"Design Happens"

Furniture maker Courtney Skott’s digitized thumbprints on her wood designs underline her goal of creating, “multi-layered, conceptual work” born from a myriad of influences.

Layered plywood is cut away to reveal an impressionistic cloud pattern – hence the name Cloud Bed – and forms a canopy over the movable piece. Skott was inspired by Chinese Ming dynasty alcove beds to create this “room within a room.” This is the first canopy bed I’ve wanted since I was about 10 years old. So dreamy.

Lili Zarghami is a contributor to Design Happens.