Elevating the standards of local furniture design

Tasteful living room furniture made with Malaysian Sepetir hardwood in the N1 Collection, which is influenced by Scandinavian mid-century style. The collection is part of the showcase Designing with Malaysian Hardwoods, a collaboration between China-based Malaysian designer and business consultant Philip Yap, the Malaysian Timber Council and the Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) 2015.Photo courtesy of Philip Yap.

Based in China, Malaysian designer Philip Yap aims to propel our local furniture design industry to the global level using Malaysian timber resource.

To regular visitors, the showcase called Designing With Malaysian Hardwoods set out on the main stage at Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur last week, might look like any other collection.