Object of Desire – TUI by TIRAR

The threshold of the home has long held particular significance in architecture and interior design. For designers and manufacturers of solid timber and natural stone door furniture and accessories TIRAR, the act of entering a space begins with the intrinsically tactile experience of opening the door. The brand’s latest collection, TUI, evokes sensory and visual beauty, with purpose.

TUI, which in the Vietnamese dialect means ‘pocket’, is a thoughtful piece of furniture, designed, crafted and hand-finished in solid wood specifically for use on cavity doors. “In a complex world, sometimes a simple act, an engagement through touch and the reassurance of contact with a solid natural material, carefully crafted and finished, is one of life’s small but significant pleasures,” states TIRAR founder and designer Felice Carlino. This belief is at the heart of the underpinning design philosophy for TUI – a philosophy that transcends simple aesthetic beauty to focus on tangible experience.

TUI, which in the Vietnamese dialect means ‘pocket’, is a thoughtful piece of furniture, designed, crafted and hand-finished in solid wood specifically for use on cavity doors.

In conjunction with this philosophy is a fundamental belief in designing for purpose, a conviction that guided Felice in his design for TUI and the approach taken for every piece by the Sydney-based brand. In the process of delivering an anatomical response to the pursuit of designing beauty with purpose, every aspect was considered. This immense attention to detail is what allows TUI to work in complete synthesis with the form and function of the human hand.

Compact, angled and designed to comfortably accommodate the natural curve of the fingers, TUI performs its primary function as a solid timber door pull for cavity sliding doors and frameless glass doors with minimal rigmarole or intrusion. Like the concept of the pocket for which it was named, TUI becomes fully integrated into the complete design of a space. This versatility encourages collaboration with other design elements, an essential yet often forgotten aspect of harmonious collaboration – overlooked no more.

TUI is created with complete attention to the entire piece, from face to edge.

Versatile in function as well as form, TUI can be painted to a specified colour, stained or laminated to perfectly suit the design aesthetic of any residential or commercial space. A true object of desire but not unobtainable, even the most budget-conscious cavity door can be enhanced through a piece of design that will develop an unwritten chapter of the overall design narrative of a space.

Felice designed the collection to deliver an ‘open door’ approach to designers and architects, as TUI maintains an accessible, approachable and inviting presence within a room. Offering a completely resolved edge detail treatment, beautifully sculpted and finished by hand, the edge of TUI is not an afterthought but integral to the overall beauty and function of the design. Surpassing the traditional approach to designing a cavity door pull, TUI is created with complete attention to the entire piece, from face to edge.

The hand grasping the handle or sliding a door open receives all manner of sensory information that shapes the initial opinion of the space to be entered. For Felice Carlino and his team at TIRAR, it is this belief in the benefit of creating a strong first impression that led TIRAR to develop TUI, a true design celebration of function, form and tactile pleasure. On face value, TUI is a beautifully designed solid timber sliding door pull, but in reality, it is so much more.

Surpassing the traditional approach to designing a cavity door pull, TUI is created with complete attention to the entire piece, from face to edge.