Drawing parallels between the fabricated reality of genetic modification, AI, and VR with the fantasy realm of mythology and folklore, I was considering how both concepts have their roots in a desire to escape or modify our current reality with one more preferable.
Considering what furniture design might look like in other realities, the Witch's Chair was conceived as a relic plucked from a portal or a monstrosity mutated from a potion. Existing outside our current design sensibilities, Its distorted forms verge on the ornamentation of baroque design while simultaneously standing in opposition to the pervading minimalism of modernism.
Shown In:
Oxidized Sapele Mahogany, Italian veg-tanned leather, forged copper, blue steel tacks, and lab grown emeralds.
30”x18”x22”
2023 Edition 1/1
Drawing parallels between the fabricated reality of genetic modification, AI, and VR with the fantasy realm of mythology and folklore, I was considering how both concepts have their roots in a desire to escape or modify our current reality with one more preferable.
Considering what furniture design might look like in other realities, the Witch's Chair was conceived as a relic plucked from a portal or a monstrosity mutated from a potion. Existing outside our current design sensibilities, Its distorted forms verge on the ornamentation of baroque design while simultaneously standing in opposition to the pervading minimalism of modernism.
Shown In:
Oxidized Sapele Mahogany, Italian veg-tanned leather, forged copper, blue steel tacks, and lab grown emeralds.
30”x18”x22”
2023 Edition 1/1