CARRARA , seating elements
elissa lacoste
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Year : 2019
Materials : Polyurethane, hand modeled silicone, white carrara marble powder.
Size bench : H22,04" W64.96" D23,62" ( H56 W165 D60 cm )
Size stool : H18,89" W29,52" D21,65" ( H48 W75 D55 cm )
Carrara is a collection of two seating elements playing on a versatile approach of design between sculpture and function.
The formlessness and ambiguity of their shapes are evocative of an otherness suggesting a breach of the natural and the familiar, all while maintaining functionality. They provoke a cognitive dissonance when the cold aspect of the marble-like texture becomes soft and comfortable upon use.
A smooth block of marble, a calcified recumbent effigy, creatures lying passively or moving gooey entities: they carry a certain fiction- lingering between real and surreal, materiality and imagination- within the domestic landscape.
Category : Unique piece ( Bespoke Editions are available upon request )