Desire for the real thing

BEST OF | Issue 04 | AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/26

There is furniture which meets with approval, finds pleasure. And then, there is furniture which persists, which abides. Whoever knows Janua, knows: this brand stands for the latter. Since its founding in 2005 in Armstorf, Upper Bavaria, this furniture manufacture has never followed a trend, but instead, a deep-down understanding of the values which persevere, which stand the test of time.

BC 20 T-Rox Coffee Table, Round, Travertine Striato BC 20 T-Rox Coffee Table, Rectangular, American Walnut Natural Oiled

„A desire for what is genuine,” is not just a motto. It is an attitude and a demanding way of life. One which can be reflected in each and every detail: in the scent of massive woods, in the textures of finely finished edges, in a commitment to the origins of the stone which has been sculpted and machined. Founder Christian Seisenberger has for two decades pursued a singular vision which can best be expressed by his personal innovative claim to form, to design: to generate furniture, which is not loud, but which is long-lived. In function, in form, in feeling.

BC 17 T-Rox Table, Round, Ceppo Beige

At Janua, what is created is furniture with character. These pieces tell stories about their beginnings, about their handcraftsmanship. Janua does not see furniture as a trend, but rather, envisions it as a timeless accompaniment of people on their path through life. At the focal point are genuine materials: massive wood, carefully selected and worked, as well as natural stone which lends the collections an earth-based quiet and depth. What places its indelible stamp on the brand more than anything else are the innovative surface refinements with which Janua truly sets new standards. Technical measures such as exposure to smoke and charcoal burning have not only been newly interpreted by Janua, they have heightened the level of designing furniture another huge notch in this context. In this effort, wood is blackened either through controlled heat (charcoal-burning) or refined and ennobled in its hues and structures through very particular acids (‘smoking’). The end result: surfaces with unending character, both vivacious and inimitable.

BC 17 T-Rox Table, Round, American Walnut Natural Oiled

The new T-Rox series

A table can be a lot of different things. At Janua, it becomes a statement. With the T-Rox series in their anniversary year 2025, designed by the renowned designer-duo Birgit Hoffmann & Christoph Kahleyss, a piece of furniture was generated which lingers somewhere between art and architecture, nonetheless stays grounded on solid earth. The centrepiece of the series evolves from the powerful and iconic T-Foot. Finished, according to taste, either in massive wood or noble natural stone, which lends the table not only stability, but also a nearly monumental presence. It doesn’t dominate the room, but rather, defines it through its tranquil resoluteness. The tabletop – whether round, oval, square or rectangular – contrasts with this strength through its softly rounded corners which lend the massive material a certain lightness.

BC 17 T-Rox Table, Oval, Oak White Pigmented Oiled / Brushed / Base Stone Rainforest Green

Particularly fascinating is the dynamic interplay of materials: a warm tabletop atop cool stone generates a new type of sensuousness. This is then complemented further, rounded out through benches, consoles, couch tables in the self-same optical design.

BC 20 T-Rox Coffee Table, Round, Oak White Pigmented Oiled / Brushed
BC 20 T-Rox Coffee Table, Oval, Rainforest Green

Orchestrated in Spronken House

In order to make the attitude which stands behind the T-Rox series palpable, Janua decided to tread a path seldom taken. For the visual production the team revolving around Christian Seisenberger travelled to the Spanish region of Castellón to the artistic refuge of the Dutch sculptor Xander Spronken.

BC 17 T-Rox Table, Oval Oak White Pigmented Oiled / Brushed / Base Stone Rainforest Green

There, in a house built of raw concrete, rippled through and through with six-metre-high pillars and flooded with natural light through room-high glass fronts, you are confronted with architecture in its most robust and, at the same time, its most poetic form. In the middle of this potent stillness, the T-Rox series discloses its whole richness, its all-encompassing effectiveness.

Through T-Rox, Janua has succeeded in taking the next highly consequential step in its own design evolution. The series draws together material competence, architectural philosophy and a truly extraordinary picture language to form a holistic design concept. Not only in a room, but as an overall creative process.

BC 17 T-Rox Table, Round, Ceppo Beige