London-based design studio Soft Baroque melds conventional household furniture and objects with conceptual art. Its experimental approach to design is evocative, fantastical and functional.
Soft Baroque was founded in 2013 by design duo Saša Štucin and Nicholas Gardner. Štucin studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in visual communications in 2011. Gardner earned a bachelor’s degree in furniture design in 2010 from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. Štucin and Gardner later met while attending London’s Royal College of Art. They both graduated in 2013, Štucin with a master’s degree in visual communications and Gardner with a master’s degree in design products.
In 2011, Štucin took part in a workshop under Milton Glaser at the School of Visual Arts in New York and, in 2013, he participated in a research project at the Sandberg Instituut’s Think Tank for Visual Strategies in Amsterdam. Gardner worked as an assistant in designer Jerszy Seymour’s studio in Berlin in 2012 and as an assistant in Max Lamb’s design studio in 2013.
Since partnering as Soft Baroque, Štucin and Gardner have garnered critical attention for their unconventional modern furniture and objets d’art. The studio’s first piece — designed in 2014 — was the Lenticularis mirror, an innovative cross between a mirror and a scent diffuser. Another notable early work was the cartoon-like Pearl Screw Shelf bookcase in 2017, which features broken walnut timber planks, engineered plastic shelves and freshwater pearl screws.
Other pieces, such as chairs, benches, the Puffy Brick Column stools, vases, tables and lighting, are designed to blur the lines between functionalism and art. As Gardner explained in an interview with PIN-UP Magazine, “With a lot of our objects, we try to form a strange equation.”
Soft Baroque’s unique designs have included commissions from the luxury fashion brand Balenciaga and Swedish design company HEM. The duo has exhibited their pieces at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Swiss Institute in New York City, galleries in Copenhagen and New York and in major international design fairs.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Soft Baroque seating, case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects and more.
Contemporary LED Chandelier by Soft Baroque
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique handmade black nickel-plated brass and LED Chandelier from the "BN&F" series by the London based design duo soft Baroque. Custom designs and sizes...
Brass, Nickel
Contemporary Wall Lamp and Vase by Soft Baroque, Black Nickel-Plated Brass
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Commissioned by Etage Projects for Salon Art + Design 2017. Wall light and vase made of black nickel-plated crushed brass. Comes with remote, can be mounted ...
Brass, Nickel
Contemporary "LED Vase" Brass Table Lamp and Vase by Soft Baroque
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
The LED vase is a mixture of a vase and a lamp featuring LED lights. Comes with a remote control. The design duo soft Baroque blur the boundaries between acceptable furniture typ...
Brass
Bonnie Config 1 Small, Contemporary LED Linear Chandelier, Solid Brass
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylised form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is st...
Brass
Antique Russian Polished Brass Samovar Table Lamp 19th C
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Russian polished brass samovar urn mounted as a lamp. Exceptional quality and detail with oversized turned wooden handles on each side and a tall double light head with a brass finial. Brass Russian Samovar. Vasily Stephanovich Batashev - Tula, Russia. Decorative Antique Imperial Russian Brass Samovar, Late 19th Century This beautiful antique brass samovar...
Brass
$1,995
H 17.5 in Dm 9 in
Large Swedish Ceramic Vase / Table Lamp Base by Vicke Lindstrand & Upsala Ekeby
By Upsala Ekeby, Vicke Lindstrand
Located in New York, NY
Large Swedish Mid-Century Modern white ceramic table lamp base / vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Upsala Ekeby. The form of the piece is elegantly conceived; it is tapered and fluted. The under glaze of the white exterior has burnt reddish tones which come through along the edges and give the piece depth and warmth. Furthermore, it is equipped with a pre-set drilled hole near the mouth which allows room for an electrical cord and for this piece to be used as a table lamp or a vase. Stamped: V.L. on base. Additional References: NK, Nordiska Kompaniet, Axel Einar Hjort, Carl Marmstrom, Orrefors...
Ceramic, Pottery
$145 / item
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Contemporary Minimalist Small Brass and Glass Solitary Vase
By Paulo Goldstein
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Paulo Goldstein's Piccolo vase, Brazilian contemporary design is part of a series of vases that are inspired in the observation of the natural lines of the flowers and leaves held in...
Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
Bonnie Config 3 Contemporary LED Chandelier, Brass or Nickel, Art
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance, and essence. Each organic flower-like form is s...
Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
$11,220 / item
H 47.25 in W 63 in D 21.66 in
Dia Contemporary LED Chandelier, Config. 3, Brass, Handmade, Art
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
Dia is a sculptural chandelier inspired by the heterophony of natural sound. Each frame (or melody) is hand-rolled with all joints cleverly concealed within the circular light source...
Brass
Pair of Nickel-Plated Art Deco Wall Floral Sconces
By Donald Deskey
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unique fixtures possibly from a St. Louis Art Deco era theatre or skyscraper. Pair brass nickel plated 3 - tiered, step base decorative wall floral vases / sconces or urns. Some mino...
Brass
LED Cloud Chandelier Medium
Located in Westport, CT
In the LED cloud Light, hundreds of small LED lights are combined to a handmade wire mesh to create an elegant floating cloud chandelier light or pend...
Metal
$5,300 / item
H 47 in W 47 in D 33 in
Dia Contemporary LED Chandelier, Config. 1, solid brass, handmade/finished
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
Dia is a sculptural chandelier inspired by the heterophony of natural sound. Each frame (or melody) is hand-rolled with all joints cleverly concealed within the circular light source...
Brass
$1,521 / item
H 3.94 in Dm 15.75 in
Contemporary Lafaiette S Wall Light Sconce Lamp Abstract Sculptures Brass Radar
By Colé
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Since the origin of Radar Interiors the founder, designer Bastien Taillard, has chosen to work on essential lines and a meticulous re-visitation of shap...
Brass
LED Cloud Chandelier Small
Located in Westport, CT
In the LED cloud Light, hundreds of small LED lights are combined to a handmade wire mesh to create an elegant floating cloud chandelier light or penda...
Metal
$10,000 / item
H 63 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Bonnie Config 1 Medium, Contemporary LED Linear Chandelier, Solid Brass
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylised form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is ...
Brass
Contemporary LED Brass and Nickel Floor Lamp by Soft Baroque
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique and handmade black nickel-plated brass LED Floor Lamp from the "BN&F" series by the London based design duo Soft Baroque. Fitted with a LED Lamp and comes with a remote contro...
Brass, Nickel
Sold
H 24.41 in W 9.45 in D 11.82 in
Contemporary Wall Lamp and Vase by Soft Baroque, Black Nickel-Plated Brass
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Commissioned by Etage Projects for Salon Art + Design 2017. Wall light and vase made of black nickel-plated crushed brass. Comes with remote, can be mounted on the wall or placed on ...
Brass, Nickel
Contemporary Wall Lamp and Vase by Soft Baroque, Crushed Brass
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Commissioned by Etage Projects for Salon Art + Design 2017. Wall-mounted light and vase made of crushed brass. Comes with a remote. Handmade by Soft Baroque in London. Comes in diffe...
Brass
"Corporate Marble" Table Lamp by Soft Baroque
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Corporate marble by London-based design duo Soft Baroque, is a series of marble pieces constructed from resin and glass fibre. A Craft process generally reserved for hi-performance c...
Marble