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Tuomas Kuure’s Art-Driven Wooden Furniture

Finnish born designer Tuomas Kuure now resides in Bilbao, Spain where he began handcrafting his unique art-driven pieces of furniture made from wood. While navigating a design’s function, Kuure manages to elevate each piece’s purpose by making it a piece of art and calling it “art furniture“. He works with wood and changes its form with machines and tools, and becomes inspired with it when it doesn’t always turn out exactly as imagined, resulting in happy accidents that give the design its soul. What’s revealed are wood grains, broken pieces, and cracks that give them character.

Trust The Rhythm \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Trust The Rhythm coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Trust The Rhythm \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Trust The Rhythm coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Lethal Experiment \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Lethal Experiment coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Lethal Experiment \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Lethal Experiment coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Lethal Experiment \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Lethal Experiment coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

TAKI183 \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

TAKI183 coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

TAKI183 \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

TAKI183 coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

TAKI183 \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

TAKI183 coffee table \\\ Photo by Vicente Paredes

Casual \\\ Photo by Elisa Vega Ruiz

Casual mirror \\\ Photo by Elisa Vega Ruiz

Casual \\\ Photo by Iranzu Guijarro

Casual mirror \\\ Photo by Iranzu Guijarro

Casual \\\ Photo by Tuomas Kuure

Casual mirror \\\ Photo by Tuomas Kuure

13 Minutes \\\ Photos by Eduardo Acebedo

13 Minutes bar cabinet \\\ Photos by Eduardo Acebedo

13 Minutes \\\ Photos by Eduardo Acebedo

13 Minutes bar cabinet \\\ Photos by Eduardo Acebedo

13 Minutes \\\ Photos by Iranzu Guijarro

13 Minutes bar cabinet \\\ Photos by Iranzu Guijarro

13 Minutes \\\ Photos by Iranzu Guijarro

13 Minutes bar cabinet \\\ Photos by Iranzu Guijarro

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.