We translate brand codes into tactile decisions — choosing materials and lighting for their formal, sensory, and symbolic properties, then designing how they are assembled, working with fabricators from early prototypes. This compresses design-to-production time and ensures that the project gets built on budget.
FOLDED METAL WALLS FOR ISSEY MIYAKE NEW YORK
For the Issey Miyake store in New York, TMR Design developed an integrated system of metal wall panels and partitions that function as both surface and structure. The design process began with folded paper studies as a tactile exploration of form, which evolved into a fabrication-ready model in Rhino. This material-first approach carries geometric logic, fabrication constraints, and assembly strategies seamlessly from concept to construction. Engineered and built in collaboration with Shadi + Company.
FOLDED METAL TABLES FOR MOROSO
For the Moroso table collection, TMR Design created a lightweight, self-supporting folded metal structure. We began with paper models using Rhino and Grasshopper templates, exploring form and structure through folding. Paper at scale behaved similarly to metal, helping us test ideas early. Close collaboration with the fabricator led to a full-scale metal prototype built in Treviso.
STRUCTURED SURFACES
TMR Design explored how 3D-printed lines can be used to stiffen soft surfaces and control their folding behavior. By printing structural “ribs” directly onto flexible materials, we studied how 2D patterns translate into composite three-dimensional forms. The research focused on how pattern geometry influences surface rigidity and movement.
FOLDED METAL SCREENS FOR LOUIS VUITTON
We use paper models to simulate sheet metal folding and forming techniques. In early design stages, shapes are explored in 2D through custom scripting; in later stages, 3D modeling in Rhino and Grasshopper supports precise fabrication. Designs are optimized to minimize part count, allowing for complex assemblies without costly tooling.
BENT TUBE STEEL PAVILLIONS FOR KNOLL
The textile display is made out of tube-steel curves manufactured at the Knoll furniture factory in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. Using a Nissin CNC Freeform Bender, 44mm 1-3/4” diameter, 20 ft metal tubes into continuous, closed curved lines. The machine pushes the tubing through a guide, transitioning between varying radii in a single stroke to form a sequence of semi-enclosed textile display pavilions.
GLASS & LIGHT AS MATERIAL FOR SWAROVSKI
We experimented with glass and light in the studio to communicate the sparkle of crystals at an architectural scale and in an abstract way, without reproducing or repeating its form. No pattern, no literal reference. The same quality of light and sparkle, in a material that belongs to the space rather than the display case.
HOURGLASS: A MATERIAL PALETTE BUILT FROM COLOR
Every material in the Hourglass palette was chosen for the same quality as the brand’s own products — not surface color, but color from within. Stones with veins running through them. Figured sycamore with a pearlescent depth that shifts with the angle of light. Tarnished brass and German silver that carry their color in their surface texture, not their finish. The palette doesn’t decorate the space. It extends the brand into material form.
