What is the most intriguing contemporary piece of furniture created this year, and why?
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Interior Architect
Formafantasma
‘Documents Table / Console,’ 2020
Wood
Photo courtesy Giustini/Stagetti
Why?
I like the mix of the radical and the sophisticated in this collection by Italian, Amsterdam- based duo Formafantasma. There’s a subtle and interesting tension in the style, it is perfectly mastered, and the design is both cool and elegant.
Curator of Craft, Design, and Contemporary Art.
Misha Kahn
‘Storage for Light, Emotions, and Transient Thought, 2020
Aluminum, Glass
Photo courtesy Friedman Benda.
Why?
It was made in a most unusual way, by developing a series of amorphous glass blobs at Corning, and then designing a cast aluminum framework in which to set them, like jewels. It’s a quintessential example of this millennial designer’s associative, stream-of-consciousness approach.
Interior Designer
Misha Kahn
‘The Courage to Face Unpleasant Tasks,’ 2019
Red Jasper, Bronze
Photo courtesy Friedman Benda.
Why?
The fresh combination of materials, rad Jasper and bronze, and the richness of texture making this jeweled piece luxurious, elegant, and original, adding power to any interior space.
Architect
Formafantasma
Cabinet 1, 2017
Ore Streams Collection
Glass, Digital Print on Aluminum Computer Cases.
Photo courtesy Giustini/Stagetti
Why?
Formafantasma’s approach focuses on the relationship between traditional and local cultures, attaining their objects with a cultural significance. The everyday is elevated, and the functional object looks like it is an artifact presented at a gallery. The objects receives a special significance and beauty only if we know how to look at it.
Design Historian
Gareth Neal
‘SiO2 Vessel, 2019
Black Silica (Sand)
Photo courtesy Sarah Myerscough Gallery
Why?
This breathtaking object looks like it is dancing on the ballroom floor. To perfection, it combines elegant and twisted neoclassical form with the most advanced digital technology. This vessel is designed digitally and then produced by a newly-developed 3D printer operated on black sand, combining past, present, and future.
Thank you, I hope all is well with you too. It’s very difficult times indeed.
It’s 3D printing in sand. As far as I’m aware this is a pretty new process, developed only a few years ago.
I’m not too sure what other industries use the process, the company we use also make washbasin’s from it.
I hope that helps a little!