MDW16: Swarovski partners with top designers of New Luxury Home Collection
MDW16: Swarovski partners with top designers of New Luxury Home Collection
before photo gallery Swarovski was in Milan to launch Atelier Swarovski home, a new luxury home accessories brand. His first collection includes collaborations with top designers including Daniel Libeskind, Ron Arad and the late Zaha Hadid, and the crystal has seen be combined with marble, metals and resins. We caught up with Ron Arad for more ...
"Swarovski approached me to do something and I was not in the mood to swans or vases, so I had the idea of the alphabet, "he said Milk design. "I did some sketches, some modeling and rendering and showed the idea of Nadia [Swarovski] It took me a second to understand the long face, then she said." Why did I not think of that? 'I can not tell you what a difference Nadia Swarovski made to this company. by involving fashion and artists, she managed to take something that was a big sign on top saying "kitsch" and make cool. "
" in accordance with that, I thought the letters would be good, and this launch into the design of a kind of font and font " , he said. "Once you start getting into, you start with A and A has a little curved and some straight and you think, 'Okay, do it now ... B' B also has a right side and a curve small and by the time you get to the G you have a set of rules. We sent through highly accurate 3D files and the first prototype that came back was almost there. It was very exciting. "
in addition to the alphabet of Ron Arad, there was an impressive piece of crystal and metal, by British architect of Iraqi origin Zaha Hadid, who died suddenly March 31, 2016, making it one of his last commissions. "Taking as a starting point for an investigation of the crystallization process occurring in nature, the design is also notable for its use of new technology wave Cut Swarovski, which launches in 2016," said a statement from Swarovski. Hadid was the first woman and the first Muslim woman to receive the Pritzker prize in 04 and received the Stirling prize in 2010 and 2011.
Raw Edges, founded by Phone Aviv born designers Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay in 07, presented their first collaboration with Swarovski - using a new laser-jet crystal printing technique developed by the brand "Impressions in layers on the inside objects produce patterns. colored, distorted and enhanced by the crystal faceting, "said a statement from Swarovski. "When the crystals are sitting together, reflections and layers reveal additional grounds for even greater wealth."
Our favorite pieces for their single color, were the objects of Tomás Alonso series - constructed from crystal prisms, linked together using UV neon-colored adhesives , flooding the crystal with the color of certain angles. Each plate has a prism reversed on board creating a functional lip for users to choose the room with.
Dutch designer Aldo Bakker presented three vases crystal and either gray or pink marble. "The base acts as a shallow pool, and sides are made up of three interconnecting elements in both facets of marble or crystal, creating a fascinating play of light," said a statement from Swarovski. "Although functional, the design is abstract and ambiguous, allowing the user to feel and play with how an element is another."
Plinth Kim Thome has a heavy stainless steel base in a variety of heights, which is a crystal "halo", while his Donut is a candle holder palm in six crystals glued together with UV glue. The collection is available in a number of different color effects and finishes.
Tord Boontje presented a series of oval and spherical vessels of glass, Corian and crystal. Crystals scattered on the polished surfaces of reference star formation and space photography.
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