METHOD X DENHAM -JOURNEYMAN

Way back before we had a real website (all of two-and-a-half years ago) we blogspotted about our Made in England denim and leather bags.  In that early posting we rhapsodized about the ingenuity of early luggage design with descriptions of Louis Vuitton's pioneering innovations.  Flash forward to the present day and we're now proud that our own modest approach to modern utility design caught the attention of the fledgling luxury furniture maker, Method Design in Scotland.

The respect between the design team at Denham and the team at Method was mutual from the onset.  We rant on and on about "worshipping tradition while destroying convention" while Callum Robinson and Marisa Giannasi had been busy crafting their own design concept based on exactly the same creative ethos.  Honestly we didn't contribute that much to the project beyond cheering Callum and Marisa on from the sidelines as they undertook some 300+ hours of pure craft creation to realize our combined vision.  The result speaks for itself.

A collusion encapsulating the Denham ethos and detail-rich approach to design, in the Method style. Bringing together traditional and innovative elements to create an utterly unique piece of luxury furniture

• A solid ash skeletal framework - echoing the birch bark canoe or bi- plane wing structure – for lightness and flexibility.
• Gently curved grain feature carefully divined for superior rib strength.
• Held together with over 200 interconnected traditional joints
• Skinned in virtually weightless 1.5mm birch
• Knitted to the rib structure with over 150 hand-Japanned, custom engineering fixings. (With every head meticulously lined up)
• The Journeyman’s innovative inward curving form allows only the outward edges to ever touch the ground – these are covered in locally hand-stitched leather.
• Moved around with thick, hand-cut leather handles and locked with beautifully contrasting, industrial case fittings.
• Internally, the left side of the Journeyman contains a generous garment hanging space, sealed in from the elements by a handcrafted flysheet of the finest Japanese selvedge denim, detailed with re-cut vintage leather.

Unlocking the intricately hand-carved drop-down work surface reveals the true secrets of the Journeyman

• An elegant column of carousels - all carved from the same piece of solid ash – swivel out to reveal spare buttons, rivets, thread spools etc.
• Over 50 hand-cut leather discs fasten a webbing of straps to safely secure the tools of the jeanmakers trade.
• Wire-whipped vertical shock cords weave the solid ash shelving together, creating a virtually weightless securing method for garments, while custom steel dogs and unique tapered ash plugs literally stitch the shelves into place

Method Furniture will be premiering the DENHAM X METHOD "JOURNEYMAN" (a Steamer Trunk for a Jeanmaker) at the 100% Design Exhibition in Earls Court in London September 22-25.  Stop by and see it along with their other sublime work if you're in the neighborhood.