Bespoke Furniture by Bokja
on 27/1/11
The Trend Boutique feel the furniture designs of Bokja fit perfectly with a number of the trends we are talking about for Autumn Winter 2011-12, such as "Intense Folk", alongside the idea of celebrating "Heritage" and "Craftsmanship". We also like the re-working of classic designs by incorporating their colourful patchwork fabrics.
The company name "Bokja" comes from the Turkish word to describe an intricately worked fabric created to cover a bride’s dowry. Lebanese designers Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri bring a similar passion for detail and history to the furniture which they create under the same name.
Bokja Swing - Bokja
Baroudi and Hibri source their furniture designs from the 50s, 60s and 70s, unearthed in Beirut’s flea-markets and antique dealerships. They then cover them with exuberant tapestries and textiles from the Levant and the legendary Silk Road countries of Central Asia. Combining ancient culture with re-purposed modern design, Bokja are creating one-of-a-kind pieces that offer an explosion of colour, pattern and a richly textured sense of history.
Eames a la Bokja - Bokja
Bokja Co-Founder, Hoda Baroudi, explains, “the installation concept is meant to express the feeling of how “each piece of hand-made fabric that Bokja come across carries with it the attached stories and memories of the country and society from which it originates.”
Picasso Chair - Bokja
Fatso Swivels - Bokja
