There’s something distinctly unhurried about the Daydreamer. Designed by Joachim Nees for Belgian furniture house JORI, it’s a piece that curves like a thought mid-sentence. Low-slung, fluid, and simply inviting. A soft asymmetry defines its silhouette, as if it were shaped by instinct.
The result is part lounge, part sculpture: a chair to sink into. In motion, it’s seamless. The hidden recline mechanism lets the body ease back without breaking the form’s flow, and a swivelling base turns the chair outward or inward, toward firelight or view. Every detail is concealed beneath its fluid form. Upholstery options are generous — leathers that age beautifully, wools and textiles with weight and tactility — all handfinished in Belgium.
You can keep it subtle or go deep: forest greens, cool stones, clay browns. It’s the kind of object that reads differently depending on the room it’s in, but always feels like it belongs. It’s a graceful silhouette grounded by a gleaming foot of structural lacquer. If a place to pause is needed, this is it: a slow exhale in chair form.
JORI’s Daydreamer is now available in New Zealand exclusively through Source Mondial, in mini, medi, and maxi to suit individual ergonomics.
