YOMEI – with heart and soul

YOMEI defines itself as a furniture maker for whom the uniqueness of its design is the connecting thread that runs through the entire process, from the prototype all the way to the hand-crafted final result. For more than 15 years, its striving for perfection has started with the concept. Customers prize the flawless wood, finest natural stone and supplest leathers and microleathers that YOMEI is known for.

The standards YOMEI holds its furniture to are anything but random. The motto of founder André Schelbach – “Beauty is the splendour of truth” (Plato/St. Augustine) – is the guiding principle behind the company’s approach to its work: premium quality is the precondition for everything else. Influenced by his worldwide travels, and particularly his stay in Osaka, as well as his many years of experience as a designer, he has developed a style all his own: a mixture of artistic ambition and a healthy dose of pragmatism.

Just three years after the company’s founding in 2006, this ambition was rewarded in the form of the internationally recognised Red Dot Award 2009 for the Magic Desk, YOMEI’s first product and today a major success story. Its many and varied functions and attention to detail earned the desk an award in the Product Design category.

Thanks to its elegant, straightforward design, the furniture cuts a fine figure wherever it’s used. A desk for the new home office, functional shelving, sideboards for the living room and the Magic Cube Bar L drinks cabinet for the dining room – there’s something out of the ordinary about every single item. Every piece of furniture crafted here is unique and given its own production number.

The architecture of the production halls in Detmold, East Westphalia, is impressive and creates a modern and friendly work environment where top-quality materials like stainless steel and leather are meticulously processed and combined with one another. Here, craftsmanship stands for exclusive manufacturing quality and above all sustainable, resource-friendly production. Industry insiders compare YOMEI furniture with Swiss watches. The design owes its value not just to its beauty and elegance but first and foremost to its functionality.

Damit die Kundschaft die faszinierenden Facetten hautnah erleben kann, hat das Unternehmen seine Tore einen Spalt weit geöffnet. Ein architektonisches Juwel, das in seinem Inneren die ganze Welt von YOMEI unter einem Dach vereint. Begegnungen mit jenen Menschen, welche die Handwerkskunst zu ihrer Passion gemacht haben, oder ein Blick in die gläserne Manufaktur lohnen sich. YOMEI ist ein Möbelunternehmen der Extraklasse und hat sich dem Perfektionismus verschrieben.

Hinter den Designs stecken Visionen, die von den professionellen Tischler:innen, Handwerker:innen und Vertriebler:innen zum Leben erweckt werden. Im Vergleich ist das noch junge Unternehmen durch Qualität, Präzision und liebevolles Detailreichtum der Produkte zu einem weltweit bekannten Möbelhersteller gewachsen. Sei es in Hotels, Büros oder im eigenen Zuhause – YOMEI verbindet Einzigartigkeit mit fachlichem Wissen und kreiert Möbel, die ein Leben lang begeistern.

Text: PL | Photos © YOMEI

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