designed by Daniel Libeskind in 2010 for Sawaya & Moroni, Italy, tubular steel structure, light blue oven baked lacquer, the seat and backrest upholstered and covered with orange leather, marked on the structure: Torq/design Daniel Libeskind 2010/Sawaya & Moroni, marked on the base: Prototype #02, height 67 cm, width 90 cm, depth 144 cm. height of seat 40 cm. (DR) Prototype number 2 of two prototypes manufactured before production. Provenance. private collection, Austria Lit.: Sawaya & Moroni, Contemporary Furniture Catalogue 2010 - Design Yearbook, Hamburg 2011/12 The armchair is inspired by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Milan which is based on Leonardo da Vinci"˜s inscription of the human figure in the circle and the square. This dynamic ensemble is created by simple geometries in a complex relationship that offers an artistic expression for the home or office. The "Torq" positions the human figure in a new contemporary space. The concept of the "Torq" continues a conversation with the traditions of tubular steel furniture originating in the Bauhaus movement, passing through the art deco period into our time. What is new in the architecture of the armchair (and the table), is the concept of transforming a square tubular base through the series of projections into a circle. "Torq" develops a new reading of the relationship between the supporting structure, the seat and the back as well as between the linear construction of the tubular steel and the volumetric opacity of the seat and the back rest. The "Torq" ensemble (consisting of chairs and tables) is as variegated as a building, functioning in different modes: line, plane, mass, volume and space engaged in a contrapuntal movement. In construction, use and appearance, "Torq" speaks to the fact that despite scale differences there is a true conceptual equivalence between furniture and architecture. (Daniel Libeskind)