Soft Baroque

Soft Baroque is the practice of Nicholas Gardner and Saša Štucin, who create work combining conflicting functions and imagery without abandoning beauty or consumer logic. They blur the boundaries between acceptable furniture typologies and conceptual representative objects, often subverting material expectations in the process.

Making is central to the practice, and an interest in a wide range of materials results in a deliberately diverse body of work, from carved aluminium and soft metal to chipboard reliefs and plastic. Their pieces and interiors have been shown at the Swiss Institute, Friedman Benda and Patrick Parrish in New York, the Royal Academy, V&A and Design Museum in London, and at both the Venice Biennale Architettura and Arte.