TOEI at Madrid Design Festival 2023, ft. Álvaro Catalán.

TOEI

Slow furniture for Fast Change

Töei was created as a response to the fast pace of urban life, embracing the Slow Movement and inspired by organic forms like the Chinese lantern fruit. This modular wooden refuge invites people to pause, breathe, and reconnect with nature in the middle of the city.

A space to stop, sit, and breathe.

Selected by AHEC and showcased at the Madrid Design Festival 2023, the piece features an enveloping form with four seats and four access points, creating a space that invites rest, reflection, and renewal in the heart of the city.

  • Töei was created in response to the fast pace of urban life.

    A space to stop, sit, and breathe.

    A wooden refuge with organic shapes that invites the body to reconnect with nature, even in the middle of the asphalt.

  • Inspired by the fruit of the Chinese lantern, the design combines symmetry and envelopment.

    Its modules allow you to create a protective circle, open and accessible, where every gesture—sitting, looking, talking—becomes part of the whole.

  • Tulipwood, translucent fabric, hidden joints: each material was chosen to convey lightness, warmth, and honesty.

    It is an object that speaks of sustainability, inclusion, and the time needed to do things right.

Sketch of a person sitting in a 360-degree rotating chair with annotations for different views and features, including a close-up of the chair's headrest labeled 'TOEIL' and notes about the chair's structure and adjustable parts.
Modern wooden chair with an abstract geometric wooden frame, and a white seat, placed against a plain white background.
Close-up of a wooden chair with a light-colored cushion and a woven backrest, set against a plain white background.
Four people sitting on modern wooden and fabric chairs in an art installation against a plain white background.
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