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.
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Diet Wood Console
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Most wood furniture today is made from veneered chipboard, it conveys its value with its outer surface. These pieces work backwards from that layer, starting with veneer and applyin...
Aluminum
Amber reclaimed elm wood console table
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Reclaimed elm wood console that is beautifully crafted and serves as the perfect table for any space. Since this is made from vintage reclaimed materials, there may be some imperfect...
Elm
Console No. 1 - Vrksa Series - Bent wood console
By Raka Studio
Located in Cape Girardeau, MO
The Console V is a part of the Vrksa Series of works. The foyer table has a free-form design; the wood bends and curves with natural flows to create the design. The handcrafted deta...
Hardwood, Ash, Bentwood
Andrianna Shamaris Single Burnt Teak Wood Console
Located in New York, NY
Burnt one time to produce this beautiful dark brown color with many different under tones. The top and legs are made from a single 2″ thick reclaimed teak slab. 72″ long x 15- 19″ w...
Wood, Teak
Andrianna Shamaris Bleached Organic Wood Console Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural bleached tamarind wood console table. We stabilized the wood and cleaned out the center and finally bleached this natural organic piece revealing the beautiful wood grai...
Wood
Spanish Wood Console
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1920's Spanish carved wood console with foliage motif. Measurements: Height: 31" Length: 43" Depth: 17.5"
Wood
Modern Elm Wood Console Table with Drawers
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
IVAN NATURAL CONSOLE TABLE Natural reclaimed elm wood that is beautifully crafted and serves as the perfect storage solution for any space. Since this is made from vintage reclaimed ...
Elm
Dos Gallos Custom Iron and Wood Console
By Dos Gallos Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom buttress base console. Base is hand-forged iron and top consists of Douglas fir in a custom grey/beige finish. Can be made in any size and in a variety of custom colors/finish...
Iron
Andrianna Shamaris Shell Inlay Teak Wood Console
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Minimalist waterfall teak wood console with Mother-of-Pearl shell inlay. Each piece of white shell is carefully hand cut and applied to create this stunning console. Custom sizes ava...
Shell, Wood, Teak
Monumental Bleached Teak Root Wood Console
Located in Dallas, TX
This piece is a part of Brendan Bass’s one-of-a-kind collection, Le Monde. French for “The World”, the Le Monde collection is made up of rare and hard to find pieces curated by Brend...
Teak
Signature Wood "Axis" Console Parisii Collection
Located in Del Mar, CA
AXIS CONSOLE Architecture, ancestry, and modern form The Axis Console is a study in balance, structure, and proportion—rooted in the language of modern architecture while quietly r...
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris St. Barts Teak Wood Console
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Single 3″ thick slab top console set on a modern teak wood base. The reclaimed teak wood has a light white wash cerused finish. Custom stains availabl...
Wood, Teak
Andrianna Shamaris Minimalist Suar Wood Console Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive minimalist console table hand made from reclaimed Suar wood with butterfly detail on the leg, as shown in the final images. Each panel is three inches thick. Finished in a...
Wood