Jonathan Singleton has arrived in Barcelona 15 years ago, disappointed by the lack of openings that his studies in architecture afforded him at the time.

In this period he has developed his enthusiasm for working with metal - a passion which had manifested itself in England through the restoration of classic cars and making an astonishing series of steel furniture.

His training in architecture has left him with a taste for clean forms that are often reminiscent of architectural or engineering elements, such as the aluminium and glass table that call to mind the arches of a railway bridge or the wavy laminated wood sofa that seems to hark back to the benches in Güell park.

Jonathan Singleton’s furniture is imbued with tremendous plastic forcefulness, although he does not like to talk of Sculpture as he has always been more concerned with function than blind expression

“As human beings (..theoretically ) we respond with varying emotions to the spaces that we encounter depending on personal tastes and experiences. I am interested in building emotions into furniture, they should'nt be relegated to being simply 'pretty' objects within an interior. An easy chair which heightens ones sense of security, a dining table that defines a discussion area or a bed as a platform for the ritual of rest.”

He feels close to the way craftspeople work as this gives him the freedom to improvise and enter into dialogue with the material he is transforming. This approach is very different to that of the industrial designer who calculates his or her project down to the last millimetre before work begins.

He has worked in Barcelona for 15 years and exhibited in New York, New Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Zurich, Ibiza and from the beginning in Ici et Là.

The artist creates his limited series furniture from a small workshop near Barcelona and also works on projects for hotels , restaurants, bars and businesses in Barcelona , Madrid, Luxembourg , Stuttgart etc…

He designs and builds unique pieces, made to measure for particular orders.