As a fan of New York-based practice Snarkitecture ever since their collaboration with fashion designer Richard Chai, I have been looking forward to their new installation in Chicago's Volume Gallery, a series of everyday objects 'confused' in their original function, typical context and familiar materials, producing a collection of Fun. A lamp whose globe melts away from leaning onto another lamp. A coffee table frozen in collapse under the weight of a marble that 'pours' its heaviness out. These objects are kept in minimal colors and forms to convey the artists' intention.

Funiture reconsiders our reality, often centering on creating confusion - whether with familiar objects in unexpected contexts, or the dissolution of recognizable volumes into irrational forms.

Snarkitecture, comprising of Alex Mustonen and Daniel Asham, has often brought the fields of topography and geography into a smaller, human scale. Shelves, smooth on the top surface to function as, well, shelves, are made out of fiberglass and wood while they resemble rock excavations on the underside. Consistent in their philosophy of making architectural sense in their work, what I like most about the collection is that it serves its purpose by reminding us that sometimes it is ok not to take architecture seriously.