Can furniture be art?

YES Art takes on many forms of expression but the one thing that unites discussion about it is the concept of a creative process. Furniture and art may be at two polarities of creativity—you can say the former is about a design that often relates to human usage and behaviour whereas the latter is often considered solely about aesthetics and visual form. Once you put aside furniture’s functional aspects and consider it as an object of beauty, it can easily be considered art. Many great 20th-century modernists push the boundary between design and art, especially for everyday objects like furniture. They create pieces of sculpture that make use of or play on the idea of furniture. Or they create pieces that are at once functional but with high aesthetic value.…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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