Tadeas Podracky's The Metamorphosis furniture rejects mass-produced design
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tadeas Podracky rejected formal design methods when creating these unconventional furniture objects, which he made by layering materials like "a bird weaving its nest".
The Metamorphosis collection comprises three sculptural objects that the designer refers to as "functional art", which act as a chair, a table and a light.
Each is made using materials Podracky found around his home, or that were easy to access, during a period of quarantine.
These include paint, wood, textiles, discarded materials like spare car parts, pieces of broken ceramics and broken sheets of glass ? materials that he felt had a level of "authenticity of scarcity".
Podracky's The Metamorphosis collection is a series of functional art objects Podracky used his "creating through destroying" technique when making the collection to grant each of the pieces a high level of unpredictability to achieve his goal of authenticity.
The Metamorphosis furniture is his way of rejecting mass production and industrial manufacturing processes, which he feels makes objects "ugly and uniform".
"Design has rendered our environment impersonable. Living in prefabricated houses that are occupied by mass-produced furniture, where we spend most of the day escaping to virtual worlds," said Podracky.
"Through questioning construction methods, putting emphasis on authenticity and revaluing materials' ability to reveal character, ...
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