composition is lightweight to be easily moved where it is needed most.
Cane Line
Cane Line cleverly combines natural, innovative materials, to curate an eco-conscious, authentic, and versatile collection of timeless outdoor pieces meant to breathe their vision of comfort for all into outdoor spaces. Crafting environments as much as furniture, Cane Line’s collection of rattan outdoor furniture fosters a relaxing atmosphere and modern aesthetic unmatched by other contemporary brands.
Nest Indoor Round Chair
The wide and open weave of the Nest Indoor Round Chair is carefully spun around the solid base, creating the egg-shape that invites the user to nestle in. Ingenuity and beauty, as well as endless comfort are paired to make the Nest Indoor Round Chair the envy of the room.
Climb Ladder
The minimalist Climb Ladder expands the definition of storage. The perfect way to both display blankets or towels and keep them organized, the Climb Ladder can be set against a wall in the hallway, bedroom, bathroom, living room, or office.
Curve Indoor Lounge Chair
Standing as an exemplar of everything rattan can do, the Curve Indoor Lounge Chair shows off the ingenuity of the designer with its curved legs and ergonomically shaped seat. Set at a comfortable recline the Curve Indoor Lounge Chair will be the coveted seat in the living room.
