Antechamber

Designed by Daniel Kolodziejczak, the Milan-based firm StudioDanielK presents Antechamber, an inaugural collection of collectible furniture on the occasion of Salone del Mobile 2024 which offers a first glimpse into the creative universe of the studio.

StudioDanielK opens an architectural dialogue between classical tendencies in Italian architecture and the radical approach found in Brazilian modernist architecture. Captivated by the works of Polish artists Alicia Kwade and Magdalena Abakanowicz, the collection itself questions the beauty found in rigid and sober materials. Between a radical purity and classical materials, marbles sourced from the earth are transformed into geometric and structural shapes.

Canvases of Rouge du Roi and St Laurent marble, spheres of translucent honey onyx are set into furniture like gemstones are in Jewellery; it creates tension between weight of materials and lightness of their lines.

The 10 piece collection questions the way light and shadow occupies space: A coffee table blurs the limits between wood and marble in a play of delicate brown hues, and a stool in smoked eucalyptus suspended on blocks of transparent onyx seems to levitate on light.

Based in Milan, Daniel Kolodziejczak is a polish designer who studied design in in Denmark, Amsterdam and London. 
Working for 8 years as a jewellery designer in Paris and Milan, his use of stone continues in his new project StudioDanielK exploring furniture and interior projects. Daniel’s objects find its roots in designs that extract beauty from nature; these designs draw upon fundamental concepts of architecture, stripping them down to their core by situating designs between the perfection of architectonic geometry and the natural complexity of marbles and woods.