The Sculptor’s Residence set up helps you to step inside an artisan’s dwelling
Norm Architects has labored alongside furnishings manufacturers Menu and Dux to curate an set up that resembles eclectic residing quarters as a part of Stockholm Design Week.
A “staged fantasy” supposed to “immerse company within the thoughts of an artisan”, The Sculptor’s Residence is peppered with an array of design-focused objects.
The four-room set up takes over an condominium on the coronary heart of the Swedish capital and has been curated by Copenhagen-based observe Norm Architects.
Manufacturers Menu and Dux have supplied furnishings from their respective collections, whereas audio is supplied by a choice of Bang & Olufsen audio system.
“The just about theatrical staging of objects pays homage to the ateliers of nice artists – from Picasso’s Parisian hideout to Cezanne’s untouched studio in Aix-en-Provence – and permits guests a glimpse into the creative course of, on a bigger scale,” defined founding companion of Norm Architects Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen.
“It is a staged fantasy of kinds; pairing totally different inventive companions to create one inventive entire.”
The lounge-style space has been dressed with a rounded, oatmeal-coloured couch and a pair of tan-leather chairs, which sit upon a textured rug.
On the centre of the house is a veiny, black-marble podium from Swedish stone firm Östersjösten that serves as a espresso desk.
Chunky plaster plinths from Danish model St Leo have additionally been dotted across the periphery of the room, displaying geometric sculptures from Copenhagen-based British artist Nicholas Shurey or gnarled ceramic objects by Sofia Tufvasson.
Big scrolls of paper and clean canvases have additionally been lent up towards the condominium’s partitions.
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Guests can wander by means of to an office-like room – it is centred by a slim white desk that is been scattered with books, materials samples and paintbrushes, in one other nod to the imagined life-style of the condominium’s proprietor.
Comparable gadgets may be seen on the black gridded shelf that seems within the condominium’s eating room, which additionally accommodates a marble-topped desk and a few cushioned lounge chairs.
A timber-framed mattress lastly options within the bed room, styled with neutral-toned linens.
The Sculptor’s Residence shall be used as a talks and occasions house all through the 2020 version of Stockholm Design Week. Main installations from the occasion final yr embody The Baker’s Home, which noticed inventive duo Farg & Blanche insert 12 modern objects into an ornate 19th-century household dwelling.
Neri&Hu additionally created a house-like timber construction for the design week’s furnishings honest – however later got here ahead to say that they had been sad with the “abysmal” high quality workmanship that had gone into making it.
Images is by Monica Steffensen.