Off Cut bookshelf by Nathan Yong for Living Divani is composed of solid American Oak or Walnut splints, thickness 20x20mm with various sizes and assembled together. Six shelves in 6mm thick clear crystal or in wood; base shelf in wood. Angular edge screwed to the base to support a stabilizer weight.
Nathan Yong graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a diploma in Industrial Design in 1991. He began his career not as a designer, but as a buyer as well as engaging in product development for various companies in Singapore. Through these jobs, he travelled to various countries including India, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia to source for quality manufacturers and craftsmen to develop and manufacture furniture and home accessories. Through this exposure, he learnt various production techniques and crafts.
His work is inspired by simple visual memories from everyday life, but pared down with the lightness of restraints. Instead of superfluous details, he captures the poetry of products through rigorous research and engineering, creating fresh styles and functions that fit effortlessly into the user’s life.
