Giona Bierens de Haan's Thorny Furniture Is Inspired by a Tropical Tree

Geneva-based firm Giona Bierens de Haan has unveiled its "CEIBA" collection, a furniture line inspired by the unique thorns of a South American tree. Accompanying the opening exhibition at the Topic gallery, Giona Bierens de Haan enlisted Swiss-Argentinian ceramist Angeles Rodriguez for a collection of ceramics inspired by the same organic textures.On the series, the company said the pieces channel "the surprising forms found in nature, infused with a touch of cartoonish expressivity" in an Inst...