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he first thing that strikes you upon entering the showroom of Only&Co is its openness. From the street, the eye travels uninterrupted through the space, past furniture pieces and textured materials, toward the working design studio at the far end of the room.
The layout creates a sense of continuity between showroom and workshop, making clear that this is not simply a display space but a place where furniture is conceived, developed and discussed. Each object is given room to breathe, positioned as part of an unfolding conversation about material, proportion and permanence. Light moves across wood, ceramics, upholstery and art, creating a quiet balance within the shell of a former restaurant.
Set on quiet side street near Las Ramblas, the showroom operates beyond a retail space: it is an open studio, a collaborative environment and an invitation into the world the company has built around craftsmanship and custom design. Visitors are encouraged to move through the space slowly, to touch surfaces, notice irregular edges, natural finishes and subtle details that reveal the hand behind the making. The atmosphere communicates the company’s core values before a word is spoken: quality over quantity, timelessness over trend and collaboration over hierarchy.
Founded in 2014 in Sri Lanka by Linden James, and later joined by Maximillian von Stillfried, Only&Co emerged from the meeting of two distinct professional paths. Linden, born and raised in the United Kingdom, studied product design and built his early career working with established design studios including Sebastian Conran, Target Living and Ben Whistler. His background in engineering, furniture design and product development shaped a technical understanding of how objects function, adapt and endure over time.
