Designer Spotlight: Amelie Onzon

Amelie Onzon relies heavily on socially significant concepts to inform her unique furniture design. Her “In Vivo Exposure” line, pictured above, is designed to use form to question phobias, and work phobia patients through their fears by exposing them. Using sheets of fabric, she creates space – either a safe, surrounding space for those afraid of heights, or an adjustable, airy space for those afraid of confined spaces. Her other concept pieces include duck feeders and baths that are designed based on questions of our love/hate relationship with animals, and accessories designed around teenage concerns about their changing bodies. Although highly conceptual, her work is full of life, exploration, and creativity.