Slide Show: Codor Design
SLIDESHOW: Codor Design. Says the namesake designer: ‘My goal is to create a design house that keeps putting out new designs as long as we exist. We are not interested in mass manufacturing and getting things done cheaply. We are interested in trying new things, finding new materials, and expanding into more avenues of design.’
Codor and design partner Sterling Voss have secured a gorgeous space in Pioneer Square with massive ceilings and tons of history. They plan to open it as a showroom, design event space, gallery, and more in the fall.
Codor: ‘I am attracted to the improbable in design. Stripping a piece of furniture down to its barest elements, making it float and in an elegant way, having heavy objects suspended on impossibly thin legs. This intrigues me. I love that it is possible to stand an elephant on just the right amount of toothpicks. I had a number of pieces that manufacturers have told me were impossible to make, but these designs come from a design team that has tried to tan our own hides, and has reinvented the wheel at every turn, so that is no excuse.’
Codor Design’s chairs use reclaimed wood; many of the other pieces also use American sustainably sourced wood. Codor says ‘Metal happens to be 99% recycled, so that’s good.’ This particular chair is available at NuBe Green.
Codor Design is sold at deringhall.com and on codordesign.com At the moment they are also represented in Chicago by Atelier Gary Lee, and in High Falls, New York by Nectar Imports.
The designer does interiors also—including, of course, her own. This is her first loft.
Codor: ‘It was a big open space and a fun challenge to divide into different spaces while keeping the open airy feeling. I love ceiling-to-floor dramatic curtains, and, because they were sheers, the light played through them while still creating a space separation. I think because of my background in classical painting and set design, I see everything as a challenge of composition. It is not as important that things are of the same genre, material, or time period, as long as they fit and create a composition that is interesting to me. While comfort is important, I think people feel intrinsically comfortable when their actual body fits in the composition.’