Antonia Fischer (de) is a designer and researcher drawn to objects, spaces and the personal connections that sit between them. 

Rooted in phenomenology and a deep curiosity for materiality, her practice investigates how perception, objects and environments work together to reveal the way we live. Through making and writing, she explores the ‘felt-space’, reflecting on how the spaces we inhabit and the objects around us shape our everyday experience.

She holds an MA in Interior and Spatial Design from the University of the Arts London, as well as a BA in Product Design from the University of Applied Design Schwäbisch Gmünd.

She is currently living and working in London.


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01Trauer Tragen,
Carrying Grief


2025
Object 



800×500×500 mm
Etched steel with rivets

This chair is the physical outcome of her MA thesis exploring how grief alters spatial perception and the way we read objects, looking at how spaces speak through traces and how memories project onto physical matter. Drawing from the passing of her grandfather and the shifting atmosphere of her grandparents' home, the work examines how loss reshapes attachment.

In German, ‘Trauer tragen’ means both to grieve and to wear mourning, a dual meaning underpinning the work. She documented traces of daily life in her grandparents’ home, such as fabrics and worn surfaces, via silicone castings. These were transferred to steel through etching, where acid captured a ghost-like moment while destroying parts of the surface. The plates were bent and riveted into a chair, forming a spatial translation of the home. The work accepts that memories can never be recreated, only translated to be slowly lost.