Visual Anaesthesia / Naked Couch by Tina Roeder, 2004
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About This Piece

Exceptional Contemporary Design

This one-of-a-kind daybed was designed by Tina Roeder for the exhibition Master Pieces at Droog Design Amsterdam in 2004. Thereafter it was exhibited at the Design Academy Eindhoven during Salone del Mobile in Milan and in the Museum Marta Herford’s exhibition Nullpunkt in Germany in 2009. “We're visually anaesthesized, everything has already been digitally pre-experienced for us before we even get to experience it ourselves.” Tina Roeder endeavors to make people look at objects with a fresh perspective. Naked Couch, her stripped-down version of a doctor’s examining table, is made of nothing but a steel frame and nude-colored leather belts – with references to Freud's psychoanalytic couch and to classic modernist day beds by the likes of Eileen Gray and Le Corbusier. Visual Anaesthesia, a Naked Couch with hidden details. This one-of-a-kind piece from 2004 is made from chrome-plated steel, an assortment of individually found belt buckles, and tan leather.

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Creator	Tina Roeder
Manufacturer	Tina Roeder
Design Period	From 2000
Year	2004
Production Period	2000 to 2009
Country of Manufacture	Netherlands
Style	Contemporary
Detailed Condition	Exhibition Piece — This piece is not pre-owned, but has been used for display purposes and might show minor signs of wear.
Edition Number	1
Product Code	PFR-224591
Number of Prototypes
Limited Edition	Yes
Additional Information	One of a Kind Made by Hand
Materials	Leather, Steel
Color	Beige
Width	180 cm 70.9 inch
Depth	55 cm 21.7 inch
Height	58 cm 22.8 inch
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Dealer	Tina Roeder
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Ships from	Germany
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Front Door Delivery:
(Included in Every Order)

A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below).
The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

In-Home Delivery:
(For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)

A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers.
The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

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About the Creator

Tina Roeder

Tina Roeder was born in Germany in 1975. She studied at Central Saint Martins in London, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in 2000. Roeder went on to earn her Master's degree from the Design Academy Eindhoven under Droog in 2004. After graduating, she trained with Studio Job in Antwerp and launched her own studio in Berlin in 2007, where she continues to live and work today.

The studio specializes in works at the intersection of furniture design and conceptual, sculptural objects. Roeder’s focus is on contemporary contexts in relation to design history. With references to the Modernist movement, especially to the architectural legacy of Gerrit Rietveld and Frank Lloyd Wright, her works show parallels to Marcel Duchamp’s conceptual art and Donald Judd’s minimalism on the art historical side.

Notable projects to date include her ongoing Credenza series, a typology of cabinets aesthetically exploring architectural and societal structures and perspectives in archetypal modernist materials such as glass, leather, and steel; as well as White Billion Chairs (2002/2009), a project dealing with a rather postmodern theme and material—plastic—in an edition of 33 found monobloc chairs, each of which have been individually perforated by hand with up to ten thousand holes and then sanded. White Billion Chairs pays tribute to an everyday object in a truly unique position—the monobloc has been neglected in cultural and historical design arenas, yet continues to be massively produced and is the most-sold chair worldwide.

Roeder's work has been exhibited in galleries and fairs across the globe, including, but not limited to: Droog Amsterdam and Chamber New York (2016), Salone del Mobile in Milan on multiple occasions, and Gallery FUMI (2017) in London. Her work is included in the permanent collections of some of the world’s most esteemed institutions and private collections, including Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany and Fendi’s private collection in Rome, Italy, among others.