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We are a third generation New Zealand based furniture and lighting business working with some of the world’s best designs sourced here in New Zealand and from leading international brands. Joe Backhouse started the business in 1948 as a young cabinet maker and built an enviable reputation for quality handmade bespoke furniture. Today, we carry on […]
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  • $650 $560 +
    Mini Geen-a Lamp - Backhouse
    1/10The Mini Geen-a lamp is reinventing the reading lamp with a battery and mains powered table-top version that maintains the clean lines of the original while facilitating mobility and increasing opportunities for use. With a mushroom-shaped shade made of polyester powder-coated steel, it conceals...
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  • $355 $320 +
    Okra Vase - Backhouse
    1/13The new Okra vases in two heights and four colours. We like how light filters through the material.Patricia Urquiola creates sinuous, organic and fluid shapes using proportions that give a harmonious look to the structure as a whole.Enquire Designer Patricia Urquiola Brand KartellMaterialRecycle...
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  • $180 $40 +
    Deko Object - Backhouse
    1/13Designed by Studio Yolk, the sculptural and multipurpose Deko Objects seek to evoke personal expression and creativity. The Deko Objects come in various sizes and colors of Sage, Lemon, Hazel and Snow, allowing users to stack and arrange them for any desired purpose and expression. Whether as a ...
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  • $195 +
    Washing Up Bowl & Brush - Backhouse
    1/3Washing-up Bowl & Brush is an innovative and flexible piece of kitchen equipment that breaks up the boredom of everyday routines.Use it to clean dishes, store toys, hold plants, as a magazine holder, or even as an ice cooler for champagne.The Washing-up Bowl is flexible and strong and the des...
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  • $2,140 $665 +
    Tūī Pendant - Backhouse
    1/10Tui are the real characters of Aotearoa’s native bush. They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm. Their song is like no other, a series of clicks, gurgles and resonant, bell-like notes some off our hearing scale. T...
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  • $3,190 $945 +
    Toru Pendant - Backhouse
    1/18Toru’s unique three-sided shape is the third pendant light inspired by microscopic diatoms and is named after the Te Reo Maori word for “three”.The light adds an element of sculptural nature as it can be installed both horizontally or vertically and is available in three sizes....
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  • $90 +
    Ring Box - Backhouse
    1/5Ring is a series of small, elegant boxes to store small personal belongings such as jewelry, cosmetic and stationery items. The Ring box is made of glossy, powder-coated steel, available in three different sizes in earthy tones of sand, grey and taupe. The golden ring on the lid serves a function...
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  • $365 +
    Pumo - Backhouse
    1/7Pumo is a brand-new multi-purpose container that recalls the shapes of the traditional Apulian object of good omen, now revised for Kartell with a multi-faceted lid. Ideal as a centrepiece and available in four colours.Enquire Designer Fabio Novembre Brand KartellMaterialsTransparent or mass-dyed...
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  • $9,190 $3,475 +
    Navicula Pendant - Backhouse
    1/14Navicula is derived from nature, in this case from one of the many microscopic diatoms that float around in the oceans. The thin curved pieces of CNC-cut bamboo plywood create a flowing structure that also casts magical patterns. It is lit from within with a row of LED pin-point lights. There ar...
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  • $690 +
    Light-Air Table Lamp - Backhouse
    1/4An illusionist table lamp, a suspended light that eludes the laws of gravity. Light-air is essential, modern and rational, but at the same time it produces a magic effect.Its structure is a strong graphic statement composed of a rectangular frame formed of two pieces of transparent or mass-colour...
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  • $2,650 $490 +
    Koura Pendant - Backhouse
    1/8Koura pendant light was inspired by woven baskets and also from the curled form of the New Zealand native fresh water shrimp, koura, which is its Maori name.Koura comes in 6 sizes ranging from 500mm tall to 2400mm tall. Available in bamboo plywood and also offered in a range of colours either pai...
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  • $2,280 $525 +
    Kina Pendant - Backhouse
    1/12Kina references the inner shell of the local salt water sea-urchin called kina in Māori. David saw a kina shell in Antarctica – an exquisite jewel sunk in a tiny hollow in the sea ice. The shell had absorbed enough warmth from the sun to melt the ice around it.Kina comes in 5 sizes ranging fr...
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  • $330 +
    Jelly Platter - Backhouse
    1/8The special feature of this series lies in the conformation of the surface material which enhances the core that looks like jelly, just as the name suggests, evocative of the forms used in pastry-making. Designer Patricia Urquiola Brand KartellMaterialsMass-dyed or transparent recycled PMMADimens...
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  • $1,885 $370 +
    Floral Pendant - Backhouse
    1/8Designed three years after the Coral light, the Floral Pendant draws inspiration from geometric polyhedra forms while offering a softer, more decorative aesthetic. It was created to complement Coral’s structured design with a more delicate and artistic presence.Floral is available in six sizes,...
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  • $1,855 $370 +
    Coral Pendant - Backhouse
    1/12Inspired by geometric polyhedra that fascinated designer David from childhood, the Coral Pendant is crafted from a single component repeated 60 times. Originally an experimental form, it became a light when a bulb was placed inside—David’s first lighting design, now a modern classic.Availabl...
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