THE DETAILS.

 

Savarind’s work is grounded in a family history of inventors, makers and creatives. The studio’s conceptual sketches return to a particular corner of West Yorkshire, now the Yorkshire Sculpture Park — where the founder’s great grandparents lived and worked.

 

THE Savarind CONCEPT Component Furniture

Savarind designs and makes modular self-assembly furniture in birch plywood and BRIGHT ZINC PLATED steel. Below are questions we’ve been asked about the concept and how it all works.

What is The Savarind Concept?

Furniture built from component parts designed to configure, combine, or reconfigure rather than stay fixed in one form.

What materials does Savarind use?

The furniture is built from FSC formaldehyde-free B/B grade Baltic birch plywood, in both 18mm and 24mm, M16 steel threaded rods with wing nuts and steel corner braces. The shelving is mounted on powder-coated steel brackets. The plywood forms the vertical and horizontal surfaces and the steel is used for fixings and structural connections. 

Where is Savarind furniture made?

The FURNITURE is designed and made in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. The sheet plywood is sourced from the European Union where it is manufactured, made from trees grown in responsibly managed forests. The rods, nuts, bolts, washers AND red powdered coated anchor brackets are all manufactured in Yorkshire, THE CORNER BRACES and the grey London brackets are manufactured in the UK.

How is Savarind furniture made?

The plywood is CNC cut to order locally then finished by hand with Savarind’s organic polish, assembled and flat-packed as a self-assembly design, in our workshop.

The trestles, seating and larger structural components are held together with the M16 rods and wing nuts, whilst the plywood tops and smaller plywood components are pre-fitted with bracketed pin CLAMPs.

We create the pin CLAMPS using opposing pairs of 25mm corner braces, which slide over the pre-drilled plywood to be held in place upon re-assembly using the supplied M4 nuts and bolts. The pieces are sent out with the pin CLAMPS having been pre-assembled and secured with 16mm pan head wood screws.

Steel fixings and components are cut to consistent tolerances so that the furniture is reliable to assemble and, where designed to, combine with other components to form other furniture pieces. Each piece is assembled and checked in the workshop before being flat-packed.

How is Savarind furniture packaged and shipped?

The pieces are flat-packed in straw, with instructions (and hanging templates for the SHELVES AND pigeon holes), in sleeved recycled cardboard boxes, before being shipped. Shipping Is Charged According To Weight And Dimension. Shipping to mainland UK Is Calculated At Checkout.

How long does an order take?

There is a current lead time of 6 weeks on UK mainland deliveries.

We welcome overseas enquiries and fulfil orders wherever possible. Non mainland UK and international shipping costs and lead times are calculated on an individual basis.

HOW IS THE FURNITURE modular?

There are various sizes and configurations available. We have curated a library of our components. The SAVARIND Concept Components Manifest ©2026. The relevant components used to create each piece of furniture are listed, along with alternative configurations, within the description and additional details sections of each product offered in the Emporium. 

What is A Is for ART?

A is for ART is Savarind’s defining trestle table. A stands for A-frame and also Arthur, who was a tailor. The table is sold in two variants: A is for ART. I with a B/B grade 24mm birch plywood top + 18mm ply rails (£2,700), and A is for ART. II with a 10mm clear toughened glass top + 24mm ply rails (£2,988). Both TABLES ARE DESIGNED WITH 18mm plywood trestle bases for self-assembly using M16 steel threaded rods and wing nuts. The tables seat 6–8. 

What finish is used on the plywood?

SAVARIND LYRICAL wax. An AROMATIC PLYWOOD FURNITURE FORMULA – BEESWAX & BOTANICAL INGREDIENTS – GUM rosin, RAW linseed OIL, rosemary & MYRRH ESSENTIAL OILS. WE applY 2 COATS by hand — a proprietary house finish which CONDITIONS THE PLYWOOD AND hardenS TO leavE a protective shimmer. 180ml AMBER GLASS JARS OF SAVARIND LYRICAL WAX CAN BE BOUGHT ON THE WEBSITE.

WHERE DOES THE FURNITURE BELONG? 

The SAVARIND Concept’s work belongs wherever a space asks to be lived. The furniture doesn’t announce where it should exist. The work is designed to evolve. to be experienced and re-experienced.

How do I order from Savarind?

The furniture can be browsed and bought in the Emporium, RECENT PIECES ARE added to LATEST WORK and product launches are announced in the Editorial. For custom orders or if you have any more questions please do get in touch with us via the Connect page. 

 

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