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 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
$1,000 / item
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Contemporary Minimalist Brass and Glass Solitary Vase V3
By Paulo Goldstein
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
V3 vase - Monstera by Paulo Goldstein, Brazilian contemporary design is part of a series of vases inspired in the observation of the natural lines of the flowers and leaves held in t...
Brass, Steel
$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
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
$1,543 / 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
Jean Boris Lacroix Black Opaline and Nickel Vase circa 1930, Stamped
By Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in CA, CA
An opaline black glass circular vase on a nickel-plated metal base with blade supports. Signed with the stamp "Boris Lacroix".
Nickel
$1,009
H 13.39 in Dm 10.24 in
Contemporary Soft Parachute Rope Multicolour Vase Large by Sarah Roseman
Located in 1204, CH
The Reef Series combines an innovative exploration of textile materiality with a refreshing colour scheme and fuzzy tactility. The unique knitting and casting process brings the pieces to life, evocative of coral reefs and underwater life...
Nylon, Rope, Epoxy Resin
Contemporary Black Vase in Oak, Babel Vase by Arno Declercq
By Arno Declercq
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Black Vase in Oak, Babel Vase by Arno Declercq Dimensions: W 32 x L 32 x H 65 cm Materials: Burned and waxed oak Made by hand, in Belgium. Arno Declercq Belgi...
Wood, Oak
Contemporary Crystallized Vase in Soft Pink by Isaac Monté, Netherlands
By Isaac Monté
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning crystallized vase in soft pink, by artist Isaac Monté. This original work of art is produced through fascinating process, combining science and art. By dissolving minerals...
Stone
$1,225 / item
H 19.69 in W 16.93 in D 7.09 in
Contemporary Black Sculpted Black Ceramic Vase, Kumanec Two Leg Vase by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary sculpted black ceramic vase - Kumanec two leg vase by Faina Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: material: clay / ceramics Dimensions: Small...
Ceramic
$7,575
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Soft Jug in nickel plated steel, tinted silicone and silk suture by Panorammma
By Panorammma
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Making direct reference to the ability of bodily organs to function as vessels, while also alluding to plastic surgery and body pleasure, Panorammma’s vessels personify aided charact...
Steel
$1,223 / item
H 13 in W 9.45 in D 4.22 in
Contemporary Black Sculpted Black Ceramic Vase - Kumanec One Leg Vase by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Sculpted Black Ceramic Vase - Kumanec Two Leg Vase by Faina Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: material: clay / ceramics Dimensions: 10.7 x 24 x 33 cm (“kumanec” in Ukrainian — (ceramic figured vessel) Traditional festive pottery with a hole-bagel in the middle, transformed into modern interior decoration, that has the power to unite people around. In search of new-old design messages, Victoria Yakusha conducted a study of the daily traditions of our ancestors. The times of Trypillia and the Scythian civilization, Slavs household habits, designer studied the forms, materials and craft techniques of those times and brought modern perusal to the traditional things. Awards Industart 2015 Award for PECHYVO cabinet Archiproducts Awards — SHCHEDRYY table nominated AZ Awards Canada nominated SOLOD cabinet The Interior of the Year Award for ZTISTA chair Exhibitions Solo 2017 Stockholm Furniture Fair: The collection had an individual Stand 2018 Milan Design Week: presented novelties at Superdesign Show 2018 London Design Fair: has presented full collection. Group 2015 Bologna Design Week: first exhibition for the new Collection. 2017 Dutch Design Week: SOLOD ?abinet, HRYB coffee-table — participants of the exhibition. 2018 Paris Design Week: Bandura vase...
Ceramic
$1,745 / item
H 14.97 in W 6.7 in D 3.94 in
Contemporary Vase 'Genke CSL3' by Noom, Hammered Brass and Steel
By NOOM, Kateryna Sokolova
Located in Paris, IDF
Genke vase, one of the vases from the "Suprematic" collection. The collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist mo...
Brass, Steel
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