TAME FURNITURE
How can tactile furniture awaken instinctive ways of inhabiting the environment?
TAME FURNITURE
How can tactile furniture awaken instinctive ways of inhabiting the environment?
TAME is an ongoing investigation into the relationship between body, object and instinct. Through archetypal forms and tactile engagement, the project explores how furniture can become a companion rather than a passive tool, inviting movement, awareness and a more active relationship with our environment.
Inspired by childhood encounters with wildlife in the forests of Transylvania and long-term observations of animal behaviour, the project explores how archetypal forms, touch and movement can awaken ways of perceiving and inhabiting our surroundings that often remain dormant in contemporary life.
TAME offers a gentle approach to the wild, inviting relationships that emerge through touch, curiosity and repeated encounters.
Body ↔ Material
Touch ↔ Perception
Human ↔ Living World
Touch is our earliest way of understanding the world. Before language, we recognise through our bodies—through weight, texture, balance and movement.
This investigation asks how furniture can engage these instinctive forms of perception. Instead of prescribing a single way of sitting or using an object, each piece invites exploration. The relationship develops gradually as the body discovers different positions, details and movements through repeated use.
Inspired by the adaptive intelligence of living systems, TAME questions contemporary ideals of comfort based on convenience and passivity. Comfort is understood as an active dialogue between body, material and environment.
Formal Language
The forms emerge from observations of wild animals - not by describing their appearance, but by translating qualities such as balance, curiosity, protection and alertness into tactile ceramic objects.
From a distance they appear almost abstract. As we approach, details slowly reveal themselves: the curve of a spine, hidden ears, a tail or antlers. Recognition unfolds through movement and touch, allowing each encounter to remain personal and open to interpretation.
THE ANIMALS
THE ANIMALS
experience
Furniture becomes more than functional equipment.
Through repeated tactile encounters it becomes a companion that encourages movement, curiosity and attention, gradually strengthening relationships between body, material and the living world.
The furniture is designed for both interior and outdoor environments, where it invites people of different ages to sit, touch, gather, play and pause. Whether experienced individually or arranged in groups, the pieces encourage spontaneous interactions that continue to evolve over time.
TAME WOLF
The WOLF gathers life around itself. A living plant grows from its centre, paraphrasing the wolf's instinct to protect its territory. The continuous ceramic ring creates a place where vegetation, people and architecture meet.
TAME DEER
The wakeful deer looks backwards with continuous attention. Its quiet spiral form invites moments of stillness, creating a place for gathering while remaining aware of the surrounding world.
TAME BEAR
The somersaulting BEAR feels large and soft, almost like a giant plush toy. We instinctively want to lean against it, sit on it or embrace it, discovering comfort through touch and changing positions.
TAME FOX
The FOX is recognised through movement. Its sweeping tail and small ears gradually emerge from the ceramic surface, inviting cautious touch that slowly becomes playful exploration.
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