The project was created in cooperation with the traditional company TON and craftsmen in Bohemian Forrest. My thought was to preserve the traditional spirit of TON´s DNA, Czech craftsmanship and combine it with the danish minimalist attitude to design.


The Fénix collection is consisted of a chair, an armchair and a bar stool. 

The inspiration for my master project was the model IRONICA, one of the TON´s bestsellers for decades. The chair has very typical pure lines and it is made from beach wood with hand-smoothed bars holding the bent backrest.
The shape of the wooden chairs is the result of the rediscovery of a special manual wood-bending technique that has been maintained by the Czech collaborative partner TON. 
By developing the signature bending technique I pushed the shape  of bended chairs and tried to move the features of this unique technique further more. 

By special surface treatment every single chair is an original piece of
Bohemian craftsmanship.Two pieces of the collection are burned by a flame in a gradient to create a link to craftsmen, specifically a blacksmith. 
The light beech wood and burned coal creates together very strong contrast, yet through a gradient among it meets in an unique connection. 

During every project I try to be part of the whole process from very beggining till the end of the project. I believe that is the way how to understand the techniques, materials and procedures necessary for successfull manufacture of any product.
I learned how to make chairs from the scratch, so I managed to manufacture The Fénix collection in the workshop.