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Prostoria

Prostoria - a furniture design company with manufacturing culture

Prostoria is an expression of our passion for creating furniture that is unique, and which fills a room with a palpable sense of well-being. Openness to new challenges, a gritty sense of determination and a searching spirit guided by new values merge into continuous process at Prostoria. It is a philosophy that has over the years become our trademark. Prostoria has, in the space of ten years, grown from being a small manufacturer of upholstered furniture into a formidable industrial operation based on a philosophy of research-based design – and whose products have gone forth to furnish public and residential interiors all around the world. Our dedication to quality is reflected in our decision to manufacture all types of furniture in-house, thereby ensuring adherence to high standards.

Leading by Example

Prostoria is a family-owned business and behind the impressive record of creativity stands its founder Tomislav Knezović. Although to be fair he does not so much stand as move, propelling his team ever onwards towards new challenges. Knezović has spent his entire professional life in the furniture business, and somewhat untypically for the CEO of a company, continues to regard product development as his preferred place of work.

Materials & Sustainability – Written in our Core

Natural materials inspire particularly strong feelings, perfectly designed to withstand life’s changing challenges and apt to become more beautiful as they age. When we take something from nature, we feel obliged to give something in return. At Prostoria, we give back by creating responsible furniture whose functionality, durability and comfort result in timeless aesthetics. Our factory operates as a research lab where sustainability is embedded in the design process, and where we use top-quality materials from prototype development right through to full scale production.

Our dedication to quality is reflected in our decision to manufacture all types of furniture in-house, thereby ensuring adherence to high standards. By sourcing solid wood locally, and transporting our furniture directly from our factory with vehicles loaded at full capacity, we reduce our CO2 emissions. Sustainability is a deep-seated way of thinking, written in our core.

Research Based Design

Although it is the importance of design that radically defines our product portfolio and the identity of the brand, we continue to regard design as a tool for ensuring both the authenticity and the quality of the product rather than an end in itself. Design encouraged us to research manufacturing technologies more deeply, and to explore the numerous possibilities offered by our chosen materials. As many will agree, design is not so much a magic potion as a benign spirit that inhabits all aspects of what is a rather complex company, helping the whole body to stay in the full bloom of health.

Design Language

Far from being planned in advance, the identity of Prostoria grew spontaneously out of its constantly developing language of product design. And if Prostoria did have a manifesto it would boil down to this: achieving the functionality of a product through a combination of understated beauty and supreme comfort. Modernism in the architecture is a legacy that forms the foundation and inspires the design language of our products, as Prostoria originates from Croatia - and Zagreb as its capital - is one of the rare cities in the world with deeply rooted tradition of Modernist architecture.

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Segment sofa

Segment is a system which solves the hierarchical principles of assembling the components of modular upholstered furniture.

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Spectrum modular sofa

Spectrum collection aesthetic reflects a combination of simplicity with complexity.

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Layout Sofa

Layout was designed as a modular crossover between architecture and design.

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Monk barstool with backrest

The Monk barstools with a backrest are new members of the Monk collection.

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Monk chair

The chair’s shell is composed of two bent pieces of plywood upholstered in fabric, underneath which lies a simple structure of massive wood or metal.

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Monk easy chair

The easy chair’s shell is composed of two bent pieces of plywood upholstered in fabric, underneath which lies a simple structure of massive wood or metal.

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Tinker low table

The Tinker low table is designed in line with the details of the metal construction of the armchair from the same collection.

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Tinker easy chair

Designed to be inviting, Tinker is conducive to comfortable sitting and relaxed work by a mid-high table.

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Shtef shelving system

The basic structural module is a square that is applied on the wall as a visually autonomous object.

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Polygon low table

Three tables are based upon the same formal origin as Polygon easy chair.

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Polygon easy chair

Ever since we first began to engage with design, we were fascinated with the standard modernist typology of chairs with modest dimensions that meet all functional parameters, without burdening the

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Knif

Knif is a modular shelving system which caters for customized solutions and diverse user needs in various concepts of interior design.

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Match sofa

Match derives from a family of modular sofas, offering a number of compositions adapted to each given space.

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Klaster sofa

Klaster is a flexible modular system made up of minimalist cubes. They enable maximum creativity when it comes to their arrangement and use.

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Bavul bench and bed

Bavul is a multifunctional upholstered object that transforms from a bench to a bed.

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Absent sofa

The Absent sofa is designed as a modular system combining various backrest heights with different seat depths, while the soft pillow adds to the sofa’s ergonomics and particular sensual experience.