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This design uses a group of household products such as stereos, lamps, clocks and fans as carriers. The leather and labels symbolise the symbolic value of the goods, while the functional components inside the products symbolise the use value, using a destructive interaction to "cut" the symbolic veneer and liberate the honest function, highlighting the contradictory relationship between symbol and function in the consumption of goods.
Continue readingPikku vase collection is studio made from recycled waste glass. The rhythm of the process creates unique splashes of color inside each object. The collection is inspired by soap bubbles and the dance of brush strokes of abstract impression. Every Pikku vase has their own breath. Its a metaphor for a soul of a piece. Pikku combines sustainable thinking and Scandinavian design philosophy.
Continue readingWith the specially made bronze and gold delicate feet holding up the ceramic sphere, the light projection presents a rich and three dimensional light and shadow changes, gathering on the main wall of the meeting area, leading thousands of visitors. This work aims to express the flow and spatial tension between the cells of the group, using the black glazed cells on the handmade ceramic spheres to translate the different, but different, tourists who come to the smoke wave because they long for the warmth of their stay.
Continue readingThrobbing Stillness is part of a series of vessels exploring abstract ideas, concepts and existential questions. The paradox of Throbbing Stillness is that instead of the expected functionality of a flower vase, it implies the existence of a space capable to contain further communication with the viewer. Through its organic form it manages to transcend the rigidity of the medium and it seems to be vibrating with vital energy. Its shape and color highlight concepts such as emptiness, potentiality, expansion.
Continue readingKintsugi Ferrari Red piece from Egg Vessels Collection is a unique, one of the kind piece primarily inspired by the expressive brushstrokes of abstract expressionism and the history of the automobile. After an accident, the piece has matured and received another meaning by being fully restored by using Kintsugi where the cracked pieces were put back together and filled with gold. This unique process gave the art piece complex fresh beauty and simplicity. It gained the maturity of something once broken, yet alive again.
Continue readingIt is about how the object is affected by light and shadow. More specifically, how the shape is affected by it. That's why the Plain Vase was created with a minimum of lines, carving out a balance between light and shade. The vases are arranged like columns that create a monochrome silence when flowers are let out. This gives the freedom to arrange the flowers as desired. By touching the soft baby skin surface, one notices the evenness that surrounds the vase entirely regardless of shape or size, this is the commonality of each piece.
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