This approach is clearly embodied in Disguise Series 00, a collection of sculptural seating pieces that blur the boundary between furniture and fiction. Built around simple tubular steel structures, each piece is “dressed” in a hand-sewn, spiky textile cover, transforming the recognizable into something strange and animate. The act of covering becomes almost ritualistic, granting the object a new identity, half functional object, half creature. The pointed textures evoke natural morphogenesis, where subtle variations through repetition generate organic, almost living patterns. Chairs, benches, and stools form a family of disguised forms that inhabit space with their own language, suggesting movement, presence, and emotion. Produced entirely in ESTO’s Madrid workshop, the series reflects the studio’s interest in process-driven design and material storytelling. Rather than seeking spectacle, ESTO invites a primal, intuitive connection, similar to the instinctive bond we feel toward familiar forms in nature. Through works like Disguise Series 00, the studio redefines the everyday, proposing objects that do not simply occupy space, but actively inhabit it, quietly unsettling, playful, and deeply tactile.
