Name: Cove Bed
Brand: Design Within Reach
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“Giving respect to materials and craft is very important,” says Nathan Yong. In the case of the Cove Bed (2017), the Singapore-based designer fully demonstrates his reverence. The inner edges of the headboard, footboard and side rails, for instance, are rounded over rather than squared off. “I wanted to create a bed that’s sturdy but not clunky,” he says, “and to make the mattress seem like it’s ‘tucking into’ the bed frame.” The unadorned profile highlights the beauty of the wood, while the turned-and-tapered bedposts have tops that are subtly cupped. “It’s just a small thing,” he says of the latter. “But then you touch them, and there’s this moment that touches your senses.”

Solid oak or walnut rails, bedposts and footboard.
Turned-and-tapered bedposts.
Ample space beneath the bed.

Cove Bed

Brand

Design Within Reach

Collection

Cove Bedroom

Designer

Nathan Yong

Nathan Yong graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a diploma in Industrial Design in 1991. In 2006 and 2007, He won the prestigious Red Dot Concept Design Award, and in 2008, He received the prestigious Singapore President*s Design Award: Designer of the Year, the highest honor accorded to designers from all creative disciplines in Singapore. His work is inspired by observation of the visual environment, and then challenges the existential questions of the objects. In 2011, He was selected as the most promising Young Designers on the international scene. Nathan is now based in Singapore.