We begin our creative journey by studying the form: its curve, its posture, and its intrinsic relationship to space and structure.
The atmosphere created by our objects has a profound effect on how we rest, think, feel, work, eat and socialize. To truly serve us, these sculptures must not only appeal to our senses and emotions, but also attend to our cognitive, functional, biological and social well-being, making art an essential framework for life.
Like water and oxygen, light is a precondition for human life. We are physiologically dependent on sunlight to regulate our hormones, our temperature, our sleep and our emotions, and to connect us with the rhythms of life. We watch the changing daily and seasonal light conditions to remain oriented in space and aware of time. Without light, we are lost. We are born with an instinct to dwell. We search for shelters that make us feel bounded and centered, thus reducing the infinity of space and time to dimensions that are more comprehensible and comfortable for the human psyche. Vespers is a table lamp, and the light it lays down is one of those dimensions: this exact place, right now, with these particular things.
Regardless of progress, our physiology chooses natural over artificial. Running a hand across stone, brick or wood ignites familiar sensations of the outdoors and floods our minds with pleasing emotions; their touch grounds us back to earth. The weight of a thing, the temperature of its surface, the grain under a thumb: these arrive only when it is in your hands.
The shade of Fonte arrives that way. You hold the cone of yellow travertine stone once, mounting the lamp: cool in the palm, matte, its surface open and uneven under the fingertips. Then it takes its place on the wall, within reach above a bed or a reading chair. Any evening after, a thumb passed over the rim finds stone, and the outdoors with it.
Every sculpture at The Soft Minimal is rooted in the vision of Manuela Guidarini (b. 1986, Italy), an Architect and Artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Manuela's work is a profound exploration of the relationship between geometry and mental stillness. Drawing heavily on her design background, her creations are deeply influenced by the interaction of geometrical grids, massing, and the artful balance of light and shadow.
She designs not for mere aesthetic display, but to induce the viewer in a state of calmness and stillness. For Manuela, fine art is the most natural way to communicate emotion and ensure every object we craft serves your emotional well-being and visual order.
Peace is not empty space left behind after a fight. It is made, moment by moment, by someone choosing not to escalate when they easily could.
