On Our radar
There is a moment in design when objects tell narratives beyond their function. It's a bit of what we revisit in the book How to Live with Objects, a special dialogue to understand the choice and permanence of design.
Between Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, and Istanbul, we found a selection of studios working at this point of tension within the design agenda, bringing a different perspective to the life of an object or piece of furniture.
@objectsandideas
Based in Toronto, the studio brings together Canadian designers who treat objects and furniture as sculptural pieces.
Against excess, they invite an exercise in the use of simple materials. They start from the idea that the object needs to stand on its own.
@tooj.studio
Sweden's Studio TOOJ doesn't align with the design you'd expect from a classic Scandinavian.
Committed to breaking with predictable minimalism, the designers value visuals, texture, and volume, while preserving their choice of sustainable materials.
@verysimple.kitchen
Very Simple: Kitchen doesn't try to reinvent the kitchen. In a simple way, with cold metal structures and almost industrial solutions, it rescues us from visual excess.
Which is what gives its aesthetic a story of its own.
@homa.studio
Founded by Tugba Koç, the studio works with marble, blown glass, brass, and copper in their most unexpected shapes.
The dialogue of its pieces explores the boundary between solid and fluid, playing with our reflection and perception.
@animateobjects
Animate Objects starts from a premise we love: objects should have their own personality.
Founded in Istanbul, the studio creates pieces with a latent identity - as if each object occupied space with a story of its own to tell. The artistic touch appears in a fold, a new angle, or a not-so-obvious ergonomics.
For these designers, the piece goes far beyond what we see or how we use it, operating as authorial thought.
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