Tom Black's Tulip Chair Combines Marble and Stainless Steel in Poetic Design
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Rima Sabina Aouf
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Summary
The article features the Tulip chair designed by Australian interior designer Tom Black through his studio T. Black Atelier. The chair combines marble and brushed stainless steel to create a poetic materiality, contrasting hard materials with supple forms. The design channels typically hard materials into gentle curves, with smooth marble merging into orbital-brushed stainless steel elements that curve around the seat, creating a study in contrast and subversion of material expectations.
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Manufactured through the designer's furniture studio T. Black Atelier, the Tulip chair channels the two typically hard materials into supple forms, creating a study in contrast and subversion
Smooth marble rounds and merges into the chair's orbital-brushed stainless steel elements, which curve gently around the seat
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