London Design Gold

2025

Traverse Sideboard

Entrant Company

Hangzhou Houmen Cultural and Creative Co., Ltd.

Category

Product Design - Furniture

Client's Name

Yu Renshou, Shi Jinxiang

Country / Region

China

Traverse Sideboard, designed for diverse living, transcends typical storage. Its symmetrical structure and interplay of solid/void integrate display, storage, and ambiance. Redefining "storing" and "displaying," items can be concealed or revealed, weaving life's traces into the environment.

Layered materials—wood, glass, sintered stone—create visual balance: black glass blurs boundaries, embedded light strips add floatation, also improve spatial translucency. The overall design is understated yet enriches the spatial narrative, adapting to various usage scenarios and enhancing a dynamic spatial narrative that evolves with life's rhythm.

With a minimalist linear framework inspired by Art Deco's skeletal lines, the Traverse Sideboard emphasizes spatial logic over-ornamentation. Line density, direction, and rhythm create a form both structurally taut and richly layered. Warm wood tones envelop this rational structure, lending it architectural stability and inviting warmth.

Extensive Roman Travertine sintered stone graces the countertop and backsplash, its natural texture exuding understated elegance. The seamless, one-piece sintered stone countertop, laid from a single slab with continuous veining, extends visual depth and presents an effect that flows with time, exuding immense aesthetic appeal. Thickened for enhanced load-bearing, it’s also stain-resistant, heat-tolerant (1200°C), highly durable, and food-safe, ensuring lasting beauty.

Tailored to modern household rhythms, the sideboard features a unique "Three Major Storage Zones" system.

The upper zone employs flip-up and sliding doors for easy visual access. The 85cm countertop suits Asian ergonomics with flexible shelving for comfortable retrieval. The lower zone has tiered, 4-layer drawers for efficient, high-volume storage. An innovative plinth drawer expands bottom space, operating smoothly without snagging, balancing functionality with ease of cleaning. The open top allows for display, adding dimensionality.

This multi-dimensional design serves diverse storage needs effortlessly. Whether for a leisurely tea, a lively gathering, or an after-dinner drink, condiments and coffee, wine and glassware, kitchen appliances and utensils all find their proper place.

Structurally, it features a full floor-contact cabinet design, ensuring greater stability and preventing dust accumulation. Anti-tip devices secure taller sections, while buckle-secured shelves bear weight reliably, unafraid of frequent daily use. High-quality hardware has undergone tens of thousands of opening and closing tests.

Credits

Hangzhou Houmen Cultural and Creative Co., Ltd.
Yu Renshou
Hangzhou Houmen Cultural and Creative Co., Ltd.
Shi Jinxiang
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