Unveiling a collection that is bold and thought-provoking, as it is at its core, functional and relevant, Commune teaches us why there is no greater joy than coming home.
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At a certain point in your life, you will tire of the manifestations of youth, shifting a preference for a quiet night in with a home-cooked meal in your comfy loungewear and a binge list on Netflix instead of a dragging few hours out in a bar, counting one too many bottles of alcohol, the same conversations in varying permutations, and a whole lot of smoke and pretense inhaled. While there is certainly nothing wrong with the latter circumstance, it does weigh hard on you, especially when you stagger through the doors of adulthood. In these situations, there is only one respite we cling to once we max out the fun: We want to go home.
This is precisely the scenario that urged Singaporean designer Julian Koh to establish Commune, a furniture brand that was borne out of the desire to surpass the everyday norms. Evoking distilled modernity, unflinching function, realized in effortless form and intelligent craftsmanship, Commune wears passion in design and service on its sleeve. Human-centric at its core, marrying beauty and purpose as premium considerations and concepts, the brand aims to cultivate lifestyle that makes people want to come home more often, and sooner, by creating pieces that not only look good, but feel good as well.
With designs that suit your needs and your way of life, Commune makes you really want to live, and in the best possible way, too. For them, it isn’t just a beautiful piece of contemporary furniture, but an opportunity to interact and create memories with. Crafted with quality materials and rendered in pleasing aesthetics, the brand is also conscious about it being attainable, committing to offering the best for a good value.
At its core, Commune intends to provide smart solutions for apartment living, something that perhaps is akin to its origins in Singapore’s famed real-estate status quo. With distinct and form-fitting designs, each piece is sized to fit perfectly within small spaces typical of city life, adjusting well to your needs and not the other way around.
“Our homes are where we rest our tired souls after a long day; a sanctuary where we build our special memories with our loved ones,” expresses Julian Koh, further reiterating its ethos and position as furniture brand in a highly dynamic market. This time around, Commune is shifting things to a higher gear, elevating comfort with a new bold collection inspired by the equestrian aesthetic, one that incorporates the strongholds of adventure, leisure, and heritage. As emotive and intuitive as its predecessors, Rover is unveiled, seesawing between two points of modernity: nostalgia and minimalism. The result is a collection that is distinct in its predominant use of a dark, evocative veneer that is glazed over acacia, beech, and other tropical wood. Without losing it sense of romance, the pieces rendered, such as a dining table, bookshelf, utility cabinet, armchair, ottoman, lounger chairs, sofa, divider, sideboard and coffee table, are all met with a dash of adventure and tradition in finishing of brass, tweed, and leather, which figures well with an existing vibe or an entirely different mood you are eyeing.
“We aim to be a global brand that is trend-setting, thought-provoking, modern, energetic, and culturally relevant,” declares Julian Koh, setting his design imprint to near permanence in the exotic, perma-tropical milieu of the country. With the full display of the Rover range on September 9-12, at The Atrium in Shangri-la Plaza, Commune all the more fulfills its consistent and appropriately adaptive goal of being part of more lives, continuing to make its way into the home we all want nothing more than to punctuate our days at, in full comfort and respite.
