New York 2016: Brooklyn design studio Fort Standard has debuted a cabinet crafted from stone slabs and a chair made solely of leather as part of its latest furniture collection (+ slideshow).
The Qualities of Material collection celebrates the designers' preferred natural materials ? stone, wood and leather ? with each used to create entire pieces.
The monolithic Relief Stone Cabinet is made from soapstone
Fort Standard founders Gregory Buntain and Ian Collings were led by a more experimental approach than on previous projects.
"We've been interested in evolving that conversation about how we can push these materials further and do different things with them," Buntain told Dezeen.
A highlight of the collection is the monolithic Relief Stone Cabinet, made from soapstone and sat on a maple wood base. The stone is cut to create a triangular relief that helps maintain the material's strength
"[Soapstone] has some really unique qualities," said Buntain. "The one we chose to focus on was its workability.
"We took one large slab and basically wrapped it around the entire panel, so you can see the veins come through from one panel to the next."

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To maintain the material's strength while removing some of its weight, the designers milled a triangular relief pattern into the doors.
Fort Standard used stacked and wound leather to create an occasional chair...