Soft Corners
The first Cassina project by Dutch designer Linde Freya Tangelder focuses on functionality through the fresh, dynamic combination of padded shapes, to be used as versatile interior design elements. Soft blocks, joined as in an embrace, lend form to three types of design accessories. Rectangular, low rectangular and an L-shaped square, each one has a structural wood core encased in soft upholstered foam rubber parts. In contrast to the soft, padded shapes of the design ottomans, the collection is completed by an industrial style stainless-steel coffee table composed of three pieces welded together.
About Designer | |
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LINDA FREYA TANGELDER |
Within the works of Destroyers/Builders an
interaction between the furniture pieces exists in an overarching inspiration;
found in architectural elements, materials or building techniques. Linde Freya
Tangelder, founder of the studio, strives for sensory relevance and cultural
value in detail and on a larger scale. The works have a sculptural and
architectural character, and balance between contemporary and traditional
elements. Inspired by architectural shapes, the furniture pieces highlight the field
between industry and human, through diverse materials. Constructions are scaled
down to human sizes, and translations result into sculptural gestures. Both low
and high end materials get re-valued, reconsidered and transformed. The
interventions and finishes by hand, give these architectural objects a tactile
aspect. The contrast in materials, the touchability, and the human traces that
are still visible in the object, explain the method of Destroyers/Builders. The
urge to situate the works in a spatial context, in which the specific
architectural space will start a dialogue with the objects therein, is a main
focus of the studio. Integrations and relations between the context and the
work, whether it is a sculpture, a furniture piece or an architectural
fragment, result into inseparable connections between the disciplines.
Destroyers/Builders takes on projects that range from commissions to
self-initiated projects, and extend across the realms of both architectural
furniture and interior projects. The practice was founded in 2014 and is
Antwerp based. |