{"id":2173,"date":"2025-10-03T09:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:54:34","slug":"henry-svendsens-handle-collection-is-made-from-metal-leather-and-flesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/henry-svendsens-handle-collection-is-made-from-metal-leather-and-flesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Svendsen's Handle collection is made from “metal, leather and flesh”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Metal-and-leather<\/div>\n

Designer Henry Svendsen has created Handle, a “kink-coded” furniture<\/a> collection that features three abstract sculptural pieces made from brushed metal<\/a> and black leather<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Svendsen<\/a>, who studied architecture and has previously designed furniture for fashion label Burberry, aimed to create pieces that engage with their users. His designs are slightly abstract, leaving it up to the viewer to figure out what they can be used for.<\/p>\n

\"Hanger
The abstract pieces were designed for people to interact with<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I was doing architecture, and was kind of obsessed with this feeling of [creating] an almost smaller, toned-down version of architecture,” Svendsen told Dezeen of his sculptural designs.<\/p>\n

“It’s furniture, and you’re engaging with it, and it’s almost an art form that engages with the human body.”<\/p>\n

\"Hybrid
They are made from metal and leather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Handle collection is comprised of a saddle-like seat, a tall stand or hanger and a hybrid seat-stand.<\/p>\n

“I was also looking at this idea of the plinth and of how, in the art world, you have these huge bronze and marble sculptures that lean on plinths,” Svendsen said.<\/p>\n

“And I thought, if you take away the figure from that plinth, what are you left with?”<\/p>\n