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Inspiration
Notes from the workshop on material, making, and configuring metal furniture to fit your space. Written by the people who build it in Slovakia.
Powder-Coated Steel Furniture: What It Is and Why It Will Last
Powder-coated steel is dry pigment fused to bare metal under heat, forming a hard polymer shell that resists humidity and scratches far better than...
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Adhesive vs Screw Wall Hook: Which Mounting Method Holds More
TL;DR: Adhesive wall hooks top out around 7 kg in real conditions, and far less in a humid bathroom. A screw into a timber...
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Wall Hooks for a Small Bathroom: How to Choose the Right Ones
TL;DR. In a bathroom under 6 m², a single well-placed hook does more work than a full towel bar. Load and mount come first....
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Studio Visit: Inside the ATYP Workshop in Slovakia
TL;DR: ATYP is a Slovak furniture workshop in Slovakia, a town of about 15,800 people in Slovakia's Trenčín region. The whole production loop sits...
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Cold-Rolled Steel Furniture: Why ATYP Builds Every Piece at 3 mm
TL;DR: ATYP builds every shelf, hook, and bracket in our catalogue from 3 mm cold-rolled steel, specifically EN 10130 DC01 plate. We picked it...
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Powder Coated Steel Outdoors and in Wet Rooms: What It Handles
TL;DR: Powder coated steel shrugs off humidity, splash, and steam, which is why it belongs in bathrooms and kitchens. Outdoors is a harder test:...
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Styling Black Steel Shelves and Hooks, Room by Room
Easy tips to make your home feel modern, clean, and organized using simple design principles and functional storage.
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