Soft Spot is a minimal object created by Eindhoven-based designer Enrico Rapella. Curtains are soft divisions in space. They are alive, movable, soft, light, relaxing and, most of all, temporary. Dissected and analyzed, curtains are composed of two elements: the horizontal rail and the vertical textile, unfolding by gravity. Enrico Rapella explores the connection between curtains, their features and their effects when applied to furniture. He took a desk and positioned a rail above it to follow the outline of the furniture. The translucent curtain suspended from the rail extends space of the furniture upwards. The volume and intimacy of this space mutate continuously in respond to human activity at, on and around the furniture. As a result, the table can adapt to different situations and benefit from the soft divisions and sense of privacy created by the curtain.

Photography by Nicole Marnati