Studio Drift wants to show how the improbable can be made possible with its first major exhibition, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which features a floating concrete monolith and a light sculpture made from dandelions.
Coded Nature features an array of unusual installations and objects, from chandeliers that dance, to chairs containing ghostly skeletons.
"Science fiction is one of the big inspirations in our work," explained studio founders Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta.
Studio Drift's first major exhibition features an array of unusual installations and objects, including Shylight, an installation of dancing chandeliers
"We try to visualise realities that seem impossible, and to work with emerging technologies to help realise this dream," they said. "We'd like to be on the forefront of what will be possible in the future and make work that hopefully inspires a positive version of the future." Studio Drift founders are "big dreamers"
The pair founded their Amsterdam studio in 2007, after graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven. Over the past decade they have produced a range of projects that all aim to explore the fluctuating relationships between nature, technology and man.
Called Coded Nature, the exhibition also features chairs containing ghostly skeletons and a light sculpture made from dandelions
"We often start a project with the question: What if we could?"" they told Dezeen.
"We are big dreamers...