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BY RIDHI KALE

The makers of beautiful furniture, these designers are blurring the lines between, form, function and fiction.

NIFT, New Delhi graduates, Abeer Husain and Shanvi Rastogi are the force behind Objects in Space. The studio founded in 2018 believes that finding that mid ground is essential to enhance consumer experience.
Material World They use various materials such as marble, wood, terracotta, concrete and metal. “We let the character of material drive the aesthetic and appeal of the collection,” says Husain.
Retail Therapy The studio retails side tables, coffee tables, shelves, planters, mirrors, sculptures, lights and accessories.


Latest Range “Our latest collection, Anatomy, is an extension of the human body. Furniture is usually considered a part of the decorative arts but the blurring line between the disciplines of art and design opens furniture to the art category,” says Rastogi. Rotatable face lamps, the talking chair, casted ears as wall sculptures, and human feet as bud vases, this collection explores the beauty of the human body as functional art objects.


What’s Next They are launching chairs soon along with art, wall sculptures and digital prints. They also plan to work with terrazzo, cane and concrete.


MAY, 2022
Photograph by CHANDRADEEP KUMAR