Virtual furniture, does it really exist? Argentine designer Andrés Reisinger sold his digital life works through an online auction for half a million dollars. His creations are mind blowing.Text: Larissa Schaule Jullens
Image: Andrés Reisinger
Reisinger has been designing virtual furniture all his life. Recently he created ten digital copies and within ten minutes his collection sold out. What it generated? Over half a million euros! A stampede took place on the online marketplace Nifty Gateway when the designer posted his items online. The furniture, which ranges from a spherical soft pink table to a tubular armchair, can be placed in virtual 3D spaces or in games such as Minecraft. Each piece can also be used in virtual- and augmented-reality apps.
Reisinger calls his creations "impossible objects," but some of his "furniture" is also replicated in real life. According to him, the demand was so great that he wants to make real items as well. This is not the first time the designer 's virtual designs have appeared on the market. In 2018, he set the internet on fire with his version of The Hydrangea: a plush pink chair encased in 20,000 fabric petals. The object was so popular that he decided to create a physical version, which was eventually exhibited at the Montoya Gallery in Barcelona.
Reisinger's digital furniture is increasingly breaking through to luxury fashion houses as well. Gucci, Valentino and Marc Jabos have even started making virtual garments so that gamers can dress their "dolls" in expensive branded clothing.
© 2024 MASTERS EXPO. All rights reserved.
