Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 3

"New Surface Strategies" Chair by Soft Baroque

About the Item

Blue textile covered wooden chair by London based design duo Soft Baroque, previously shown at Het Nieuwe Institut. Renderings are becoming more diabolic and sophisticated, representations of reality are appearing in higher resolution. Meanwhile in the real world thin skins wrap cheap composites to imply value, these imitations, often of the natural, are functional fictions. New Surface Strategies is a visual system that examines infinite digital capacity versus the real world. Flexibility of digital imaging allows surface references to fade in and out, without the burden and expense of manual labour. Out of the blue, the digital skin enables the surface to absorb different material identities. The planks of a uniform dimension are flocked chroma blue to make a pre-finished material, which is cut and assembled together. This type of construction is a reference to Gerrit Rietveld, Enzo Mari and other lo-fi plank wizards, but it is soft and plush, padding out modernism’s sharp corners. By keying out the blue color, the surface of the furniture can be digitally substituted for another surface input. A live camera feed displays the chairs with altered surface textures applied to deceive the eye. Surface exists indifferently from the physical material and can be more finely tuned to commercial feedback loops.
  • Creator:
    Soft Baroque (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 15.36 in (39 cm)Depth: 15.75 in (40 cm)Seat Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)
  • Style:
    Modern (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2016
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(One of a Kind)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    1-2 weeks
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Copenhagen, DK
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU186936709533
More From This SellerView All
  • "New Surface Strategies" Bench by Soft Baroque
    By Soft Baroque
    Located in Copenhagen, DK
    Blue textile covered wooden armchair by London based design duo Soft Baroque, previously shown at Het Nieuwe Institut. Renderings are becoming more diabo...
    Category

    2010s English Modern Benches

    Materials

    Pine

  • Contemporary Zebrano Wood Chair by Soft Baroque
    By Soft Baroque
    Located in Copenhagen, DK
    Unique handmade solid Zebrano chair from the "Hard Round" series by the London based design duo soft Baroque. Custom designs and sizes are available on r...
    Category

    2010s British Post-Modern Chairs

    Materials

    Zebra Wood

  • Contemporary LED Chandelier by Soft Baroque
    By Soft Baroque
    Located in Copenhagen, DK
    Unique handmade black nickel-plated brass and LED Chandelier from the "BN&F" series by the London based design duo soft Baroque. Custom designs and sizes...
    Category

    2010s British Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

    Materials

    Brass, Nickel

  • Contemporary Zebrano Wood Shelf by Soft Baroque
    By Soft Baroque
    Located in Copenhagen, DK
    Unique handmade solid Zebrano wood shelf from the "Hard Round" series by the London based design duo soft Baroque. Custom designs and sizes are available ...
    Category

    2010s British Post-Modern Shelves

    Materials

    Zebra Wood

  • Contemporary Steel Bench by Soft Baroque, in Lavender
    By Soft Baroque
    Located in Copenhagen, DK
    The steel bench is a monolithic steel form created from a combination of a few simple actions. Working with a bespoke metal fabrication company, a flat sheet...
    Category

    2010s British Post-Modern Benches

    Materials

    Steel

  • Contemporary "LED Vase" Brass Table Lamp and Vase by Soft Baroque
    By Soft Baroque
    Located in Copenhagen, DK
    The LED vase is a mixture of a vase and a lamp featuring LED lights. Comes with a remote control. The design duo soft Baroque blur the boundaries between acceptable furniture typ...
    Category

    2010s English Modern Table Lamps

    Materials

    Brass

You May Also Like
  • Sw Velvet Chair by Soft-Geometry
    Located in Geneve, CH
    SW velvet chair by Soft-geometry Materials: Velvet, Stainless steel Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 30” H Chair dressed in crisp velvet upholstery on a simple arched frame in stainless st...
    Category

    2010s American Modern Chairs

    Materials

    Steel

  • Sw Fluffy Chair by Soft-Geometry
    Located in Geneve, CH
    SW Fluffy chair by Soft-geometry Materials: Handwoven yarn, stainless steel Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 30” H Chair dressed in a handwoven fluffy yarn seat...
    Category

    2010s American Modern Chairs

    Materials

    Steel

  • Blue SW Velvet Chair by Soft-Geometry
    Located in Geneve, CH
    Blue SW velvet chair by Soft-geometry Materials: Velvet, stainless steel Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 30” H Chair dressed in crisp velvet upholstery on a simple arched frame in stainl...
    Category

    2010s American Modern Chairs

    Materials

    Steel

  • Guhl Chair by Willy Guhl '1. Edition, Special Sealed, Safe Surface'
    By Willy Guhl
    Located in Zürich, CH
    Willy Guhl was a Swiss furniture designer and became one of the most important representatives of the 20th century Swiss neofunctionalism. Between 1941 and 1980 Guhl taught at the Sc...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Swiss Modern Lounge Chairs

    Materials

    Concrete

  • Surface Chair by Terence Woodgate and John Barnard for Established & Sons
    By Established & Sons
    Located in London, GB
    Two Royal Designers for Industry, one from the world of furniture design, and one from the world of Formula 1 racing car design collaborated. With an ...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dining Room Chairs

    Materials

    Other

  • Vienna Soft Chair by Colé, Modern Design Inspired by Traditional Manufacture
    By Emmanuel Gallina
    Located in Milan, Lombardy
    Vienna Soft is an extraordinarily comfortable and elegant dining chair for designed by Emmanuel Gallina who loves to quote Brancusi when saying that “simplicity is complexity resolve...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs

    Materials

    Upholstery, Beech

Recently Viewed

View All