The work of Gschwandtner engages with the scale and measurement of the human body and its interaction with space, furniture and objects in both historical and contemporary context. He investigates the body language that a piece of furniture suggests and how this proposal is interrupted and repurposed by its use. His love and knowledge of rough and tough materials - such as steel, lacquered frames, sheets of leather, plastered canvas, wax and varnish - is also reflected in this series of furniture.