Solo Furniture Designers John Saunders

John Saunders attended Kingston School of Arts in England before moving to London where he worked on designs for numerous films, both commercials and feature, in partnership with Peter Hampton and for important film directors and photographers at the time, predominantly with the now famous Ridly Scott and his equally famous brother Tony Scott.

Jaya Ibrahim
John Saunders

It was also in London, in the early 1980s, that John met Jaya Ibrahim. This meeting led to their first joint project, in which they successfully renovated a dilapidated Victorian flat. They continued working together on various private commissions including the renovation of 12th century monastery near Lucca in Italy.

John Saunders came to Indonesia in the early 1990s and worked together with jaya Ibrahim on various sepcialized projects. It was here that the partnership blossomed into the design and development of high-quality, original furniture, which has become the defining mark of Solohome.

His years at Kingston School of Arts were the driving force behind his ideas and his drive for perfection; his insight and the years spent in London, where he was exposed to the best of European art and design, coupled with his experience in Indonesia, made John one of the best contemporary interpreters of Indonesian traditional art and crafts in particular, Asian art in general.