Thomas Schnur

Thomas Schnur, born in 1983, lives and works in Cologne. After an apprenticeship as a carpenter, he studied design in Aachen .

He then worked for well-known designers such as Mathieu Lehanneur and pursued his studies at the École Supérieure d’Art et Design in Saint Étienne. 

His work has been exhibited at numerous fairs including IMM Cologne, Maison&Objets Paris, the Milan Furniture Fair, ICFF New York and BODW Hong Kong. 

He was preselected the best hope for design by the German Design Council. 

There are many objects produced in the forests and villages with raw tree trunks.

Usually, the basic shapes of these creations serve a practical purpose. In our industrialised societies, these objects from the forest appear particularly raw and solid, but also totally suited, even idyllic.

Their structure, the type of transformation, even the symbolic reach of these objects, has been the source for development of the Forest Chair. 

DOC chestnut chair, 45x35x h 85cm