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Ceremony set in the snow above Zermatt

Fabrication

Designed in our atelier. Crafted around the world.

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About

When something does not exist, we create it.

Our atelier develops original pieces specifically for each celebration — from architectural installations and sculptural elements to textiles, furniture, decorative objects and intricate handcrafted details.

Working with specialist artisans and workshops across Switzerland, Europe and Asia, we select the craftsmanship best suited to each design.

Traditional techniques meet contemporary production.

Materials are explored, prototypes developed and individual pieces refined before fabrication.

Nothing is chosen simply because it is available.

It is created because it belongs.

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Most of what you will stand inside does not exist until we build it. A bar that fits one room and no other. A ceiling structure that has to carry weight over four hundred people. Tables at a length no rental company keeps.

We work in joinery, metal, upholstery, glass and print, with workshops we have used for years — in the materials the design calls for rather than the ones that happen to be available. Where a structure carries weight or holds people, it is engineered and signed off before anything is cut. Then it stands for a few days and comes apart, and nothing about it is used again.

Custom structures and staging, made by Tehiya Narvel
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Custom structures and staging

Most of what you will stand inside does not exist until we build it.

Bars and furniture, made by Tehiya Narvel
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Bars and furniture

A bar that fits one room and no other, made for the night it serves.

Ceilings and suspended pieces, made by Tehiya Narvel
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Ceilings and suspended pieces

Structures that carry weight over four hundred people, engineered before anything is cut.

Tables at any length, made by Tehiya Narvel
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Tables at any length

Tables at a length no rental company keeps.

Upholstery and textiles, made by Tehiya Narvel
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Upholstery and textiles

Joinery, metal, upholstery, glass and print, in the materials the design calls for.

Signage and print, made by Tehiya Narvel
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Signage and print

Made with workshops we have used for years.

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Most of what you will stand inside does not exist until we build it. A bar that fits one room and no other. A ceiling structure that has to carry weight over four hundred people. Tables at a length no rental company keeps.

We work in joinery, metal, upholstery, glass and print, with workshops we have used for years — in the materials the design calls for rather than the ones that happen to be available. Where a structure carries weight or holds people, it is engineered and signed off before anything is cut. Then it stands for a few days and comes apart, and nothing about it is used again.

Drawing stage of a Tehiya Narvel production

Drawing

2–3 weeks

The design becomes technical drawings: dimensions, materials, loads, fixings. Nothing goes to a workshop as a mood image.

Engineering stage of a Tehiya Narvel production

Engineering

2–3 weeks

Anything that carries weight, spans a distance or hangs above people is calculated and signed off. Venue and local authority approvals run in parallel.

Prototyping stage of a Tehiya Narvel production

Prototyping

1–3 weeks

Samples, finishes and full-size mock-ups of the pieces that matter most. You see and touch the material before it is committed.

Build stage of a Tehiya Narvel production

Build

4–12 weeks

Everything arrives in sequence and is assembled on site, usually overnight or across a closed day.

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