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Product stories, design and making from the Oyster studio, with practical guides to choosing furniture, lighting and objects for your space.
Illustrative detail of Impressions II showing curved ochre, cream, pink, blue and green forms around an opening.
Impressions: Ian Love, Color and the Shape of a Table
Impressions brings Ian Love’s sculptural approach together with Alex Muradian’s furniture practice. Its colored bases reveal a design built around separate forms, their meeting edges and the spaces between them. Read more...
Historical Circadia prototype on a pale wall, with a blue-to-pink luminous face, exposed side and a visible black power cable.
Inside Circadia: Kip Geddes and the Shape of Light
An early Circadia prototype brought sky-inspired color into a wall-mounted object. Kip Geddes’s RISD thesis traces the experiments that followed, from diffusing light through plexiglass to exploring gradients and texture. Read more...
Illustrative study of Circadia with a lavender-to-peach luminous face
Light as Art: Placing Circadia in a Room
Begin with the view from your favorite seat. A practical guide to placing Circadia, choosing its frame and bringing a useful room brief to the studio. Read more...
Circles Coffee Table in a living room beside a pale sectional sofa
How to Commission Custom Furniture
Prepare a useful custom furniture brief and understand the conversations about materials, cost, timing, drawings and delivery before making begins. Read more...
Design study of the Oyster Listening Chair with its matching ottoman
Choosing a Chair for Your Listening Room
A practical guide to choosing a listening-room chair, from the position you use to fit, materials, an optional ottoman and the details to send the studio. Read more...
Unlock Tax-Free Savings: Using Your HSA/FSA for Oyster Wellness Products with TrueMed
Unlock Tax-Free Savings: Using Your HSA/FSA for Oyster Wellness Products with TrueMed
Discover how to save 30-40% on your Oyster Meditation Chair purchase using HSA/FSA funds through our partnership with TrueMed. This comprehensive guide explains how Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending... Read more...
How to Sit for Meditation
How to Sit for Meditation
Explore comfortable sitting options for meditation, from a familiar chair to the Oyster Meditation Chair and its optional matching cushions. Read more...
Are Meditation Chairs Worth It?
Are Meditation Chairs Worth It?
Compare conventional chairs, meditation cushions and a full-height meditation seat. Consider fit, materials, room size and ordering before deciding. Read more...
Workplace Mindfulness Made Easy: How the Oyster Meditation Chair Boosts Focus & Reduces Stress
Workplace Mindfulness Made Easy: How the Oyster Meditation Chair Boosts Focus & Reduces Stress
Introduction: Bringing Mindfulness to the Modern Workplace Meditation isn’t just for serene retreats anymore; it’s rapidly becoming a cornerstone of progressive employee wellness programs across diverse industries. The reasons are... Read more...
What Makes a Great Wellness Room?
What Makes a Great Wellness Room?
Plan a wellness room around its activities and users. Work through quiet, privacy, seating, layout, light, storage and materials, with practical distinctions between a space at home and a shared... Read more...
The Power of Backless Sitting: Why Less Support Can Mean More Postural Relief with the Oyster Wellness Seat
The Power of Backless Sitting: Why Less Support Can Mean More Postural Relief with the Oyster Wellness Seat
Introduction: Rethinking Support for Optimal Posture It may sound counterintuitive—but removing the traditional backrest from your chair might be one of the best decisions you can make for your posture... Read more...
Designing for Mental Recovery: Creating Restorative Environments Beyond the Nap Room
Designing for Mental Recovery: Creating Restorative Environments Beyond the Nap Room
Introduction: The Critical Need for Mental Recuperation We often talk about physical recovery after a workout, an illness, or a long day. But in our high-demand world, mental recovery is just... Read more...
Oyster Meditation Chair in textured terracotta upholstery
The Chair That Began with One Person
A commission for one person became a two-year collaboration between Alex Muradian and Jesse Schwartzman, and the starting point for Oyster Wellness. Read more...
Well-being in Furniture: Changing the Way We Design for Daily Life
Well-being in Furniture: Changing the Way We Design for Daily Life
Not style for its own sake, but tools for wellbeing. Oyster Wellness creates furniture that make wellness practices accessible. Read more...
Why Wellness Furniture Matters
Why Wellness Furniture Matters
In recent years, a quiet revolution has reshaped how we think about space. The boundaries between home, office, and wellness have blurred, and design is now expected to support both... Read more...
What is Wellness Furniture?
What is Wellness Furniture?
Founder Alex Muradian explains Oyster’s approach to wellness furniture: designing around the person, the practice and the room. Meditation and listening offer practical examples of how sitting position, materials and... Read more...
What is Oyster Wellness?
What is Oyster Wellness?
Oyster Wellness is redefining how furniture supports human well-being. Founded by designer Alex Muradian, the company creates meditation, recovery, and sensory furniture that helps people relax, recover, and feel better.... Read more...