Cord Industries

About

High Performance Furniture

At Cord we want to make furniture like they did in the good old days. When an item's only design criteria was to work perfectly and last forever. We will never sacrifice a single ounce of this principle on the alter of cost or make a piece less functional just to make it look pretty. If it works perfectly, it becomes beautiful.

When it comes to wood only the best will do. We only use quality hardwoods, even the ply is 24mm thick birch.

For the steel we use thick, 16mm bar for our bench and dining table legs. It's expensive and it's hard as hell to bend but it's strong (really strong!). We use use 12mm bar in a tripod arrangement for the stools and side tables because it's lighter, more stable and the strength is less critical.

Wood-screws work pretty well but they don't work as well as our beautiful bolts. They are tougher easier, to assemble and they look a hundred times better. Sure they are a bit more expensive but if you're thinking about buying one of our pieces, you probably weren't looking for the cheap stuff in the first place.

Form follows function...

Dave and Phil