Since its founding in late 2019, softedge has designed and produced premium tableware with a sculptural twist. The studio is known for its colour-forward aesthetic and playful approach to balancing form with function. From humble beginnings in a small studio on Bundjalung country (near Byron Bay, Australia), softedge has grown to grace dining tables across the globe.

In early 2023, facing ongoing material shortages and manufacturing bottlenecks, the studio paused its in-house production, in search of a more sustainable model that would improve the craftsmanship of the products. The journey eventually landed softedge forms in the heartland of Japanese porcelain, Kyushu.

With a background spanning architecture, fine art and curatorial practice, softedge Founder & Creative Director Layla Cluer’s unwillingness to be defined categorically is embodied in the studio's name. From the slippery boundaries of the disciplines that we work in, to the tactile curves and crevices of our forms, ‘softness’ is a conceptual starting point for each project the studio undertakes.