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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
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.