Solas by Matthew Hilton for Case: Outdoor Furniture with Intent

Teak, steel, and the quiet discipline of Matthew Hilton’s latest for Case.

You can spot Matthew Hilton’s touch in the restraint. The way each curve feels earned. The way nothing is exaggerated, but everything is intentional. Solas, his new outdoor series for Case Furniture, reads like a study in calibrated simplicity—cool-toned stainless steel softened by the warmth of machined teak, shaped with the confidence of someone who knows when to stop drawing.

There’s a structural clarity at work. Cold-formed, press-shaped metal frames support teak slats designed to silver over time—built to weather both the elements and changing tastes. The silhouettes are clean without being clinical: stackable side chairs and stools, dining and café tables, a generous armchair made for long hours outside. No fuss. No decorative gestures. Just a quiet understanding that outdoor furniture doesn’t need to explain itself—it just needs to work, and keep working.

The name Solas is borrowed from an international maritime treaty—an acronym for “Safety Of Life At Sea.” And the reference isn’t casual. These pieces draw from nautical design, where every detail matters and nothing exists without purpose. You see it in the machined teak slats, warm to the touch and left to patinate naturally. You feel it in the stainless steel frames—cold-formed, precisely curved, weightless but enduring. The materials echo their maritime origins, but the proportions and clarity are unmistakably Hilton.

The range is broad, yet focused: side chairs, lounge armchairs, bar stools, square and rectangular dining tables, café and bar tables. Each piece feels like a sketch resolved in full scale—quiet in profile, exact in dimension. There’s a sense of permanence here that’s rare in outdoor furniture. A calmness, even.

Made in Thailand and designed for both residential and contract settings, Solas carries the durability of its materials without aesthetic compromise. It’s a reminder that outdoor spaces deserve the same design intelligence as interiors. And that good design, like seaworthy craft, is defined not by ornament, but by what it quietly endures.