Providence by Matthias Pliessnig was conceived around the notion of building a landscape for people to interact with. This notion developed into a form that morphs from an upright seating form to a lounging area. The flow of the piece and the intervals of spacing make Providence a very comfortable structure. With Embrasure, wanted to experiment with flexible joints to see if I could create a hammock effect. Each joint is joined with hand-hammered copper rivets. The strips that make up the form are more sporadic as they swirl around to show the geometry of the curves. Both pieces evoke a sense of landscape through their own language.

Describe yourself in five words.
Introspective, addictive, non-static, curious, aggressive
If you could be a different nationality, what would it be?
Australian
What’s your favourite movie?
Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette directed by Vittorio De Sica in 1948)
What kind of music you like to listen?
Yann Tiersen
What is your favourite design material?
Wood
What is the most expensive piece of furniture in your house?
My own
What inspires you?
Everything
You are going for a weekend “somewhere” and you have to invite 7 famous people, dead or alive. Where would you go and who would they be?
On a boat in the ocean with any seven people. As long as Claus Oldenburg was there with his miniature circus.
Are you afraid of the future?
Yes
Describe me the perfect day?
This could be an entire page! I think that moment directly after a strong thunderstorm when you can smell the clean plants in the air is pretty perfect.
What does space mean to you?
Possibility… scaffolding.
Luxury is?
The ability to do what one desires to do
Design is?
A process of distillation