CODEE WAS FOUNDED IN 2024 BY UKRAINIAN DESIGNER AND FURNITURE MAKER DMITRY KOZACHYSHYN. WITH A DEGREE FROM THE LVIV NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARTS IN WOODEN FURNITURE DESIGN AND OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR LEADING CARPENTRY COMPANIES WORLDWIDE, HE CHALLENGED HIMSELF TO EXPLORE DIVERSE MATERIALS AND PROCESSING METHODS TO APPLY THEM TO CODEE’S FURNITURE. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE COMPANY’S LAUNCH, BETWEEN 2022 AND 2024, HE PRACTICED STEEL FORMING, MACHINING, TIG WELDING, AND BRAZING, USING A STANDARD GARAGE AS A METAL CRAFTING WORKSHOP WHILE CONVERTING HIS LIVING ROOM INTO AN UPHOLSTERY, SEWING, AND LEATHERWORKING SPACE. WHAT BEGAN AS A MODEST 3X4-METER GARAGE LATER BECAME THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE COMPANY’S FIRST HANDCRAFTED CHAIR PROTOTYPES.