What's happening in most of these staged furniture photographs is a clever bit of Photoshopping to fantastically blend bodies into everyday items around the home. Bara Prasilova of Prague carries out a circus-inspired style of art that makes the ordinary into something extraordinary.
This series of images comprises several tables, cabinets and a sofa that have all been rendered from inanimate to animate with the addition of whole, partial or distorted human forms. Legs emerge from the bottom or surface of tabletops, occasionally accompanied by load-bearing arms. The entire crouching figure of a suited man intersects with another furnishing, enabling his top hat to serve as an elegant centerpiece. An impossible headstand assumes a posture for a pedestal and a woman's lower half extends beyond the length of a couch.
This staged furniture series whimsically invites you to reconsider your relationship to the items around your house.
What's Driving This Trend
- Human-infused Furniture
- Incorporating recognizable human forms into furniture designs to create whimsical and eye-catching pieces.
- Disruptive Interior Design
- Shifting away from traditional designs towards more imaginative and playful designs in furniture, decor, and architecture.
- Virtual Reality Home Staging
- Using immersive technologies to allow customers to visualize how whimsical or innovative furniture and decor can transform their home.
Who This Affects Most
- Furniture Design
- Human-infused furniture has the potential to add an entirely new dimension to furniture design and the way we interact with it.
- Real Estate
- Real estate agents could leverage whimsical furniture design to better stage and showcase homes in an immersive and unique way.
- Retail
- Retailers could use immersive and interactive technologies to showcase whimsical furniture and decor in virtual reality, creating a new shopping experience.
