Orson Oxo Van Beek & Quinten Mestdagh Belgian, b. 1995
Ornamentum 2, 2020
6 mm lasered Aluminium
H 73 x W 92 x D 92 cm
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The aim of Orson Van Beek and Quinten Mestdagh was to create a new kind of ornamental furniture who touches the boundarries between aesthetics and functionalty. The typical historical aesthethetics...
The aim of Orson Van Beek and Quinten Mestdagh was to create a new kind of ornamental furniture who touches the boundarries between aesthetics and functionalty.
The typical historical aesthethetics connected to baroque and rococco styles are translated into graphic symbols and icons which formes the stucture of the pieces.
With this idea they created a still life of three objects respresenting a chair, a table and a lamp.
Orson Van Beeck and Quinten Mestdagh wanted to make the pieces of furniture so overly decorated untill a point that the actual piece of furniture becomes functionless and that it becomes almost an ornament on itself.
The still life of the three pieces are a study and a reflection on how ornamental furniture has evolved over time and how it can be reinvented and how it can find a place again in contemporary furniture design.
The typical historical aesthethetics connected to baroque and rococco styles are translated into graphic symbols and icons which formes the stucture of the pieces.
With this idea they created a still life of three objects respresenting a chair, a table and a lamp.
Orson Van Beeck and Quinten Mestdagh wanted to make the pieces of furniture so overly decorated untill a point that the actual piece of furniture becomes functionless and that it becomes almost an ornament on itself.
The still life of the three pieces are a study and a reflection on how ornamental furniture has evolved over time and how it can be reinvented and how it can find a place again in contemporary furniture design.