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Julian\u2019s design language draws on emotion, craft and use. He notices the curve of a walnut edge, the cool temperament of marble, the way leather softens at the underside of an armrest and the proportions a dining table needs to feel generous inside a four-room HDB flat. He pursues the small decisions that determine whether a piece belongs naturally in daily life, rather than decorative flourish for its own sake.<\/p>\n
Commune\u2019s best work shows that rigour plainly: solid wood, considered joinery and careful finishing. Yet Julian pushes against the idea that good design should be reserved for larger private homes. He sees a larger opportunity in Singapore\u2019s HDB households \u2013 design-aware owners who want furniture with character, intelligence and longevity, without the intimidation of luxury pricing.<\/p>\n
He draws on IKEA\u2019s discipline: how to make considered design attainable through careful sourcing, efficient production and clarity of purpose, while reaching for something with more material honesty. Customers may not always name the difference between walnut and rubber wood, but they understand proportion, comfort and finish. Julian\u2019s task is to decide where material generosity matters, where the hand should remain visible and where restraint can make quality more democratic.<\/p>\n
The most evocative idea on his horizon returns him to sound. Because Koda once made speaker cabinets, Julian is exploring furniture-adjacent speakers and audio objects in quality wood, holding them to the same standard he applies to tables, chairs and sofas. He is sourcing components, considering proportions and making drawings. The work is early, but the gesture is compelling. In a single object, cabinetry, light and sound might converge. The grandson would return to his grandfather\u2019s material world, not through nostalgia, but through a vision of the contemporary Asian home in which design is seen, touched, lived with and heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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