DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Every piece furniture we create is art. It’s made from raw material we find in the old growth jungles of Indonesia. We unearth it and shape it. The second life of this piece of modern organic furniture lives in your space, giving you warmth and beauty for generations.
- Kayu Indonesia
"Every new piece I find is a blank canvas to me. I see it and look at it for hours sometimes thinking about how I can make something people will like and is an everyday functional piece and still a beautiful art piece. I start drawing lines with the white chalk and stand back, look at it and ask my team if they see something different. Sometimes we will mark it up and wait a few months until we are truly excited about an idea for the raw woods"
Kayu Indonesia's design process is deeply thought-out, extremely detailed, and true to keeping it the centre of timeless functionality.
design purpose
types of wood
TEAK WOOD
jati
From: Java
Color: Medium brown golden
Products: Tables, consoles, seating, objects
Facts: Extremely durable and termite-resistant. The best in the world comes from Central Java where we get ours.
MAHOGANY
mahoni
From: Java
Color: Deep dark red
Products: Tables, consoles, seating, objects
Facts: Hardwood used to make most musical instruments
ROSEWOOD
sonokeling
From: Java
Color: Purple and black with reddish brown
Products: Coffee tables, consoles, objects
Facts: Extremely difficult to harvest and expensive
RAIN TREE
suar
From: Java
Color: Golden to dark brown with yellowish sapwood
Products: Tables, seating, consoles
Facts: Known as monkey pod tree because monkey’s eat the pods of the tree
IRON WOOD
ulin
From: Kalimantan
Color: Brown chocolate
Products: Tables
Facts: So strong, and very heavy, this wood is used for building bridges back in the Dutch era. Resistant to anything.
TAMARIND
tamarind
From: Java
Color: Deep red brown with purple hue
Products: Tables
Facts: Known for its delicious fruit
MERBAU
kwila
From: Papua New Guinea
Color: Darker red brown
Products: Tables, seating
Facts: Extremely durable and termite-resistant. Bark and leaves of this tree are used for traditional medicines in Asia.
