About us

Our Story

It all started out quite organically in 2011 with a simple idea. A small team of passionate designers and a furniture manufacturer wanting to create a desk for themselves. Something simple but by no means ordinary. Something minimal with beautiful design. Something that could be assembled without thought and broken back down to relocate just as easily. There was a collision of creativity and Spaas was born.

Once our initial design was manufactured, we started getting asked to make them for family members then friends and clients and it has just grown from there.

Spaas product development is a process of collaboration and friendly competition amongst ourselves, we are constantly building on ideas and tweaking designs which means the products have kept evolving and improving over the last twelve years.

The brand may have originated overseas but Spaas Australia is 100% Australian owned and operated and our products are manufactured in Cape Town, South Africa by skilled craftsman and high-end machinery. We are very proud that many of our factory staff were previously disadvantaged members of the local community who have been upskilled and are now valued members of the team!

The name?

With the overriding idea of an unfussy, minimal design with clean lines, the word ‘sparse’ came to mind. The spelling is different but the pronunciation remains the same. SPAAS!