INTRO

Welcoming the ancient in the contemporary and shaping memory through current gestures.

In our research the conflict between the contemporary and the classic generates a continuous methodological and formal dialectic. UNDATED is a solid wood seat conceived as a neoclassical sculpture action: redesigning the past by relieving it of the weight of formal requirements and imagining it with an evocative and imperfect output. Being in the present and the past at the same time has led us to explore a personal version of the connection between distant historical times.

We combined our conceptual vocation and formal linearity with a skilful craftsmanship capable of shaping the material without fearing the relationship with it, indeed, welcoming its intrinsic characteristics, enhancing them and pushing them beyond known boundaries.

The contrast between "tempestas" and "tranquillitas" (citing Johann Joachim Winckelmann's thought about art) has generated a static and visibly heavy volume, a bold form with a reassuring and massive appearance just like the material it is made of.

UNDATED, THE SEATING COLLECTION

It’s a collection of three curvy seats: low seat, high seat and linear bench.

Its body is made of solid wood assembled and turned by hand. The final finish, of an intense black color and with three-dimensional veins to show essence and surface processing, is made with the Japanese technique Shou Sugi Ban which consists in carbonizing the surface of the wood with a flame to make it more resistant to atmospheric agents, to attack. parasites, water and fire itself.

Oak recovery, craftsmanship and charred finish with the shou sugi ban technique by Studio F, an artisan carpentry based in Turin (Italy).