Sheet Metal Is Unrecognizable in Sight Unseen x Bestcase?s Collaboration
Sight Unseeen's first ever furniture collection takes industrially produced sheet metal to new forms + designs.
Sheet metal is largely industrially produced and not often regarded as high design. That is, until online design magazine Sight Unseen launched its first-ever furniture collection in collaboration with Bestcase, a Long Island furniture brand that specializes in the material. Inspiring others to reacquaint themselves with the material and understand the possibilities of sheet metal, Sight Unseen founders Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer worked with Bestcase co-founder Charles Constantine to create the Magna Chair and the Song Screen. Additionally, the team brought on Home Studios, Studio Anansi, and Thevoz-Choquet to design a mirror, bar cart, and tables, respectively.
The Magna Chair by Constantine, inspired by a Roman curule chair meant for Rome?s finest aristocrats, gets a pared down, modernized interpretation. The chair is made from rolled satin aluminum which gives it its geometric frame; sheepskin adds a touch of plush comfort.
The Song Screen, also by Constantine, is reminiscent of Charles and Ray Eames? 1946 wood screen with a thought-invoking update. The mirror-polished aluminum is a reflection of the present, a departure from traditional folding screens that are often depict scenes from history or mythology.
The Brut Bar Cart by Studio Anansi references the Brutalism movement with its hard rawness of brushed stainless steel. A semi-translu...
Sheet metal is largely industrially produced and not often regarded as high design. That is, until online design magazine Sight Unseen launched its first-ever furniture collection in collaboration with Bestcase, a Long Island furniture brand that specializes in the material. Inspiring others to reacquaint themselves with the material and understand the possibilities of sheet metal, Sight Unseen founders Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer worked with Bestcase co-founder Charles Constantine to create the Magna Chair and the Song Screen. Additionally, the team brought on Home Studios, Studio Anansi, and Thevoz-Choquet to design a mirror, bar cart, and tables, respectively.
The Magna Chair by Constantine, inspired by a Roman curule chair meant for Rome?s finest aristocrats, gets a pared down, modernized interpretation. The chair is made from rolled satin aluminum which gives it its geometric frame; sheepskin adds a touch of plush comfort.
The Song Screen, also by Constantine, is reminiscent of Charles and Ray Eames? 1946 wood screen with a thought-invoking update. The mirror-polished aluminum is a reflection of the present, a departure from traditional folding screens that are often depict scenes from history or mythology.
The Brut Bar Cart by Studio Anansi references the Brutalism movement with its hard rawness of brushed stainless steel. A semi-translu...
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