Steel rebar, concrete and glass are familiar currency in contemporary China. When Beijing-based architect Sara Bernardi first started working in the country, she used these materials in constructing buildings. Now, with her independent studio practice MICROmacro, Bernardi has created a furniture collection employing the same elements.
The CON-TRADITION collection draws inspiration from traditional Chinese furniture archetypes. Based on the, “apparent contradiction between the essentiality of CONtemporary style and the preciousness of the TRADITIONal Chinese antique style,” Bernardi strips away the decorative and reconstitutes the furniture using rebar to draw out familiar shapes.
Concrete and Rebar stools inspired by the ubiquitous street stools.
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