{"id":24856,"date":"2025-09-16T01:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/24856\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T01:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:17:23","slug":"the-design-sketches-behind-matthias-pleissnigs-crazy-furniture-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/24856\/","title":{"rendered":"The Design Sketches Behind Matthias Pleissnig’s Crazy Furniture Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We’ve covered Matthias Pleissnig’s<\/a> work before, plenty of times–for good reason. The Rhode-Island-based designer creates positively stunning furniture out of steam-bent domestic hardwoods.<\/p>\n

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He breaks his furniture into just three categories: “Small”\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026and “Large.”<\/p>\n

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Previously Pleissnig had shown in-studio process shots of his builds, but now he’s made his actual sketches available. And I have to say, they look nothing like what I thought they’d look like:<\/p>\n

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It’s always incredible to get a glimpse into the mind of a talented designer.<\/p>\n

“Each piece I make provokes a feeling of motion and stillness. I am attempting to make work with its own sense of time. Intimate moments where time can move incredibly fast, sweeping by, and yet be serene and contemplative.”
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