reza raeisifar and saber abar stack steel spheres into chairs, lamps and pet homes

A RAILING DETAIL TAKES CENTER STAGE

A steel sphere usually relegated to the edges of architecture becomes the building block for Wishes Collection, a series of furniture and objects by Reza Raeisifar and Saber Abar. Borrowing from the logic of modular systems — and, more broadly, the way complex structures emerge from the repetition of smaller elements — the designers take a single spherical component and multiply it into chairs, benches, lighting, and even a home for pets. What once played a supporting role on a railing has, quite literally, moved to center stage.

Across the collection, identical polished steel spheres are assembled into structures that change character according to their scale and arrangement. Their repetition allows a common visual language to stretch vertically, expand horizontally, curve into motion, or shrink into a compact enclosure. The system also introduces an element of participation, allowing pieces to be assembled and configured through the accumulation of individual modules rather than conceived as fixed, monolithic objects.

a detail view of the Bench, showing the rhythmic arrangement of steel spheres | images by Farnaz Vahed

ONE SPHERE, SEVERAL PERSONALITIES

The Chair gives the system its most upright expression, with a high back composed of stacked spheres lending the object an almost ceremonial presence. The Bench takes the opposite route, extending the modules into a calmer horizontal rhythm around a red upholstered seat. Somewhere between functional furniture and decorative object, both pieces play with the visual weight of steel while relying on repetition to make an otherwise hard material feel surprisingly animated.

That tension becomes more literal in the Rocking Chair, where the apparent rigidity of the metal spheres meets the gentle movement of curved runners beneath them. The same vocabulary takes another turn with the Cat Home, scaling down into a small shelter for a cat or dog. It is perhaps the collection’s cheekiest transformation: the architectural component that once marked a boundary now forms a miniature interior of its own.

a close-up view of the bench, showing the repeated steel spheres alongside the red seat

FROM TAKING WEIGHT TO CATCHING LIGHT

With the Floor Lamp, the designers push the modular system beyond furniture altogether. Here, the spheres are relieved of the job of supporting bodies and instead interact with light, their polished surfaces catching, breaking, and reflecting it across the object. The transition demonstrates how the same elemental geometry can perform entirely different roles without losing its identity, turning the collection into something closer to a family of variations than a conventional matching set.

Reflection also gives the collection its name. As users approach the objects, their images repeatedly appear across the mirrored surfaces of the spheres, fragmenting and multiplying with every movement. Raeisifar and Abar connect this recurring encounter to the idea of a wish taking shape through many small actions over time. In Wishes Collection, that metaphor is made physical through accumulation: one modest piece, repeated often enough, manages to become a chair, a lamp, a shelter — and apparently anything else it sets its mind to.

the collection spans furniture, lighting and pet design

Cat Home, translating the modular language of Wishes into a small shelter for pets

The Chair, combining a soft upholstered seat with a spherical structure formed from steel spheres

a full view of the Chair, featuring its tall back formed through the vertical repetition of steel spheres

The Chair shown at human scale

Cat Home in use, showing the scale of the piece and its relationship with a pet

The Floor Lamp extends the language of Wishes from furniture into lighting

Reza Raeisifar alongside the steel spheres 

a full view of the Rocking Chair 

a close-up view of the Rocking Chair

a detail view of the Rocking Chair’s base and connections

project info:

name:Wishes Collection
designers: Reza Raeisifar | @rezaraeisifar and Saber Abar

images: Erfan Safaei, Abar Studio, Farnaz Vahed

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edited by: Iñaki Laguardia | designboom