Form & Forest

Designed for Rarify’s 2025 exhibition at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in NYC, Form & Forest highlights a range of rarely seen wood furniture designs: beginning with pieces from the mid-20th century by legendary designers Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl, and Sori Yanagi, the works exemplify the pinnacle of craft, joinery and form in natural materials. Alongside these classics, the exhibition showcases contemporary feats of design by the renowned Kengo Kuma, prolific Kenya Hara, and treasured Motomi Kawakami—demonstrating advances in fabrication and craft that were unimaginable in previous generations. All of the pieces in the exhibition are born out of remarkably localized supply chains, including a geothermally-powered factory whose fundamental goal is to responsibly restore the forests surrounding its own lumber mills.

Beyond the curated works themselves, the exhibition’s construction is a statement in responsible making and adaptive design; in collaboration with Rarify, Office Office developed a bespoke, digitally fabricated wooden display system crafted for quick assembly and disassembly. Following ICFF, the structure will be fully repurposed by Auburn University to serve as a dynamic showcase for student work and future exhibitions at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. Says Rarify Co-Founder Jeremy Bilotti: “Every piece of design we create should live a life beyond its current purpose. This is one of the most important aspects of what we do as designers, architects, collectors and educators”.