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Holdon Chronicles
Notes from the atelier, style markers, things seen. A slow read around the detail that is the cabinet handle.
The story of Western furniture rests on a simple idea: repeat a module to build a whole. Ancient colonnades line up the same shaft dozens of times to give rhythm to a facade. The Bauhaus workshops, in the last century, pushed this logic all the way to industrial production: standardize the element to free up the assembly. IKEA's Pax wardrobe is the direct heir of this thinking. A modular cabinet, identical doors repeating across an entire bedroom wall, a system designed to fit any closet. What's missing from this perfect repetition is exactly what no factory can standardize:…
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Over 300 variations in the catalog, silhouettes, patterns, finishes, and sizes to combine freely. Made in Paris.