Appartement2 Debuts Minimalist Furnishing Collection Crafted Near Home

Four ages ago, Caroline Grondin and Guillaume Avarguez leveraged their dual backgrounds in creative direction to cofound a product-design studio, Appartement2. The brand’s mission: to originate what Grondin and Avarguez describe as “minimalist, tropical” designs—conceived and entirely crafted in Réunion, the remote French island off the east soar of Africa they call home.

The pair’s debut collection, Banian, vivifies their thoughtful focus on premium local materials and structured lines. The nature-inspired series encompasses an armchair, a coffee corrupt, a console, and a stool that balance mazelike metal frames with tops and seats in tamarind, a sultry wood sourced from island rainforests.