A most perfect platform bed that pieces together like an elegant wooden puzzle in just five minutes without the need for any tools.

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There?s a line in Don Norman?s The Design of Everyday Things I often think of when determining the quality of a design ? a succinct observation that helps focus the senses toward the details: ?Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible.?
By this standard, The Bed by Thuma is an elegant, comfortable, and simple success.

Yes, Thuma?s platform bed makes a great first impression ? substantial materials, yet light in form ? an adaptable and contemporary design informed by modern architecture and Japanese minimalism that will look great in bedrooms, great or small. But it?s equally important to begin by pointing out how much effort Thuma invested in the entire timeline of the customer experience ? from delivery, unpacking, assembly, clean up, and the eventual pleasure of enjoying a restful night?s sleep. Their team spent two years poring over details and prototyping dozens of platform bed models before arriving at a design they?d continue to test for thousands of more hours, purposely destroying and perpetually refining what was eventually to become ?the perfect platform bed frame, desig...