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Designer
Ted Synnott
Ted Synnott is an industrial designer and furniture maker working from Auckland, New Zealand. His studio, Ted Synnott Studio, is an Auckland-based practice focused on the design of objects and spaces.
Biography
Background
Ted Synnott is an industrial designer and furniture maker working from Auckland, New Zealand. His studio, Ted Synnott Studio, is an Auckland-based practice focused on the design of objects and spaces.
Signature Style
His design ethos rests on the belief that good design should be simple, intuitive and inherently useful, with an element of surprise. Straight lines and artistic curves give his forms a sculptural presence, and his projects often concentrate on construction: perpendicular joinery, pressed and folded sheet components, and solid timber.
Notable Works
For Audo Copenhagen he designed the Volume Table, a side table made from three identical tessellating pieces. His studio list also includes the Otama Chair and the Otama table, stool and shelving range (2023), the Soft Cabinet in solid Douglas Fir (2022), the Slow Table (2019 and 2022), the Pillar Table (2019), the Home Bed (2021), the Terra Stool (2024) and the Resort Table for SCP (2025).
Legacy
His portfolio runs from tables and chairs to a bed, a cabinet, a cork bowl and a carry bag.
