Projects
The Role of Design in Build-to-Rent Projects
Across global cities, Build-to-Rent (BTR) has redefined the rental experience. The model—where developments are designed, built, and managed for long-term rental rather than sale—has flourished in the UK, US, and Europe, where residents value design quality, professional management, and community connection.
Designed By Fluent Studio: A Coastal Retreat in Portsea
“Designed By” is a collaborative series that highlights how leading Australian designers personalise NOMI pieces to suit their distinct projects. Each edition offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creative process — from initial concept to completed space — through the lens of considered, real-world design.
Introducing the Gathering Sofa System
The Gathering Sofa System is NOMI’s first step into soft furnishings. Designed in our Sydney studio, it continues our focus on thoughtful design and adaptability. The range includes an armchair and sofa that can be tailored to each project, arranged into L-shaped or U-shaped configurations, and built to endure.
Zushi Barangaroo by Koichi Takada Architects
There’s a certain energy to Barangaroo that Sydneysiders know well. It’s the city at its most contemporary — bold, vibrant, and unmistakably design-conscious. Surrounded by global architectural landmarks including Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ International Towers, Renzo Piano’s One Sydney Harbour, Crown Sydney by WilkinsonEyre, and the “Bird’s Nest” building by Collins and Turner Architects, the precinct has become a stage where architecture, culture, and lifestyle converge.
Behind the Design: Introducing NOMI's "Designed By" Series
“Designed By” is a collaborative series showcasing how leading Australian designers customise NOMI pieces to suit their unique projects. Each edition offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process; from concept to finished space. Through the lens of thoughtful, real-world design.
The Making: Jasny Range
When Berlin-based industrial designer Stephanie Jasny began developing a seating range for Nomi in 2019, her approach was clear: prioritise comfort, embrace agility, and elevate the everyday through refined design. The result is the Jasny Range, a collection that includes an armchair, side chair, barstool, and café stool, each shaped by Nomi’s core values of craftsmanship and customisation.
Introducing Blend: Sculptural Storage for Considered Living
At NOMI, we’re driven by a belief that great design should be both customisable and enduring. Blend is the latest expression of that philosophy, a refined storage collection developed in collaboration with award-winning interior design studio Tom Mark Henry.
Collaboration by Design: Inside Warren and Mahoney’s Sydney Studio
Warren and Mahoney’s Sydney Studio, designed by Warren and Mahoney (WAM), is more than an office, it’s a collaborative hub reflecting the firm’s ethos of creativity and teamwork. Every element, from open layout to lighting, is designed to invite chance encounters, cross-disciplinary dialogue, and innovation.
The Making: Gathering Table
Nomi’s mission is to connect users directly to the workshop, allowing users to customise furniture online. “The Making” series offers a glimpse into this process. In this edition, we explore how artisans handcraft our popular Gathering Table using natural materials.
Introducing Hikari: NOMI’s New Range of Refined Outdoor Furniture
Nomi is excited to announce the launch of Hikari, an innovative outdoor furniture collection crafted to bring understated elegance to a variety of outdoor settings.
Introducing The Frame Range
A collection of armchairs, side chairs, barstools, and stools. In response to market demand we’re excited to introduce this versatile range suited for both commercial and residential settings. The range features a 1-piece and 2-piece seat type, offering a multifaceted approach to seating for your next project.
The Gathering Table: A Reimagined Classic by Nomi
NOMI is delighted to unveil the re-launch of the celebrated Gathering Table collection, a line that has captured the essence of timeless elegance since its original introduction in October 2020.
NOMI’s Enhanced Materials Database with Laminex Finishes
NOMI is pleased to announce the introduction of our enhanced materials database, a significant expansion of our customisation capabilities. This new feature integrates over 400 distinct Laminex finishes, providing architects and interior designers with a comprehensive resource for bespoke furniture design.
New Arrival: The Amelia Range
Seeking to distill design elements to their most fundamental, our goal was to minimise complexity and reduce the number of components. The outcome is a refined collection that artfully balances proportion and materiality, exuding an inherent sculptural elegance.
NOMI’s Latest Material Offering: Full Grain Leather Upholstery
NOMI is proud to present its latest upholstery option, a carefully crafted full grain leather, now available across all our collections. This premium addition is set to elevate your interior project with high quality European leather available in a variety of colours.
Project Feature: Warren & Mahoney Melbourne Studio
Warren and Mahoney, a New Zealand-founded architectural firm, has been operating in Australia for over a decade. The firm’s new studio is its second home in the city. The new studio is located in the heart of Melbourne’s central business district. It is a state-of-the-art facility that will allow Warren and Mahoney to continue to deliver world-class design solutions to its clients.
Project Feature | Azure Cafe by Cox Architecture
In collaboration with Cox Architecture, the fitout showcases a blend of standard NOMI pieces and bespoke furniture developed specifically for the project. The furniture exhibits functionality and durability that are well-matched for the bustling ambiance of the Azure Cafe.
New: The Gathering Boardroom Table
The Gathering Boardroom Table is an extension of NOMI's popular range of handcrafted tables, developed in response to customer demand for large, customisable timber tables.
The Making: Slot Workstation
To celebrate the launch of our latest collection, Slot — we explore behind the scenes at how this range is handcrafted by artisans using natural materials.
Project Feature: Tom Mark Henry
Founded by interior designers Cushla McFadden and Jade Nottage, Tom Mark Henry is a Sydney-based multifaceted studio that has since created unique and reflective design solutions for a range of project types. NOMI was excited to be included in their new Darlinghurst office which exudes a modern and warm atmosphere.
Introducing Slot
Built to deliver an elevated experience for work and life, Slot is handcrafted in American Oak. Its residential aesthetic allows you to bring natural timber into your workspace. As ‘work’ transforms, Slot embraces this change and its flexible design allows users to configure for both the home or office.
Meet the Kura TV Unit
Following the success of our best-selling Kura storage range, NOMI brings out fresh perspectives to modern storage through our latest Kura TV Unit — a premium, customisable media unit that allows you to seamlessly integrate your electronics and elevate your entertainment experience.
Selecting the Perfect Size for Your Setting
Introducing NOMI Education Series, a collection of informative interior design articles to help guide you through all the everyday FAQs of specifying furniture.
Manunda Place, Darwin – Sissons Architects
Designed by Sydney based architects Sissons, Manunda Place is Darwin CBD’s newest commercial precinct.
Trends in Workplace Design with Brian Wilson of Two
NOMI is excited to partner with Two, a San Francisco-based design firm, marking the company’s entrance into the US market.
Fujitsu Melbourne’s Headquarters – Billard Leece Partnership
Designed by Billard Leece Partnership, Fujitsu Melbourne’s headquarters is a tasteful and harmonious blend of Japanese heritage and local Melbourne flavour.
Kura: A fusion of timeless design and versatility
Meet Kura—a range of highly configurable, multi-use storage solutions, ideal for home, work, and play.Currently based in Singapore, Arricale has a wide range of experience that includes a background in both hospitality business management and interior design.
Introducing Kura
Named after a traditional Japanese storehouse, Kura is a modern reimagination of the quintessential storage unit.
A look at the newly-transformed Australian Museum – Neeson Murcutt + Neille
After 15 months of significant transformation, Australia’s oldest museum and Sydney’s heritage landmark, the Australian Museum, has reopened its doors to the public last November 2020.
Cable Management Options for the Gathering Table
NOMI’s proprietary technology allows consumers the ease of integrating cable management to the Gathering Table.
Pairing stool heights with bench heights
NOMI Education series is a collection of informative articles written by an interior designer to help guide you through all the everyday FAQs of specifying furniture.
DesignFARM Perth
Owned by father and son – Rodney and Jamie Washer – the business is built around a love of contemporary design that is ethical, innovative and sustainable. While they sell brands from around the world, they are particularly interested in representing Australian furniture brands. DesignFARM’s ethos is to only support the sale of excellent, original design – they wouldn’t dream of selling a replica.
Introducing Edoardo Arricale
Edoardo Arricale is an English-Italian designer behind the Gathering Table. A self-described hands-on designer, you might find him at the factory tweaking the scale or proportions of one of his prototypes, “until it feels right”. Currently based in Singapore, Arricale has a wide range of experience that includes a background in both hospitality business management and interior design.
Jasny Chair – All Souls Chapel
The new interior design for All Souls Chapel has taken what was once described as a ‘clinical’ interior, and transformed it into a place of warmth, texture and subtle colour.
Woodstack Chair – Ramen Zundo Sapporo
The Design of Ramen Zundo Sapporo is a Celebration of Contemporary and Traditional Japanese Culture.
CITIZEN Melbourne Fuses Japanese Influences with an Industrial Edge
CITIZEN Melbourne, is a new Japanese snack bar, in Melbourne’s up-and-coming South Wharf neighborhood.
The Jasny Range
Jasny chairs are ideal for multiple surroundings, in workspaces, hospitality environments and as statement pieces for residential homes. Designed with comfort front of mind, chairs are solid and inviting, encouraging you to sit, stay and feel at ease for a while.
High Dove Table – Fujitsu by BLP
In the Fujitsu offices, Billard Leece Partnership ensured that the company’s values of innovation, quality and respect for the environment were reinforced. As a sustainable, FSC accredited product, NOMI’S High Dove Table was tailored to ensure a collaborative working space.
Storyteller’s Chair – Paramount Recreation Club by Bob Barton, Hebert & Mason
Led by multi-disciplinary designer Bob Barton, in collaboration with architects Herbert & Mason, the space brings outside and inside, building and sky together, to create layers of shade, breeze, recreation and escapism
Woodstack Chair – Abbotsford House by Therefore Studio
With a focus on practicality without compromising the projects modern aesthetic, Therefore Studio featured NOMI’s Woodstack Chair to echo the warm, timber accents throughout the house. Designed by Tomek Archer, this solid oak chair is detailed with clean, simple lines that blend with its understated surroundings.
Woodstack Chair – House Collins by Tribe Studio
Tribe Studio Architects applied their signature pragmatic and poetic approach to building a comfortable, contemporary home. Inside this minimalist residence is a double-storey void which envelops the open space with abundant, natural light. Responding to the sensibilities of materiality and tone, House Collins also features a new living room that extends into the rear garden to welcome quiet luxury.
Woodstack Chair – Hotham Project by Carole Whiting
Central to the project is NOMI’s Woodstack Chair. Engineered with a gentle carved backrest, the refined details offer a quiet character that gracefully intertwines into it’s surroundings.
Dove Table & Woodstack Chair – noOk urban fresh bar
To furnish such a space that was simultaneously functional, comfortable and with such a particular design aesthetic, `noOk owner, Jamie Shin turned to NOMI.
