Ticket Collectible

In a world increasingly driven by the synthetic and the ephemeral, Grain & Gesture brings us back to something elemental — wood. This exhibition is a celebration of design furniture made solely and exclusively from wood, showcasing the enduring power of a material that has shaped our environments, our histories, and our imaginations for millennia.

Each piece on display is a study in material honesty — revealing how wood, in its varied species and textures, speaks through design. From the dense, quiet gravity of walnut to the open warmth of ash, the exhibition explores wood’s capacity to embody both structure and soul. It is a material that remembers: each knot, grain, and crack a record of time, growth, and place.

But wood is not just a bearer of memory — it is also an invitation to touch, to engage, to feel. Designers in this show have worked with and against the grain, carving, bending, joining, and polishing with a reverence for the living nature of the material. There is tension here — between wildness and control, form and function — and within that tension lies the essence of craft.

Grain & Gesture is not a nostalgic return to traditional making, but a contemporary meditation on how wood continues to shape the future of design. In a time of impermanence, these works stand firm — grounded, breathing, alive.

Welcome to an exhibition where furniture is not just made — it is grown, remembered, and reimagined.