Common Design by Conor Hacon
Common Design is an art and design studio founded in 2021 by Conor Hacon. The studio designs and manufactures hardwood furniture from a workshop in East London, while also working on private commissions at a range of scales. / @commondesignuk
Experience:Furniture Designer/Maker
Education:Art, Goldsmiths, Architecture, UCL
"I started out studying Art at Goldsmiths, alongside brilliant people like the painter Issy Wood. For a time after that I set up a theatre on the south coast—a failed project, unfortunately—and I also had work for one of the YBAs, a job that brought me into contact with great talents like the sculptor Holly Hendry. I then went on to study Architecture at the Bartlett, UCL.
I have always been drawn to woodworking, the risk and the craftsmanship. Unlike metalwork. you can’t add matter back on to remedy a mistake; you have to be extremely sensitive to what your materials are inclined to do—the shapes and colours hardwoods can be adapted to. It’s a very intuitive, detailed process.”
— Conor Hacon
Designed by Common Design.
Inspired by the proportions of a Kimono, the Ono Stool uses traditional coopering techniques to make a piece of furniture that will last generations.
— Available in: natural oak, smoked oak, ebonised oak, walnut
— Size (L x W x H in cm): 30x30x26
— Weight: 8 kg / 17.63 lb
— Materials: smoked oak
Designed by Common Design.
Inspired by the portraiture of Brassai, the smoked oak lounge table uses fins and splits to produce a distinctive silhouette.
— Available in: natural oak, smoked oak, ebonised oak, walnut
— Size (L x W x H in cm): 54 x 54 x 42
— Weight: 12 kg / 26.45 lb
— Materials: smoked oak
Designed by Common Design.
The London Stick Chair is a refined and contemporary version of a traditional welsh stick chair. Using split tenon joinery, in its construction and silhouette, The London Stick Chair expresses a calming sense of simplicity that will fit a range of interiors.
— Available in: natural oak, smoked oak, ebonised oak, walnut
— Size (L x W x H in cm): 46x40x72
— Weight: 8 kg / 17.63 lb
— Materials: smoked oak