01 / Featured object
Readymade Japan epoxy rainbow chair
Readymade Japan epoxy rainbow chair
A quiet object from the Mosaïque furniture department, selected for the designer’s balance between useful structure, material restraint and domestic presence. The piece reads less like decoration than a small argument for how a room should move.
02 / Collection
Furniture
Furniture
Furniture
A rotating collection of chairs, tables, storage and domestic objects selected for material memory, useful form and room-scale presence.
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archive / modular systems
USM Haller
Designed in Switzerland in the 1960s by architect Fritz Haller and engineer Paul Schärer, USM Haller transformed modular furniture into an architectural system. Built from precision-engineered steel tubes, chrome-plated connectors and interchangeable panels, every piece is designed to evolve rather than be replaced. More than furniture, USM represents a philosophy of longevity, adaptability and timeless design—qualities that continue to influence homes, studios, galleries and museums around the world.
Swiss Quality
Precision manufacturing and exceptional craftsmanship.
Modularity
Furniture that can be endlessly reconfigured as life changes.
Longevity
Designed to last for generations instead of seasons.
Archival film
George Nakashima — the workshop, on film
04 / Maker essay
George Nakashima
Nakashima saw his designs as living organisms.
George Nakashima didn’t believe that he was just producing furniture. He recognized that the wood he worked with had been alive and had a history when it was a tree, and he wanted to respect and honor that life-spirit in his finished pieces. He worked only with solid wood in his studio — “the body through which we search for a tree’s soul.”
Nakashima prioritized craftsmanship
Nakashima viewed his role in the process as bringing new life to the wood by working with it and turning it into a new form. He strove to lovingly and worshipfully tell each piece of wood’s story by expressing its inherent beauty. He worked with its grain and shape and condition to find the form that most appropriately fit that piece of wood and expressed its unique character and history.
To do this, Nakashima believed, required a true craftsperson, as a designer must be connected to their own spirit in order to connect with the material’s spirit and work with it to produce a true, one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
He believed it took a lifetime to master his craft, and that that process was inherently spiritual as much as it was technical.
mosaique
A curatorial practice exploring objects, music and memory.
Lange Lozanastraat 9
2018 Antwerp
Belgium
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© 2026 mosaique
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A quiet object from the Mosaïque furniture department, selected for the designer’s balance between useful structure, material restraint and domestic presence. The piece reads less like decoration than a small argument for how a room should move.
George Nakashima
Nakashima saw his designs as living organisms
George Nakashima didn’t believe that he was just producing furniture. He recognized that the wood he worked with had been alive and had a history when it was a tree, and he wanted to respect and honor that life-spirit in his finished pieces. Nakashima only worked with solid wood in his studio's work, “the body through which we search for a tree’s soul.”
Nakashima prioritized craftsmanship
Nakashima viewed his role in the process as bringing new life to the wood by working with it and turning it into a new form. He strove to lovingly and worshipfully tell each piece of wood’s story by expressing its inherent beauty. He worked with its grain and shape and condition to find the form that most appropriately fit that piece of wood and expressed its unique character and history.
To do this, Nakashima believed, required a true craftsperson, as a designer must be connected to their own spirit in order to connect with the materials’ spirit and work with it to produce a true one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
He believed it took a lifetime to master his craft, and that that process was inherently spiritual as much as it was technical.
archive / modular systems
USM Haller
Designed in Switzerland in the 1960s by architect Fritz Haller and engineer Paul Schärer, USM Haller transformed modular furniture into an architectural system. Built from precision-engineered steel tubes, chrome-plated connectors and interchangeable panels, every piece is designed to evolve rather than be replaced. More than furniture, USM represents a philosophy of longevity, adaptability and timeless design—qualities that continue to influence homes, studios, galleries and museums around the world.
Swiss Quality
Precision manufacturing and exceptional craftsmanship.
Modularity
Furniture that can be endlessly reconfigured as life changes.
Longevity
Designed to last for generations instead of seasons.
mosaique
A curatorial practice exploring objects, music and memory.
Lange Lozanastraat 9
2018 Antwerp
Belgium
Discogs
Spotify
By appointment only
© 2026 mosaique