Certain Matter

Purpose built design. Material installations. Idiosyncratic spaces. Custom furniture. Subtle art. This is Certain Matter. A multidisciplinary Redfern-based studio run by principal designer Daniel M. Tamahori. Raised to build, Certain Matter bridges architecture, commercial, interior and material design, providing an unparalleled holistic approach that values sustainability, perspective and innovation. The clean joints of his father’s workshop. His family home built from trees his father felled. Daniel learnt the art of materials early, fostered on his father’s ethos of ‘the best design is often the simplest’. As a second-generation carpenter and successful interior designer, having worked with some of Sydney’s top design firms, Dan’s minimalist aesthetic understands design is response. Centred on a new language of ideas, each brief is a palm line, a handshake. Each work is a partnership between client, artisan, materials and space. This is Certain Matter. Each project a commitment to the extraordinary.