Antibes Handwoven Leather and Rattan Tissue Box

Antibes Handwoven Leather and Rattan Tissue BoxGiobagnara has been building on its leather know how since 1939, and here to highlight this is the Antibes tissue box. It shows that a seemingly simple piece can become something else entirely under this makers command in this case, an everyday tissue box becomes an object of art through handwoven leather and rattan.

This 1952 design by Carl Auböck II is still being produced today at the family workshop in Vienna

Today they’re produced by his namesakes

we see a classic chess set receive the signature treatment

this vase is perfect for lending a poetic

making the set-up and pack-away processes as seamless as can be

While beauty is often associated with perfect symmetry

sure to elevate your afternoon tea set-up

revealing the individual hand of each ceramicist

Nick Plant begins each of these exclusive backgammon boards with a wood base and hand-tools the soft leather shapes to a distinctive colour palette

A Filo Goto is made by skilled Murano maestros using a 13th-century lampworking technique

To create its signature ultra-thin muslin glass

Carl Auböck’s designs for Ostovics are all driven by two things: beautiful forms and outstanding function