The workshops

9 of them, each setting their own regions, lead times and prices. They build the sofas; we only draw the shapes.

Nordhavn Verksted
Oslo, NO · since 1974

Two workshops on the Oslofjord. Frames in kiln-dried pine, nothing stapled that could be doweled.

4 shapes listed NO SE DK FI
Cascadia Frame Co.
Denver, US · since 2018
Delivers to you

Built for houses with dogs. Removable covers on everything, and they will send you a spare set before you ask.

2 shapes listed US CA
Gower & Sons
Bristol, GB · since 1948

Four generations of frame-makers. Beech, webbing, and a horsehair pad on anything you are willing to wait for.

2 shapes listed GB IE FR BE NL
Halle Neun
Berlin, DE · since 2011

A former tram depot in Wedding. Everything is built to come apart again — they will not sell you a sofa that cannot leave the building.

2 shapes listed DE AT CH NL BE FR DK
Maremma Divani
Florence, IT · since 1961

Third-generation Tuscan upholstery. They still cut foam by hand because the machine gets the corners wrong.

2 shapes listed IT FR DE ES AT CH NL BE
Takumi Zaisu
Kyoto, JP · since 1988

Low-profile seating built to Japanese apartment dimensions. Nothing here is taller than it needs to be.

2 shapes listed JP KR SG AU
Yarra Bench
Melbourne, AU · since 2005

Low, wide and built for heat. Open-weave linens and a frame that does not mind a verandah.

2 shapes listed AU SG KR
Atlas Softworks
Manchester, GB · since 2016

Modular systems designed to be taken apart, moved up a Victorian staircase, and put back together.

1 shape listed GB IE
Kestrel & Rowe
Portland, US · since 2009
Delivers to you

Small-batch Pacific Northwest builds. Every frame is signed on the underside by whoever made it.

1 shape listed US CA