Sizar Alexis Collection - ItooRaba Daybed
by Sizar Alexis
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The ItooRaba Daybed occupies a room at its lowest register. At 35 cm high and 232 cm long, the piece extends as a horizontal plane in burned, brushed and black-oiled solid pine, its charcoal textile cushion framed by tiered platforms at each end that give the silhouette its formal distinction. The grain reads dark and quiet, the surface hand-painted to a matte finish that is deliberately imperfect.
ItooRaba takes its name from "itota rabtha," a Chaldean expression for the large seatings reserved for honoured guests at important gatherings. This daybed carries that register.
A companion to the ItooRaba Sofa or Coffee Table; equally resolved on its own. Burned, brushed, oiled. The patina deepens with use.
W 58 x D 232 x H 35 cm
W 22.83 x D 91.34 x H 13.78 in
Materials: Burned, brushed & black oiled solid pine
About
Sizar Alexis
Sizar Alexis is a Swedish-Iraqi designer based in Eskilstuna, working at the intersection of Scandinavian brutalist design and ancient Mesopotamian heritage.
Before founding his studio in 2019, Alexis spent six years as a design engineer at Volvo, then studied fine arts at Beckmans College of Design. That formation, between industrial engineering and fine arts, shapes his practice throughout. He works with blackened steel, pine wood, and leather, materials both abundant in the Swedish landscape and tied to Eskilstuna's historic steel industry. Components for his pieces are produced in his father's metal tool factory, then hand-assembled in his own studio.
His work holds two forces in tension: the geometric weight of brutalist forms and the cultural memory of ancient Mesopotamia. "I want to convey a sense of chaos and harmony at the same time," he has said. As a descendant of the Chaldean diaspora with roots tracing to northern Iraq, Alexis channels that history into functional sculpture. Collections such as Lahmu and Ousia translate Mesopotamian symbolism into geometric furniture, pieces that read simultaneously as domestic objects and as cultural arguments. The Discovered exhibition at the Design Museum in London in 2021 brought his work to international attention; the Common/un/common duo show at Atelier Ecru Gallery in Ghent in 2022 confirmed its standing. He is an AD 100 designer.
On Monde Singulier, his pieces offer collectible design furniture that carries historical depth rarely found in Scandinavian production.
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