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Back in 2012 we asked Swiss / Argentinian designer Alfredo Häberli to create a very social table for our collection, to be used in the home and project market. Häberli’ s inspiration came from the tables for the regular visitors of a cafe around 1920. Relaxed atmosphere, oval shape, feet on a footrest bar. A striking element of the STAMMTISCH table is the engineeri...

When we founded our company back in 2006, one of the first pieces in our collection was bookcase Pattern, design Alfredo Häberli. The 'original' execution of the design was magnificent. It was quite a dominant character, could be used easily freestanding and received nearly immediately the 'Best Shelving' award by Wallpaper Magazine. We still have kept this original ...

The Empire bookcases are designed by Swiss / Argentinian designer Alfredo Häberli and among the most iconic pieces in our collection. As a bookcase it has been described as a 'furniture sculpture’. Or meeting with a French journalist from renowned French magazine Le Figaro, it was characterized as 'design pur'. Empire has been exhibited, amongst others, in the Museum...

Jen is originally designed as a dressing table, but very often used as side table or bedside table. It is designed by Marcel Wanders as part of his Beautiful Women family for Quodes, which consists of a mirror with a richly decorated frame and a glass shelf, a small dresser, in two variations, and a storage stool. It signals the return of a type of furniture that has all...

Our Stammtisch table & Stammplatz chair designed by Alfredo Häberli 'at home' in Switzerland! This time for the exhibition Les Espaces du design at an UBS office in Geneva, organised by magazine Espaces Contemporains. The carpet from Ruckstuhl and the light of Astep are also designed by Alfredo Häberli.

Turquoise and white, keep the feeling of summer in the house! We fall really in love with this Satellite cabinet in these colours, designed by the award winning design duo Barber & Osgerby from London. This Satellite cabinet has the following dimensions: length 202,5 height 78,5 depth 47 cm. it is made of lacquered MDF and a metal base (steel and aluminum). This cab...

World-famous Japanese design studio Nendo designed the Collar cabinets for Quodes. The shape of the cabinet fronts is inspired by the Collar of a traditional Japanese shirt. From a distance these cabinets look slender, well-proportioned or even architectural. If you come closer and especially when you look at their profile, the typical Collar edge becomes visible. A subt...

Satellite is a modular cabinet range, designed by Barber Osgerby, offering many different cabinets, among which highly aesthetical solutions for TV and HiFi. See main image. These cabinets offer any combination of flaps and drawers. The cabinets are made of lacquered MDF and the bases are made of aluminum / steel. We offer also models on wooden feet and for wall mount...

The Stone tables are designed by Sylvain Willenz and their typical shape is inspired by 'primitive times'. Made of French Oak and available with length 210 / 240 / 270 / 300 cm or square 120 / 140 cm. Other dimensions / materials / finishes upon request. Stone is a collection of table, chair and barstool. Sylvain Willenz is one of the most influential designe...

Spotlight on the 'Bedside': Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby created subtly beautiful pieces for the spaces where we spend a lot of our time… They like it colourful, such as the image. But you can also take it in timeless white or choose your very personal colour combination. The drawers feature subtly sunken handles and the series evokes something of the feel of the ...

During Design Festival Bern, designer of our Stammplatz chair Alfredo Häberli will present his exhibition ‘Walk the Line’. It shows the bridge between object and drawing, between Alfredo Häberli and Paul Klee. Fascinated by the statement of Paul Klee, ‘drawing is like going for a walk with a pencil’, Häberli discovered that he felt the same. For Alfredo designing in ...

When the London based design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby created the K-shaped base for the Satellite Collection of Quodes, we immediately fell in love. You will observe their typical attention for detail in the design. For instance, if you take a closer look at the round edges of the base, they aren’t just round, they’re perfectly circular. The light and minima...

We’re proud to tell you that the Collar Collection of Quodes will be shown at Venice Design 2017! At the unique location of Palazzo Michiel in the heart of Venice, two of the famous Collar bookcases of Quodes are exhibited. The modular Collar cabinets are designed by Nendo, a Tokyo and Milan based design studio founded by Oki Sato. The metal edges of the cabinet rang...

London based designers duo Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby designed one of our all-time favourites in the Quodes collection: Satellite. This range of cabinets is the perfect tool to spice up your interior with some colour, don’t be afraid, our suggestion: Verdigris! Verdigris is the common name for the colour of oxidized copper and did made a real name for itself. The de...

During Salone del Mobile in Milan, Quodes teamed up with Swiss carpet company Ruckstuhl to show the newest member of the Quodes family: the Stammplatz chair with armrests. Alfredo Häberli was inspired by the traditional wooden chairs, often seen in the Swiss Alps. Endless lines in the shape of the moulded wooden backside of the Stammplatz reflect the characteristic d...

Like the other Quodes furniture this table is a durable object with a soul, fitting into the Quodes philosophy. The STAMMTISCH is a ‘social’ table, inspired by the table for the regular visitor in a cafe. Alfredo Häberli translated this idea for the home and project market. Table tops can be Round, Oval or Rectangular. The maximum length of rectangular / oval mode...

The Bedside Table / Dressboy is part of the architectural and graphical TECA wardrobe program. This range offers wardrobes and chest of drawers with subtle dimensions, lots of colour possibilities including intelligent doors which open over a rail and fold out like a book. Their corpus is carried by a powder-coated plinth. TECA opens infinite possibilities to sol...

It is also possible to create beautiful compositions by choosing several heights. Turning mechanism on request.

Exhibited in several museums This ‘furniture sculpture'' consists of 21 different panels, each with different angles: the mounting and lacquering requires patience and excellent craftsmanship

Wallpaper Magazine chose Pattern as Best Shelving system of the year. It has been exhibited in the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich (Switzerland) and published all around the world including several art books. Pattern has also been exhibited at an IMM exhibition in Cologne about Interior Trends, highlighting the timeless trend of ''joy, experiments and innovation'' by des...

Today, he is an internationally established designer based in Zürich. He manages to unite tradition with innovation, joy and energy in his designs. The Stammtisch is inspired by the table for the regular visitor in a cafe. Alfredo Häberli translated this idea for the home and project market. The edges are not simply vertical, but their angle seems to move outwards...