Flatpack furniture should be mandatory in my humble opinion. I have changed multiple homes – first during my bachelor days as I worked long hours to start out our first home as a family – the only furniture I have retained across all these homes are my favorite photo frames. Every time we move, it breaks my heart to sell our furniture, we have gathered through endless hours of searching online and had to let go of them mainly because it is insanely expensive to cart around your furniture wherever you go. Can you imagine my traditional Indian hardwood furniture being shipped and moved into my tiny Tokyo home? That would be a disaster!

What the world needs more of is minimal and elegant furniture like the O TRL by Annabella Hevesi. Annabella created this trolley as a versatile piece of furniture – use it to store your stationery, kitchen knick-knacks or as a makeshift desk in a work from home emergency scene – the pure and minimal aesthetics of this design make it a perfect match everywhere. The design has a slim and sleek silhouette and is constructed using a black MDF board, powder-coated steel, and rubber. Do not be fooled by its humble looks, this tray can bear its fair share of weight and move around smoothly given its large weight-bearing wheels.

Honestly, at the first glance, the design almost looks like a sketch. And we completely adore Annabella’s ability to take the design from concept to a manufactured product with minimum compromises on the envisioned design – after all, we all know that’s the hardest part. Sleek, versatile, and fun, this tray table defines the blueprint of what functional furniture design must be like, a 2020 version of Bauhaus if you will.

Designer: Annabella Hevesi of IO line and round