Journal

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Notes from the workshop on material, making, and configuring metal furniture to fit your space. Written by the people who build it in Slovakia.

ATYP steel pieces in the full powder coat palette, showing the lasting matte finish

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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Macro detail of an ATYP screw mounted steel wall hook

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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Close detail of an ATYP powder coated steel wall hook for a small bathroom

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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Steel pieces from the ATYP workshop in Slovakia, photographed together

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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ATYP pieces cut from 3 mm cold rolled steel, grouped in the workshop studio

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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Durable powder coated ATYP steel pieces in several finishes, studio flat lay

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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Five ATYP powder coated steel pieces arranged for a modern room, studio flat lay

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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