Materials and Finishing. Built out of 18mm thick furniture-grade birch plywood and hardwood veneer at the top, the MiMi Bench uses commercial-grade finishes.

Miduny – Combining Italian Flair with Brooklyn Ingenuity
Miduny is an artisanal furniture brand based in Brooklyn and founded by Italian-born architect and product designer Ale Preda.

Furniture for the Here and Now
Miduny’s pieces, in their own words, “aim to be beautiful and timeless while at the same time highly responsive to the demands of today’s users. Miduny design encompasses:
• Culture. All our products are designed and prototyped in our Brooklyn workshop. We then partner with master artisans in Italy to produce small batches of products. These family-owned workshops usually house three generations of artisans under one roof. The younger generation is tech-savvy. The older generation has an in-depth knowledge of traditional techniques. As such, our products span both worlds and combine tradition with innovation.
• Uniqueness. Each miduny piece is built and finished by hand. A unique serial number is hand-stamped on the piece underside.
• Flexibility. The rate of change in today’s world is unprecedented. We embrace this change and strive to design highly adaptable furniture. For instance, most apartments in urban contexts are compact. The size MiMi table is such that it functions well as a desk during the day. Thanks to its lightness and geometry–with the legs positioned unobtrusively at the corners–it can easily turn into a dining table for 4 or 6. Moreover, today people tend to move often. Our joinery system allows the pieces to be assembled and disassembled as often as required.
• Modularity. The size of our MiMi line is modular. Two tables placed side by side, create a Square configuration. Two MiMi Tables and Desks and a Square table form an L-shape. The legs’ geometry is such that two legs ganged together to look like one, decreasing visual clutter. The notch at the top becomes a decorative element. Ultimately, as desktop computers are becoming rarer in favor of light portable devices, we prefer a flexible furniture design that can be reconfigured from pod to L-shape, to conference table, etc. In our opinion, the hyper specificity of traditional office desks makes them inflexible and limited.
• Sustainability. Our joinery system is such that all our products can ship flat in custom-designed packaging, thus making transportation more efficient. All materials come from certified sources–for instance, wood comes from FSC certified forestries. Moreover, our products can stand the test of time: you can assemble and disassemble the pieces as many times as needed.”