Swedish studio Front has collaborated with Italian brand Moroso to translate elements in nature into amorphous furniture items using 3D-scanning technologies.
The Design by Nature furniture collection, which comprises six seating objects, is designed to mimic various objects typically found in the wilderness, such as branches and rocks covered with moss, lichen and algae.
Front collaborated with Moroso to create the Design by Nature furniture
Front and Moroso wanted to use the furniture designs to bring elements of the outside, in.
While the six objects function as seating, it is not in the conventional sense, Front told Dezeen. Rather, the pieces are designed to mimic "the way one sits in nature", encouraging users to climb on top of and lay down on them. "We wanted the pieces to create the feeling that someone had lifted a whole glade from a forest with a gigantic shovel and moved it to a home," said Front co-founder Sofia Lagerkvist.
The furniture mimics rocks covered with moss, lichen and algae
The creators took photos and 3D scans of various rocky woodlands and seaside areas, as well as drew sketches, before using these images to digitally build the six designs.
The wooden furniture items were given their undulating, rocky shapes by a milling machine before being coated in patterned, tapestry-like fabric produced by Dutch textile company Febrik, owned by Kvadrat.
While each of the fabrics feature a dappled design, some are coloured in rock-grey tone...