2026
Filhos Side Table, no. 9
Stacked-cork volume, hand-planed walnut top
The headline piece for NYCxDESIGN 2026. The walnut top is single-board.
edition of 18
from $6,200
Represented by The Future Perfect · Lisbon → Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Théo Vasconcelos
Vasconcelos & Filhos
Cork remembers the tree. Walnut remembers the forest.
Studio · Lisbon → Greenpoint, Brooklyn
The Greenpoint workshop at 7:48am — cork blocks stacked along the north wall, two unfinished side tables, a Portuguese coffee on the bench, last night's pencil marks still on the drawing.
Practice
Vasconcelos grew up in his father's cabinetmaking workshop in Lisbon. He moved to New York in 2019 and now divides production between a Greenpoint studio and the original Lisbon shop, where his father still works the saw. The signature is dimensional cork — sliced, stacked, and bonded into volumes that read more like stone than panel — paired with hand-planed Portuguese walnut. The Future Perfect represents him for collectible commissions; smaller open editions are sold directly.
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2025
Lisbon Bench
Cork base, walnut seat, oxidized brass joinery
Made to seat two people who know each other well or three who don't.
open edition
from $4,800
2025
Tree-Memory Stool
Single block of dimensional cork, oil finish
The chamber piece. Sized for a child or a side-of-the-bed reading stack.
open edition
from $1,200
Materials
The matter behind the work.
Dimensional cork
Sourced from Alentejo, Portugal — the same forest his father used in the 80s.
Portuguese walnut
Air-dried for four years before milling.
Oxidized brass
Hand-patinated in the Lisbon workshop. Each joint signed.
Linseed oil finish
Single ingredient. Reapplied yearly by the buyer.
References
What shaped this work.
designer
Álvaro Siza
Restraint as a Portuguese position.
designer
George Nakashima
The single-board ethic.
book
The Soul of a Tree
George Nakashima
Théo's father gave him this in 1998.
essay
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Christopher Alexander
The pattern language he reads when stuck.
Showroom route
Where the work lives this week.
The Future Perfect · Goldwin Studio
His three NYCxDESIGN pieces on permanent display through June.
Colony · Tribeca
Earlier work in the back room. Two cork stools and a small bench.
Coming Soon · NoHo
His paired commission with a Mexican ceramic artist — sold out, but the photograph is on the wall.
Studio rituals
Where the maker actually stops.
Café Madeira · Newark Ave (Hoboken PATH ride)
Friday Portuguese coffee. Worth the ride.
Greenpoint Library
Drawing afternoons. Northwest corner table.
Peter Pan Donut · Greenpoint
Saturday morning with the kids. Always the maple bar.
Expanding show
Iberian Restraint: Three Studios From Lisbon and Madrid
at Salone del Mobile · Milan
Filhos Side Table no. 9 traveling to Salone after NYCxDESIGN. Group show.
A question for the buyer
"Whose hands do you want to feel in the furniture you live with?"
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6 ways out · showroom + studio
object
Filhos Side Table, no. 9
via The Future Perfect
Edition of 18. 12-week lead time. Walnut top is single-board, every table different.
from $6,200
Openobject
Tree-Memory Stool
via Vasconcelos & Filhos · direct
Open edition. 4-week lead time. Order directly.
from $1,200
Openshowroom visit
The Future Perfect · Goldwin Studio
via The Future Perfect
Open Tuesday–Saturday during NYCxDESIGN. Théo in attendance Thursday 3–6pm.
from free
Openbook
George Nakashima · The Soul of a Tree
via Kodansha
The book Théo's father gave him in 1998. Read alongside the work.
from $32
Openstudio visit
Vasconcelos & Filhos · Greenpoint studio
via Vasconcelos & Filhos
Open Saturdays during NYCxDESIGN by appointment. Coffee, drawings, two cork blocks to handle.
from by appointment
Openexperience
Portuguese coffee at Café Madeira
via Café Madeira · Newark Ave, Hoboken
Théo's Friday ritual. Worth the PATH ride.
from $3
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