{"id":632157,"date":"2026-10-16T06:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632157\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T06:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:52:12","slug":"objects-with-narratives-presents-design-that-looks-found-rather-than-fabricated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632157\/","title":{"rendered":"Objects with Narratives presents design that looks “found rather than fabricated”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belgian gallery Objects with Narratives<\/a> has curated a texture-heavy exhibition<\/a> at PAD London called What Remains?, featuring pieces from Ben Storms<\/a> and Paul Cocksedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What Remains? marks the second show that Brussels platform Objects with Narratives<\/a> has presented at design fair PAD London<\/a>, which takes place annually in Mayfair’s Berkley Square.<\/p>\n

\"WhatObjects with Narratives has curated a PAD London exhibition called What Remains?<\/p>\n

The emerging Brussels gallery’s exhibition brings together a series of textured pieces united by amorphous shapes and patinated surfaces.<\/p>\n

“Every piece was crafted in the present, yet many carry a sense of the past, as though found rather than fabricated,” said Objects with Narratives.<\/p>\n

\"CollectibleThe show features pieces by Ben Storms and Paul Cocksedge<\/p>\n

Among the exhibitors is Belgian designer Ben Storms<\/a>, who is known for his rough-hewn furniture that looks like jumbo pillows<\/a>. Storms is presenting his most recent design, a cushion-like coffee table called Ex Hale, crafted from veiny red Mexican onyx decorated with mosaic veneer.<\/p>\n

To create the piece, the designer used a hydroforming technique to blow up two pieces of metal sheet that were welded together and 3D-scanned to form a cushion shape.<\/p>\n

\"GleamingSofie Middernacht is showing gleaming crimson furniture<\/p>\n

After this, Storms used a CNC machine to mill the same shape from a block of stone.<\/p>\n

“Ex Hale plays with our common notions of materiality,” said the gallery. “The hard stone looks soft instead, an impression that is further enhanced by the delicate surface treatment.”<\/p>\n

\"GlazedAlso on display are Jojo Corv\u00e4i\u00e1’s glazed vessels crafted from volcanic clay<\/p>\n

Also on display is Critical Mass, a handmade Corten steel standing shelf by British designer Paul Cocksedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A trio of metal components were arranged to support three metal shelves, forming a piece that looks familiar to What Nelson Sees<\/a>, a weathering steel installation by Cocksedge that was placed in Trafalgar Square for last year’s London Design Festival.<\/p>\n

“The Critical Mass series holds an energy, something on the edge of collapse or explosion,” said Objects with Narratives.<\/p>\n

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Belgian designer Sofie Middernacht<\/a> is showing a steel credenza, bench and duo of stools clad in gleaming crimson resin.<\/p>\n

Middernacht works with discarded industrial materials to create her furniture, which is purposefully formed like archaeological artefacts.<\/p>\n

\"WhatPatchwork copper lighting by Karl Monies is included in the show<\/p>\n

Venezuelan artist Jojo Corv\u00e4i\u00e1<\/a> is presenting a trio of glazed vessels crafted from volcanic clay, a material central to his practice.<\/p>\n

A host of other materials feature in the show, from shaggy mohair and wool lamps by Belgian practice KRJST Studio<\/a> to lighting by Danish designer Karl Monies<\/a> formed from patchwork slabs of copper.<\/p>\n

\"PADWhat Remains? runs until 18 October<\/p>\n

“What Remains? asks what gives an object the sense that it might outlive the moment of its making: the material, the craft, or simply the possibility that some objects belong to no single time at all,” Objects with Narratives concluded.<\/p>\n

Objects with Narratives was founded by Nik and Robbe Vandewyngaerde and Oskar Eryatmaz, who opened their first permanent brick-and-mortar gallery<\/a> inside a historic 1920s fur atelier in Brussels in 2023.<\/p>\n

What Remains? is on until 18 October.<\/p>\n

The photography is courtesy of Objects with Narratives.<\/p>\n

PAD London 2026<\/a> takes place from 14 to 19 October 2026 at Berkeley Square, London W1J 6EN, UK. See Dezeen Events Guide<\/a>\u00a0for more architecture and design events around the world.<\/p>\n