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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

VASE « ETRANGETÉ SOUS UN MUR » CA/1990 

THE ETRANGETÉ SOUS UN MUR VASE BY PHILIPPE STARCK, CREATED AROUND 1990, IS A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF HIS AVANT-GARDE APPROACH TO DESIGN. THE COMPOSITION FEATURES A TRANSPARENT, ANGULAR GLASS PANEL THAT SERVES AS A BOUNDARY OR “WALL,” THROUGH WHICH AN ORGANIC, CURVED GREEN FORM SEEMS TO EMERGE. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SLEEK, MINIMALIST TRANSPARENCY OF THE GLASS AND THE FLUID, ALMOST ALIEN-LIKE SHAPE BENEATH CREATES A VISUAL TENSION, EVOKING THEMES OF DISRUPTION AND TRANSFORMATION.

STARCK’S PLAY ON MATERIALS IS EVIDENT IN HOW THE SMOOTH, REFLECTIVE GLASS CONTRASTS WITH THE SOFT, SCULPTURAL FORM BENEATH, SUGGESTING A SURREAL NARRATIVE OF STRANGENESS BENEATH THE SURFACE. THE GREEN SHAPE APPEARS AS IF IN MOTION, FROZEN AT THE POINT OF CROSSING THROUGH THE GLASS, A METAPHOR FOR CROSSING BOUNDARIES OR THE HIDDEN ENERGIES UNDER A CALM EXTERIOR.

ITS SCULPTURAL QUALITY INVITES REFLECTION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND STRUCTURE, STRANGENESS AND BEAUTY, AND SERVES AS A TIMELESS CONVERSATION PIECE THAT TRANSCENDS ITS FUNCTION AS A VASE, TRANSFORMING INTO AN OBJECT OF CONTEMPLATION AND WONDER.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER

PHILIPPE STARCK IS A RENOWNED FRENCH DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT CELEBRATED FOR HIS EXTENSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERIOR DESIGN, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, AND ARCHITECTURE. HIS INNOVATIVE CREATIONS SPAN A WIDE ARRAY OF DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS, HOTELS, AND YACHTS, ALL CHARACTERIZED BY A DISTINCTIVE BLEND OF FUNCTIONALITY AND AESTHETICS....  

STARCK’S CAREER GAINED SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM IN THE 1980S WITH NOTABLE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE ÉLYSÉE PALACE’S PRIVATE APARTMENTS AND THE ICONIC CAFÉ COSTES IN PARIS. HIS DESIGNS OFTEN CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL NORMS, INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF WHIMSY AND SURPRISE, AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE JUICY SALIF LEMON SQUEEZER AND THE TRANSPARENT LOUIS GHOST CHAIR. 

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, STARCK HAS COLLABORATED WITH NUMEROUS PRESTIGIOUS BRANDS, INCLUDING KARTELL, ALESSI, AND VITRA, CREATING PRODUCTS THAT ARE BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND INNOVATIVE. HIS COMMITMENT TO “DEMOCRATIC DESIGN” AIMS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH AFFORDABLE AND FUNCTIONAL CREATIONS. 

IN ADDITION TO PRODUCT DESIGN, STARCK HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHITECTURE, DESIGNING HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND RESIDENTIAL SPACES WORLDWIDE. HIS WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY A FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOLOGICAL RESPONSIBILITY, REFLECTING HIS BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. 

PHILIPPE STARCK’S ENDURING INFLUENCE ON CONTEMPORARY DESIGN IS EVIDENT IN HIS ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE AND SHAPE TRENDS, CONSISTENTLY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION. HIS VISIONARY APPROACH CONTINUES TO INSPIRE DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECTS GLOBALLY, REINFORCING HIS STATUS AS A PIVOTAL FIGURE IN MODERN DESIGN. READ MORE ↓ MEASUREMENTS

50 x 29 x 16 CM

PRODUCT DETAILS

MOLDED GLASS, GLUED GLASS PANEL

EDITION: MAISON DAUM
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