Four years ago, Asher Dunn gave vent to his passion for woodworking with Keeseh Woodshop, a workshop to teach to keep alive the craft of this sector. On this basis was born Dunn, an American firm of design and lighting in which the hand of the designer is always guided by natural influences and aesthetics that characterized the mid-20th century modernism. Obvious references looking to the past with nostalgia, but only for the quality of a careful and meticulous production and the use of the finest woods, for the construction of timeless pieces with an actual intrinsic value, as well as emotional. By Michigan, where Dunn is from, the furniture took that emphasis markedly American-made, focused on purity of solid and honest materials, that stimulate the sense of touch and that is perfect for ancient manufacturing techniques. Wood yes, but also the wrought iron of the lamps: they are the work of someone who cares about the manual and personal component each project. A production followed from start to finish to avoid wastage and reuse as more materials as possible, made only with local timber. This young designer, who studied in Rhode Island, is fond of what Americans call “the Ocean State”, letting ocean waves to inspire him: the walnut or white oak wood gives life to furnishings whose shape evokes the organicity of natural forms, such as the Kujira, Japanese for “whale”, which mixes the whale movement with smooth and mild lines of marine rocks and sea glasses. Marine life even behind Sorenthia: a lamp that has its origins from kelp, and how the light penetrate under the sea and in the middle of the marine vegetation, drawing fine and extremely precise lines. Idea followed in Jellyfish, which with its glass globe with gentle curves invokes the liquidity and the elegance of the jellyfish propulsion in the water.
