Granite Wall Piece

The design duo soft Baroque blur the boundaries between acceptable furniture typologies and conceptual representative objects. Trained in furniture and graphic design respectively, they explore object hood and the perception of materiality in the age of digital image cultures. Their project soft or hard, commissioned by Etage projects for design Miami Basel Curio 2016, sees the sensory manipulation of interior design objects like benches and shelves, and the automated value inscription embedded in everyday objects. The surfaces of materials, like exotic wood and granite, are scanned and digitally printed onto silk textiles.