Marrying the beauty of art with the functionality of everyday furniture is not an easy task. One design group making waves is Spain’s Aggaro, a studio in the town of Vigo, across the border from northern Portugal and not far from the North Atlantic.  The studio’s design practice goes beyond a good-looking piece, they push themselves beyond the beautiful and then cut, tweak and adjust to make their furniture functional as well.

In particular, I’m inspired by the Senns chaise longue – a beauty in both elegant line and artistic form.  And while this chaise is meant for interiors given its exotic wood, I can also see it made in teak for sensational poolside exteriors in Cuernavaca, Sydney or Portofino!