About Shahar

Jerusalem, London, Copenhagen — my path to joinery wasn't the obvious one. A sociology degree, a change of direction, years of craft work in London, and eventually Denmark. In 2016 I founded Noomi Design, and since then I've been making furniture for private and commercial clients across Sjælland.

Towards the end of my sociology BA studies in Jerusalem I started feeling I needed to do something more physical, more tangible. I graduated and instead of continuing to higher degrees I joined the Academy of Carpentry in Jerusalem, training to become a joiner. There I learned to read the material and work with the tools and machinery that shape it.

Shortly afterwards I moved to London and started working as a joiner, both employed and self-employed — meeting clients, taking on different types of projects, expanding my abilities and figuring out my own way of doing things. When I moved to Copenhagen in 2013, I joined Monstrum and Engelbracht, two studios that deepened my understanding of Scandinavian design: material-led, purposeful and lasting.

In August 2016 I started Noomi Design and became self-employed once again. I missed being in charge of the whole process — from meeting clients to designing a product to actually producing it, and doing it all my way. The responsibility for the whole process and making each and every project from scratch is what motivates me most.

On top of it all is the material itself. Working with wood — a natural material that needs to be understood and respected — is simply exciting. I love coming to my workshop from the sawmill with planks of raw wood, ready to be planed, cut, routed, jointed, sanded, and finished in a way that enhances the beauty of it.

My workshop is located in Smørum, just outside Copenhagen, and I share it with two other self-employed joiners. We collaborate when a project calls for more hands, but every piece that leaves under the Noomi Design name is something I've been personally involved in from the first conversation to the final fit.

I work with both private and commercial clients, producing wardrobes, shelving units, workstations and other custom furniture. Whatever the brief, the goal is always the same: a functional, beautiful piece that fits its space — and feels like it was always meant to be there.