{"id":87893,"date":"2020-02-20T22:45:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/article\/puffy-bricks_o"},"modified":"2020-02-20T22:45:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:45:20","slug":"puffy-bricks_o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/puffy-bricks_o\/","title":{"rendered":"Puffy Bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By injecting concrete into balloons and arranging them in a mold, a perfectly fitting set of concrete bricks is made. This is a new method of generating distorted soft architecture and objects and an exploration in the visual and tactile exchange between soft and hard.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soft Baroque is formed by Royal College of Art graduates Nicholas Gardner and Sa\u0161a \u0160tucin. Their London-based practice focuses on creating work with conflicting materials and processes, without abandoning beauty or consumer logic. They are keen to blur the boundaries between acceptable furniture typologies and conceptual representative objects, rendering a new set of aesthetic and functional values.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"zonda-image-block full-width \">\n\t<div class=\"zonda-image-wrap\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?w=245\" class=\"attachment-card-thumb-lg size-card-thumb-lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=682,1024 682w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=245,367 245w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=118,177 118w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=76,114 76w, https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/puffybrickprocess1-web.jpg?resize=87,131 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"zonda-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"zonda-image-credit\">Soft Baroque<\/p>\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making plays a big role in their practice. They are designers and manufacturers of their objects. Their interest in various materials results in a diverse body of work. The refined, simplified forms of their works reflect principles of mid-century design, but the pieces also veer toward conceptual territory by evoking the malleability of how objects are seen and mediated today. Traditionally a craftsman&#8217;s practice would be in proximity to the raw material used to fabricate objects. In the same fashion Soft Baroque produces work in the context of metropolitan environment: processed materials manufactured for the domestic interiors are manipulated to unconventional ends. These new raw materials are converted into objects that still possess an echo from their intended use.<br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By injecting concrete into balloons and arranging them in a mold, a perfectly fitting set of concrete bricks is made. 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