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Mar 18 - Designer Spotlight & Press
Female Designers of Sculptural Furniture: Daniele Albright of Videre Licet
By Jill Krasny | 1ST DIBS
The work of these creators, who all happen to be women, bridges the divide between art and design.
Sometimes, functionality is not enough — you want the furnishings you employ for seating, storage and illumination to be works of art. These five women, ranging from a Munich-born designer who crafts chandeliers for royalty to a polydisciplinary British talent with a thing for outer space, achieve that ideal balance, creating sculptures that are both dazzling and usable.
RIGHT: Astral Projection 2. TOP: Subtracted Cube chair (photos courtesy of Videre Licet).
Daniele Albright embraces contradictions. “I love conceptualizing things in a digital space but making them in natural materials,” says the Los Angeles designer behind Videre Licet.
“The digital space is my sketchpad, I very rarely use a pencil and paper,” Albright explains. And she brings those ideas to (non-virtual) life, in wood, metal and glass — substances that reflect her “deep respect for ecology,” she says, not to mention her love of tactility.
Smoked Rhizome table (photo courtesy of Videre Licet).
“One day you’re refining a design concept, another day you’re out materials sourcing, then the next you may be doing hands-on prototyping.”
Smoked Rhizome table (photo courtesy of Videre Licet).
Judging from her root-like Smoked Rhizome table and gleaming Subtracted Cube armchair, she chose the right line of work. She’s certainly never bored. “One day you’re refining a design concept, another day you’re outsourcing materials, then the next you may be doing hands-on prototyping,” she says.
“Design is also a profession that connects you deeply to the world because anything can be a source of inspiration,” Albright continues. “You’re always looking at things closely — whether it’s the mass of a concrete slab or the intricacy of how leaves form and grow.”
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