Explore our curated selection of extraordinary objets d’art and limited edition pieces from the world’s most coveted makers.
Rocking Church is a large kinetic sculpture, of which the focal point is a 3 meter high replica of the Gothic church Ulm Minster. The wooden model has been mounted on rockers and oscillates back and forth of its own volition, accompanied by the sound of a ringing church bell. This piece is crafted from black coated wood and MDF, metal, electronic components and loudspeaker.
James Jean is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose works explore imagination and reality through narrative-driven, layered compositions. His expressionistic, painterly approach to mark-making blends figuration with abstraction in works that are at once technically precise and gestural. This piece has been realised in stainless steel as an edition of 3 plus 2 AP.
Seungjin Yang grew up in Korea surrounded by mountains. He received a BA from Hongik University in 2013. He is inspired by ‘people’ whom he works with, rather than environmental or cultural ideas, putting more weight on learning, communicating and collaborating. This piece is limited to an edition of 25 and is crafted from balloon's and epoxy resin.
Existential questions around death, the passage of time and the meaning of life are omnipresent subjects in the creative process of William Guillon. Omnia Vanitas (“All is vanity”) is a way for him to explore and experiment around themes of the emptiness of existence and the impermanence of all things. By creating a set of accessories that he calls Vanities, he prompts us to question the place occupied by objects in our lives and the traces we leave on earth.
Francesco Balzano creates minimal, absolute and timeless furniture, objects and interiors. He seeks to uncover emotional resonance in the dialogue between shape and material and reveal the poetry in the relationship between scale, light and space. Signed, numbered and limited to an edition of 12, this daybed has been realised in Carnico black marble, Patricia green marble and felt.
Guided by the principal that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Balzano's work combines noble materials, purity of lines, and hyper-detailed architectural references with everyday functionality. Signed, numbered and limited to an edition of 12, this piece has been realised in grand antique marble (or white onyx) and measures approximately 84cm (h) x 123cm (l) x 76cm (d).
Raphael Crespin is a French architect and designer based in Hong Kong. His approach is often experimental t the intersection of design, art and architecture. Crespin is particularly interested in exploring the creative potential of emergent digital tools and their ability to address new ways of thinking design and architecture narratives. This piece is limited to an edition of 8 + 2AP and has been realised in portor marble with matte wax finish.
Raphael Crespin is a French architect and designer based in Hong Kong. His approach is often experimental t the intersection of design, art and architecture. Crespin is particularly interested in exploring the creative potential of emergent digital tools and their ability to address new ways of thinking design and architecture narratives. This piece is limited to an edition of 8 + 2AP and has been realised in stainless steel hexagonal rods as a set of two.
2016 marked the 50th anniversary of the Metropolitan Chandelier creation, designed by Hans Harald Rath for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The Lincoln Center commission was ordered to Lobmeyr by the Republic of Austria as a gift in gratitude for the United States' aid in the European Recovery Program. Realised in nickel plated brass & hand-cut crystals with black accents, this piece measures approximately 180cm w x 90cm h.
New York-based esteemed artist, Ted Muehling has been designing a variety of collections and objects for Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg since 1999. The vases, lanterns, and candlesticks he has designed are largely inspired by and shaped after corals, leaves, branches, and, in this case, a bird's wing. This piece is realised in White Biscuit Porcelain but is also available in Black Biscuit Porcelain.
For over thirty years, Mauro Mori has built a cohesive body of work spanning both functional and non-functional pieces carved in stone or wood, or moulded in metal. The artist hand-sketches and sculpts his pieces, drawing inspiration from Nature. This piece is realised in hand hammered brass with patina and measures approximately 120cm L x 40.6cm W x 83.8cm H.
This piece belongs to the Topographic Memories series by designer Raphael Navot and the master-craftsmen of Les Ateliers Saint Jacques as part of the Editions Courbet program. For this capsule collection, Navot draws inspiration both from the material's personality and the time-honored techniques carried on by the Ateliers Saint Jacques master craftsmen.
Valéria Nascimento creates one of a kind, site-specific installations made up of floral porcelain elements. Nature is the main source of inspiration for her work, its beauty, essence, and ephemerality are rendered in delicate porcelain sculptures. This piece is realised as hand-formed porcelain pieces individually mounted onto the panel.
The Ur Series name is derived from the Dutch term "Oer" (or "Ur" in English) meaning primal, or first. The series is a continuation of Maes' ongoing study and exploration of archetypal forms and their ongoing influence on our civilisation’s artistic sensibility. This piece is realised in Bronze and measures approximately 179.8cm x 17cm x 37.8 cm.
Gianluca Pacchioni, a Milan-based artist, acclaimed for his rigorously sculpted metal objects, began forging metal as a self-taught apprentice in a studio shared with other artists at Quai de la Gare. After his first exhibition, the Cologni Foundation awarded Pacchioni a Master in fine Arts & Crafts which honoured the most skilled artisans in Italy.
Speliopoulos’ passion for craftsmanship, organic textures, and forms has informed his work throughout his creative career. Birthed in a time of deep introspection and solitude, Peter Speliopolous’s body of work, CHTHONIC, continues to investigate and embody the artist's Greek cultural heritage.
With an intuitive eye for depth, beauty and meaning, Based Upon are artists, creators and adventurers like no other. They find their centre on the edges of life by creating poetic sculptural work that reminds us to connect with the essence of life. This extraordinary piano is realised in brass, tramazite and liquid metal and measures approximately 3620mm x 1790mm x 1000mm.
Guided by nature, Based Upon journey deep into the landscape to witness it at its most simple and profound, unearthing the patterns observable at the largest and smallest scales of the known universe. This extraordinary artwork is realised in mixed media with integrated mechanism and measured approximately 1500mm dia. X 70mm.
When led by foot to a dwelling in Jinja, Uganda, on the banks of the white Nile, Based Upon stopped at a cracked mud house in the jungle and drew casts from the surface of the building. The resulting form of Fragmented Tramazite has been realised in tramazite, aluminium honeycomb and bronze and measures approximately 2975mm x 560mm x 350mm.
Realised in polyurethane foam, glass fibre, timber and polished brass, the Faceted Twist Dining Table is based upon an exploration of the repeating spiral pattern found throughout the universe. The piece measured approximately 3300mm X 1650mm X 760mm.
When led by foot to a dwelling in Jinja, Uganda, on the banks of the white Nile, Based Upon stopped at a cracked mud house in the jungle and drew casts from the surface of the building. The resulting form of Single Fragment has been realised in bronze, patina and measures approximately 630mm X 570mm X 400mm.
Following investigation of the cracks and craters in washed up driftwood logs, Based Upon cast them in order to borrow the marks for Seasons of Tranquility. Realised in bronze, this piece measures approximately 6080mm X 2850mm X 30mm.
After clambering the volcanic landscapes at O'ahu's southern most top via a jurassic rainforest on the eastern side, Based Upon drew inspiration from the bubbles left by waves on the red earth of the island. The resulting piece titled Screen has been realised in cast bronze, resins, Koa timber and stainless steel, measuring approximately 2500mm X 1300mm X 200mm.
As a hand-sculptured work which seems to crystallise a great rupturing: a spine like tear in a lunar landscape that reveals a fluid core of bronze, Tondo Black I has been realised in brass, aluminium honeycombs and jesmonite and measures approximately 1500mm dia. X 25mm.
Marcin Rusak is an artist and multidisciplinary designer interested in ideas of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. Specializing in storytelling, process and material investigation his work often incorporates research, object and installation as well as visual creations to explore overlooked details of our lives which recreated and re-imagined are shown again in a different light.
Marcin Rusak is an artist and multidisciplinary designer interested in ideas of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. This extraordinary glass vessel is made with a unique flower infusion process. This incredible glass vessel made with unique flower infusion process and measures approximately 34cm (h) x 20cm (w) x 20cm (d).
Flora Lamp I is a balanced composition of geometric cantilevered shapes, composed of brass, glass, and a unique Flora Perma material. A glass globe offsets the body, offering a soft dimmable light source. The body of the lamp is carefully machined to reveal the intricate and complex beauty of the cross sections of flowers, curve of petals, structure of leaves. Contrasted with black resin they appear as veins or fossils creating an almost stone like quality.
Marcin Rusak is an artist and multidisciplinary designer interested in ideas of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. This piece is composed of found metal and zine and measures approximately 27cm (h) x 38cm (w) x 9cm (d).
Flora Credenza 172 is composed of intersecting aluminium planes supporting a translucent black resin body with curved corners, consisting of exotic leaves and foliage. The surface has a painterly quality and is reminiscent of a dark pond or Flemish painting, with large leaves sitting just below the water’s surface, mesmerising in silvery tones of colour and form.
Perma is a series of sculptural objects that draw on the familiarity of functional furniture, but live as individual manifestations. Like the veins in marble or cavities in fossilised stones, Perma’s beauty can be found in imperfections and the meticulous detail of floral cross sections. Sourced from the excess accumulated by florists, the discarded flowers are given a new life cycle by becoming a permanent part of the material.
Working together with geneticists, post-harvesting specialists, engineers and floral artists, Rusak merged the wish list into a super bloom: Monster Flower. A hybrid creation engineered after extensive research in the Netherlands – hub of floral innovation. Result is a combination of the most ’marketable’, desired but often opposite elements that represent our relationship with the cut flower industry.
This wall hanging piece is composed of processed flowers submersed in a carefully crafted material based on flowers and resin. The surface has a painterly quality and is reminiscent of a dark pond or Flemish painting, with large leaves sitting just below the water’s surface, mesmerising in silvery tones of colour and form. Finished in polished resin and blackened steel backing.
Francesco Balzano creates minimal, absolute and timeless furniture, objects and interiors. He seeks to uncover emotional resonance in the dialogue between shape and material and reveal the poetry in the relationship between scale, light and space. Signed, numbered and limited to an edition of 12, this daybed has been realised in Carnico black marble, Patricia green marble and felt.
Guided by the principal that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Balzano's work combines noble materials, purity of lines, and hyper-detailed architectural references with everyday functionality. Signed, numbered and limited to an edition of 12, this piece has been realised in grand antique marble (or white onyx) and measures approximately 84cm (h) x 123cm (l) x 76cm (d).
Raphael Crespin is a French architect and designer based in Hong Kong. His approach is often experimental t the intersection of design, art and architecture. Crespin is particularly interested in exploring the creative potential of emergent digital tools and their ability to address new ways of thinking design and architecture narratives. This piece is limited to an edition of 8 + 2AP and has been realised in portor marble with matte wax finish.
Raphael Crespin is a French architect and designer based in Hong Kong. His approach is often experimental t the intersection of design, art and architecture. Crespin is particularly interested in exploring the creative potential of emergent digital tools and their ability to address new ways of thinking design and architecture narratives. This piece is limited to an edition of 8 + 2AP and has been realised in stainless steel hexagonal rods as a set of two.
The dove as a symbol of peace and freedom is one of the central motifs in Michael Pendry's work. In 2020, the mixed media artist had his legendary doves of peace moulded for the first time in the finest Nymphenburg porcelain for a project in the United States. This piece is approximately 21cm x 8cm x 15 cm and includes a porcelain hood, stainless steel ceiling bracket and nylon suspension.
Wilhelm Neuhäuser studied at the School of Arts and Craft in Coburg, Dresden and Munich. Between 1910-1960 he designed numerous models for Nymphenburg. While small in stature this beautiful mouse piece is presented in porcelain, white biscuit.
From fleur de sel to Himalayan salt, from Indian to Tasmanian pepper: the last kick to enhance a dish is not just given in the kitchen. The Nymphenburg selection of salt and pepper containers, from Ted Muehling's poetic bisque porcelain snails to Wenzel Hasler's ribbed baskets, is as richly varied as the range of corns and crystals of all kinds.
In the age of digital lighting technology, the quality of natural candlelight takes on a whole new significance. Especially when the source of light is held by the finest Nymphenburg porcelain. The porcelain piece thus shares the poetry of the natural example on which it was modelled.
Each individual artefact in this edition carries the personal signature of the artisan who was involved in its creation, and every single artefact is conceived as a unique piece with variations in its decorative painting.
The orchid is considered the queen of flowers and is one of the most precious plants in the world. Realised in white bisque porcelain with bronze branch, each piece is unique to the maker and will differ slightly from the next.
The Munich industrial designer Konstantin Grcic shows us how stylishly a letter can be opened. With a wafer-thin paper knife made of hand-crafted porcelain measuring barely 13 centimetres. Each object can be realised individually according to your wishes.
As unique as their natural muse, careful shaping and joining of innumerable individual leaves, fine stamens and delicate stems form this extraordinary Artichoke Table Flower. With fire determining how each petal falls, each piece is unique in character and composition. Approximately 12cm x 12cm x 7.5cm this piece is white glazed Porcelain.
The assembling of forged and cast metal is the key to Junko Mori’s work, whether mild steel or almost pure silver. Her observations of tree and plant matter are the driving force behind many of her sculptures, which vary in scale from small objects in precious metal through to fairly massive welded steel works of art. This piece from the Botany Series has been realised in wax-coated mild steel and fine silver.
Ryuhei Sako creates pieces using Mokume-gane, a Japanese metal technique dating back to the 17th Century. First very thin different coloured alloyed metal sheets are layered and bonded. Then the layers are cut into or drilled and reworked. Mokume-gane vessel, 2020 is made from silver, copper, shakudo, shibuichi and kuromido and measures approximately 182mm h x 120mm w x 120mm d.
Ostreum in Rauch Blau is a unique handblown and sculpted decorative glass centrepiece by the British artist, Katherine Huskie. Huskie's work has a strong identity with form, colour and especially pattern, taking inspiration from nature, textiles or geometry.
Ebony Russell is a visual artist that lives in Sydney, Australia and works with large-scale stoneware, slip casting, porcelain as well as resin and printmaking. This midnight pipeline candle holder sculpture is made from piped lumina porcelain, stain and glaze.
Kevin Grey is a Silversmith who is changing the way that silver is used as a medium for sculptural decorative arts. His work is an ongoing journey of discovery and exploration of this versatile material. His unique fabrication processes result in works which are highly crafted art forms – as unique and modern as they are sophisticated, elegant and bold.
Joël Andrianomearisoa was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in 1977. He lives and works between Antananarivo and Paris, France. This wall sculpture is composed of black textile and measures approximately 120cm x 120cm.
Kate Malone is one of the UK’s leading ceramic artists with an illustrious career spanning thirty years. She has developed an unmistakable and highly regarded style, evidenced by her unique, hand-made pots and intricately ornamented sculptures. This extraordinary crystalline-glazed stoneware piece measures approximately 26cm h x 62cm d.
Claire Lindner is a ceramic artist who lives and works in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Lindner received her BFA from the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg and also studied at the Camberwell College of Arts, London. This incredible piece is realised in glazed chamotte sandstone.
This solid maple chair from John Eric Byers merges modern, simplified geometries with traditional craft, painstakingly hand carved and lacquered with a distinctive textured pattern to give a maximalist finish to a minimalist silhouette. Approximate size 30.5” x 18” x 19.5”.
With a deep respect for natural materials and traditional craftsmanship, OKHA is a Cape Town based interior design studio with a contemporary aesthetic and timeless classicism. The Roc Sculpture Series are handmade by local artisans and are by their very nature, one of a kind.
Atelier van Lieshout’s lamps are often renderings of larger sculptures, questioning how meaning can change in relation to scale. The Clever Lamp similarly interrogates one of the world’s most recognisable sculptures, The Thinker, by Auguste Rodin. This piece is an edition of 8 plus 4 AP.
Vigorous in form, graphic in design; the Sinclair is a tenacious side table. Leather panels are enhanced by trims of polished metal and piping. With its polished timber top this side table is the perfect composition.
This unique piece was meticulously hand-crafted by Moroccan wood crafter and sculptor Hamza Kadiri. Sought after by international collectors, Kadiri’s highly sculptural, contemporary work embodies the artist’s mastery in marquetry and cabinetry. This piece is crafted from solid ash carved base, brush top, treated in acrylic and black finish.
The incredible piece of art is the result of the collaboration between Cuellar Stone, a company with an extensive career in the field of stone work, and Todomuta Studio. Limited in edition, this piece has been realised in marble, aluminium and stainless steel.
Limited to an edition of 8 units + 1 artist proof, the RC-AL4 sculpture combines elements in a light and floating choreography; a mechanic that hides connections and unions promoting a sensation that each piece is supported naturally without obligation or force. Realised in brushed and polished aluminium.
Fabricated from sheets of mirror polished stainless steel, the three trapezoid shapes of this lamp are bonded together to form its dynamic base. Available in three finishes, the myriad of surface reflections heighten and exaggerate the beguiling disorder of this piece.
Limited to an edition of 8 units + 1 artist proof, the RC-AL1 sculpture invites audiences into an imaginative game in which scales are blurred and the object reflects a sample of a constructive dream state. Realised in brushed and polished aluminium.
OKHA has a desire to continuously explore and refine their aesthetic to better communicate intimate and characterful narratives through the art of design. The nuanced brass frame of this Bijou table is paired with a careful selection of classic marble ensuring that no two tables are the same.
In the face of perfection, TODOMUTA Studio choose imperfection. Understood as an unfinished process; the idea of an object experiencing incessant growth and generating new possibilities from a common root is a powerful one. Realised in American Walnut and aluminium the RC-M2 side table is limited to an edition of 12 units + 1 AP.
At the height of glitz and glamour, the Zelda is not a piece you’d turn your back on. Stone and metal coalesce in an audacious manner to form this larger than life side table. In partnership with the Fitzgerald coffee table, these are not a pair to go unnoticed.
Known for the meticulous craftsmanship of his hand-carved, solid hardwood furniture and objects, John Eric Byers is a leading figure of a new generation of studio wood artists. This solid maple table merges modern, simplified geometries with traditional craft. Approximate size 13" x 48" diameter.
This solid maple chair from John Eric Byers reconciles simplified geometries with traditional craft. Carved and blackened this piece has been painstakingly crafted with a distinctive textured pattern. Approximate size 25" x 23" x 18".
Both functional and beautiful the Barnett chair reflects a modern elegance and grace. This cradled seat is supported by a timber frame and fine grain leather upholstery with saddle stitching. Reflecting OKHA's desire add value through natural raw materials, Barnett can be customised to your unique specifications.
The Fragment cast side table is inspired by an enquiring contemporary aesthetic and timeless classicism. Available in a range of timber and metal options, this considered side table reflects OKHA's desire to explore the intimate and characterful narratives through the art of design.
The Lean timber and glass side table is composed of a solid timber base and glass top. Available in a range of wood options, the glass top can be replaced with a range of marble options. Approximate size 440mm w x 400mm d x 500mm h.
Morpheus draws inspiration the Greek God Morpheus. In Greek mythology, Morpheus is associated with shifting shape, form, sleep and the manifestation of dreams. With a unique double trapezoid marble top, this table is designed to invite cross table dialogue and communal interaction.
The Repose Sofa by OKHA reflects a sensual, serene, surreal landscape sculpted into seating design. With feminine contours and seductive lines, the Repose Sofa stretches out like a languid form in recline. Crafted from a solid timber frame, foam laminate seat and back with timber and brass base. Approximate size 3300 w x 2430 d x 690 h.
Seungjin Yang grew up in Korea surrounded by mountains. He received a BA from Hongik University in 2013. He is inspired by ‘people’ whom he works with, rather than environmental or cultural ideas, putting more weight on learning, communicating and collaborating. This piece is limited to an edition of 25 and is crafted from balloon's and epoxy resin.
Toro is the Spanish word for Bull. When we conjure up an image of the animal we etch a strong, defined silhouette, a form at once powerful and sensual. Invariably cloaked in near black velvet, the Toro presents a carbon stained satin finish and is available in a straight leg or A frame in Ash/Oak or Walnut. Approximate size 595mm w x 666mm d x 828mm h.
Dramatic and resolute, the Toller side table combines a geometric metal form with the clarity of a clear glass top. Forming a gilded metal cage, this side table breaks free from the confines of traditional form.
In Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Robert Cohn has it both ways: he is chivalrous and decent, but he still gets to have an affair with the beautiful heroine. This table lamp has the wide profile of a Romero floor lamp, with the same strong leather banding and polished metal trim.
OKHA collaborates with South Africa’s finest artists and artisans, working hand-in-hand to design and produce limited series and one-off rarefied objects. The Solar Mirror by OKHA quite literally reflects this ethos by presenting a piece of extraordinary resolve. Fabricated with a raw mild steel frame, solid brass cladding this piece is available with mirrors in clear, grey or bronze tint. Approximate size 1591mm w x 100mm d x 2070mm h.
This set of six glasses is part of the Capriccio Collection by Vetrerie di Empoli. Each of the six pieces is made in carved crystal that was then given a pure gold finish by hand. These glasses feature striking textures that create abstract decorations on their surfaces.
Hiroshi Suzuki has become both a leading contemporary silver artist and a part of the
history of English Silver in a short number of years. Complex and unparalleled forms are created by Suzuki from a flat sheet of silver with extraordinary skill. This piece is hammer-raised and chased fine silver 999 with an approximate size of 245mm h x 275mm diam.
2B1G (2 Bars one Glass) represents an evolution of the Precarious series which conceptually hinges on the beauty and anxiety provoked by glass balancing precipitously on rectilinear metallic bases. Designed by Héctor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy and Brian Thoreen with Nouvel Studio for Vissio, the piece highlights the materials’ physical properties.
Since the early stages of her artistic career, Roberta Verteramo has been passionate about the design world. Experimentation with mediums and forms of artistic expression has been key to her development as an artist. These cast bronze Meteore Bowls come in two sizes with the large bowl approximately 260mm diam x 135mm h and the small bowl approximately 200mm diam x 80mm h.
Not unlike the conquest of space, the poetry of the quest is only possible because it is supported by technological expertise. Here, each bubble of glass is able to support more than 250 kg. Their apparent delicacy is only an illusion. With custom options available upon request, this piece is approximately 1300mm l x 480mm w x 960mm h.
Vortice II is a typically bold statement from John Moore. The shape represents a pair of wings, gently encircling the neck. They are the wings of an angel or guardian, shielding the wearer from harm. They symbolise freedom, love and protection. The V shape is also a reference to the flight formation of migrating birds. As each bird beats its wings, vortices of air are created to aid the flight of the bird behind.
Artist Giorgio Vigna seamlessly melds form and function in his multidisciplinary practice, which ranges from sculptures and installations to glasswork and body jewellery. This extraordinary 18kt yellow gold ring with yellow sapphires has been realised as an edition of 10 + 3AP all of which are signed and numbered.
Founded in 2008 by artist Bari Ziperstein, BZippy & Co. is known for our experimentation and innovation with ceramics. Working tirelessly to develop engineering methods that challenge conventional notions of slab construction, BZippy & Co. This piece is limited to an edition of 28 and is crafted from stoneware and glaze.
Rowan Mersh’s experience in experimental textiles is immediately apparent in his wall-mounted, sculptural assemblages, which use hard construction to achieve a soft aesthetic. The high drama of his earlier kinetic large scale installations and his sculptural fabric works, freestanding and for the body, is now translated into a more contemplative mode, in unique wall artworks of great maturity and elegance.
Frank Stella is an American abstract painter, living and working in New York since 1958. Inspired by baroque artists, who developed illusionistic “tricks” to convincingly suggest that their subjects emerged out of the canvas and into the space of the viewer, Stella extended his paintings into the third dimension to enter the viewer’s space with protruding materials. This 18kt yellow gold ring is edition 8 of 10 and is signed and numbered by the artist.
Voukenas Petrides is a design studio based in New York and Athens. Furniture designer Andreas Voukenas and architect Steven Petrides combine their talents to produce poetic furniture designs for the home and office. This extraordinary piece has been realised in an edition of 8 + 2AP.
Marcin Rusak’s perishable vases are organic composites made from waste flowers collected from florists, shellac, beeswax and resin. Marcin comments that: ‘Decaying and ageing materials have an important place in my practice. I develop them from organic ingredients in order to create objects that have an element of life on their own’. This piece is crafted from Flowers and natural shellac and measures approximately 400mm h x 500mm w x 400mm d.
Vincent Dubourg’s is a French artist born in 1977. Dubourg’s sculptural furniture makes contemporary allusions to traditional methods of cabinetmaking. This evokes a nostalgic sense of the familiar, which he simultaneously distorts with his fresh approach to materials and techniques. Limited edition of 8 + 4 AP this extraordinary piece is realised in Aluminium and measures approximately 1360mm h x 1520mm l x 930mmm w.
David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem have established a global presence since they set up their studio, david/nicolas, in Beirut in 2011. This piece has been realised as a limited edition of 8 + 4 AP and has been crafted from Travertino bronzo and stainless steel. Approximate size is 400mm h x 1300 w x 1700mm l.
Secret Cube is a perfect example of harmonising masculine and feminine characteristics in Maria Pergay's work — strong steel box and a garden inside. Realised in an edition of 8 and crated from stainless steel, copper and bronze leaves and LED lighting, each leaf within the cube has been treated individually: hand-cut from brass and copper sheets; hammered, sculpted, and filed to replicate Pergay's sketches.
Celebrated as a notable member of the American Studio Furniture movement, Johnny Swing’s furniture has been exhibited in museums and institutions around the world. Considered a master welder, Swing designs each work by carving the form into Styrofoam, then casting a negative mold in concrete to form the template for the coin surface.
Anne Marie Laureys’s work It’s a Toy Violet Brain exemplifies the sophistication with which she deploys the vessel mouth – or in this case, a series of mouths, like the soft cavities of some jungle plant, or deep-sea coral. This glazed stoneware pot-sculpture is made up of three principle volumes, separately thrown and joined.
Dominick Leuci’s inspiration for The Eques Series derived from the mystical guise of sea dragons (Phycodurus Eques). To protect themselves from predators, sea dragons have developed long, leaf-like protrusions as a method of camouflaging themselves. Despite being rigid in nature, their graceful wing-like bodies, which also have the ability to change color, appear as flora, keeping them indistinguishable from seaweed as they move serenely through the water.
Vadim Kibardin is an artist, industrial designer, researcher, and craftsman. Kibardin’s designs express a refreshing dialogue between production, function, and aesthetics. Each unique piece is hand-shaped from recycled cardboard and covered with black paper, demonstrating a tactile approach to sculpture. This piece is crafted from paper, cardboard, and rice plaster.
Stefan Rurak’s furniture defies conventional boundaries – merging fine art aesthetics, modern conceptual design, and traditional, hand-made craftsmanship techniques. His evocative, one-of-a-kind works are the type of collectible pieces built to span generations. This piece is crafted from cast concrete, cement, patinated steel and walnut.
Paul Evans (1931-1987) was an iconic American furniture designer, sculptor, and artist who is famous for his contributions to the American Craft Movement of the 1970s and for his work with the influential American manufacturer Directional Furniture. This dramatic Paul Evans sofa in desirable chrome cityscape pattern is a large and architectural piece dating to the 1970’s.
Forrest Myers’ works hold their own space and, aside from their obvious conceptual inventiveness, have an inherent integrity of form and clarity of statement. The result is not "art that is about something", but "art that is something". A dichotomous combination of rigidity and looseness pervades his work – from the sensuality of their continuous lines to the folded dimensionality he creates from a single sheet of metal.
Dominick Leuci’s inspiration for The Eques Series derived from the mystical guise of sea dragons (Phycodurus Eques). To protect themselves from predators, sea dragons have developed long, leaf-like protrusions as a method of camouflaging themselves. Realised in painted and mirror-polished stainless steel Leuci’s captivating forms maintain the sea dragon’s elegant look of suspension, movement, and buoyancy.
Finnish designer Teemu Salonen’s iconoclastic work is an active renunciation of the simple lines and unadorned nature pervasive in the Scandinavian design that surrounds him. The Chinese Restaurant Series began as a desire to create a lamp that was the antithesis of traditional Scandinavian modern design. Like the ubiquitous “Chinese Restaurant” that shares little in common with traditional or authentic Chinese culture, Salonen’s works are an amalgamation of fantastic ideas of natural and classical forms.
Amorphous material devoid of soul, devoid of emotions, of life. This sculpture takes shape from the ancient legend, a mass of shapeless steel, like a mountain capable of transmitting stillness but also a deep sense of respect, because now it seems to be docile, dormant, at the service of man, but beware, we do not know for how long. Limited in edition, this incredible piece is signed and numbered by the artists.
Sandra Davolio has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark since 1974 and was born in Italy in 1951. She received her degree from the renowned Danish School of Design in 1985 and is the recipient of several prestigious awards and grants including recognition from the Danish Art Foundation and the Queen Ingrid’s Roman Foundation at the Danish Academy in Rome. Vessel With Blue Edges VII (2020) is made from porcelain and measures approximately 172mm h x 218mm h.
James Jean is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose works explore imagination and reality through narrative-driven, layered compositions. His expressionistic, painterly approach to mark-making blends figuration with abstraction in works that are at once technically precise and gestural. This piece has been realised in stainless steel as an edition of 3 plus 2 AP.
Atelier Barberini & Gunnell was founded in 2009 by the architects Francesco Barberini and Nina A. Gunnell, as the result of a passion followed for a long period of time, creating one-off pieces and collectible design in limited editions. This limited edition coffee table, inspired by the marble quarries in Tuscany, is made from Carrara marble with top in crystal glass.
Leijie Zhou is an artist living and working in Hangzhou, China, his research focuses primarily on digital organic structures, redefining classic creations through a series of digital translations of classic creative languages. Penetration is at the core of the artist's creation, whether it be penetrating the classics conceptually or using a penetrative medium to interpret the essence and structure of form. This piece has been realised in resin and as an edition of 6 plus 2 AP.
By Michele Oka Doner
Michele Oka Doner is an internationally renowned artist whose career spans over five decades. The breadth of her artistic production encompasses sculpture, design objects, furniture, jewelry, public art and video installations. Michele Oka Doner's work is fuelled by a lifelong study and appreciation of the natural world, from which she derives her formal vocabulary. Crafted in Sterling Silver this piece was limited to an edition of 3 + 1AP.
Amarist Studio has been immersed in investigating the geological formation of the Alabaster Stone, its use throughout history and the process of extracting the mineral in the quarries near their studio. Realised in an edition of 7 + 2AP + P this extraordinary alabaster table is approximately 1250mm l x 770mm w x 480mm h.
Species is a study in evolution by Fredrikson Stallard through the media of furniture design, created with a brute force that is at odds with ideas of comfort or human contact, yet so inviting by the nature of its materials. The pieces are amorphous structures, elements of sculpted mass, chaotic energy, finished in shades of red, as for Fredrikson Stallard these are the colours of life and death. Limited to an edition of 12 + 2P, this piece is crafted in polyurethane, rubber, glass fibre and polyester.
Tanaka Tomomi was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 1983. Her work primarily consists of lamellas of clay that are attached on the surface of the hand-built clay core. Due to the technical and aesthetic complexity, each of her works takes several months to complete so that her work is scarce.
Based out of a workshop in Italy, Imperfettolab's name is derived not from the flaws of an imperfect object but rather from the unique and exclusive qualities of the studio's handcrafted outputs. The Bioma chair is reminiscent of a piece of tree bark, skilfully recreated in all its ripples, supported and lifted by a metal structure. Limited, certified and numbered edition.
Ilkka Suppanen is one of the world’s best known contemporary Finnish designers. Ilkka Suppanen studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, and Interior and Furniture Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Reunited I is a large glass sculpture, displaying re-cycled glass as it’s main theme. The unique texture of this delicate glass piece, created in Murano, reminds the viewer of melting ice or lace. Realised in Murano glass this piece is approximately 72 x 9 cm.
Jay Sae Jung Oh is South Korea designer exploring the intersection of art and design with unique and intricately made objects. Oh’s ongoing Savage series is composed of seemingly jerry-rigged structures made of household objects, which are intricately hand wrapped in raw leather.
With her fascination for the plays of light and transparency, Ritsue Mishima is at home in Venice - surrounded by the water. Working in close collaboration with the city’s artisans, the Japanese artist orchestrates in the furnaces of glass blowers, the production of her artworks in an attempt to capture and shape light itself. This piece has been realised in blown glass and measures approximately 44.5 x 30 x 30 cm.
A celebrated master glass artist, Jeff Zimmerman belongs to a group of daring contemporary artists who employ the ancient material as a means of expression rather than an end in itself. This unique crumpled sculptural vessel in hand-blown filigree glass was designed and made by Zimmerman and glass artist James Mongrain and measures approximately 30.5cm X 27.9cm X 27.9cm.
Synthesis Monolith investigates the transformative properties of metal, tracing in a single totemic object the primitive origins of aluminium and steel in ores through to their emergence as highly polished artificial materials. The experimental casting method combines ancient techniques with contemporary technology, expressed in the convergence of natural and machined surfaces. This piece is realised in stainless steel and measures approximately 47cm x 40cm x 30cm.
Steen Ipsen is part of the avant-garde group of cutting-edge Danish ceramic artists. His works are distinguished by their high level of craftsmanship. A common feature of his works is variations of geometric systems based on organic and mineral growth principles such as crystallisation, cell division and cell fission. This ceramic piece is approximately 27.9cm (h) x 26.60cm (w) x 20cm (d).
Fernando Mastrangelo is a New York based artist best known for his Collectible Design, as well as his large scale sculptures and experiential installations. All of Mastrangelo's works are sculpted by hand from natural or repurposed materials such as sand, salt, silica, and crushed or powdered glass. Resembling an aerial view of the ocean on a dark and stormy night, materials rise and collide in Arctic Black like crashing waves to create a tension that reflects these intense and uncertain times. Realised in hand-dyed sand + powdered glass.
Interested in the timeless and disparate associations assigned to black, Gabriel J. Shuldiner describes his work as ‘bruteminimalism’: a concept situated somewhere between the minimal, abstract, conceptual and absurd. His physically powerful, s[r]eductively delicate ‘hybridsculpturalpaintings’ trigger both immediate engagement and visceral reaction, conjuring images of voids in space and postapocalyptic futures. This piece is realised in mixed media and is approximately 38cm (h) x 33cm (w).
The Brushed Bronze Crystal Console Table is a magnificent artistic piece complex in its design and execution. Hand-assembled from numerous bronze segments, the design is an artistic interpretation of crystal-forming processes. The multifaceted facade of this work challenges the perception of a usual console table, with the top surfaces embossed with phenomenal textures and with the use of vibrantly coloured body in the luxurious Satin bronze, adding to the overall sensual experience. Realised as a limited edition of 8 + 2AP in bronze-plated metal.
Shah is a title given to the emperors/kings and lords of Iran and of India. In Iran (Persia and Greater Persia) the title was continuously used; rather than King in the European sense, each Persian ruler regarded himself as the Shahanshah (King of Kings) or Emperor of the Persian Empire. This unique piece is realised in handmade wool and silk felt and is approximately 43cm (h) x 55cm (d).
Kevin Grey is a Silversmith who is changing the way that silver is used as a medium for sculptural decorative arts. His work is an ongoing journey of discovery and exploration of this versatile material. This extraordinary piece measures approximately 19cm (h) x 49cm (d) and is realised in TIG welded sterling silver.
In creating these works, Jaimal Odedra was interested in exploring and enhancing the shape of the heart, a shape that is so recognisable yet simultaneously dynamic. The vases that came as a result of this process are visually different from one another, changing with every angle. Realised in sand-cast polished bronze, each piece is modelled and cast by hand using a traditional Moroccan sand casting methods.
Juan and Paloma Garrido have had an instinctive attraction to silver since childhood. This incredibly chic, modern brass vase from Garrido in Spain is plated in nickel and features a couple of well balanced wings that distribute weight both visually and functionally. Realised as a limited edition of 25, this piece is crafted from nickel plated brass and measures approximately 29cm (h) x 15cm (w).
Blending rugged forms and clean lines, the Petra Bench is inspired by the textures of rocky landscapes found in nature. Black sand, silica and coal are sculpted to create a piece that is both timelessly chic and suited for both indoor and outdoor placement. The piece measures approximately 182cm x 45cm x 45cm.
Lionel Scoccimaro was born in Marseilles in 1973. Still based in his birth place, the sculptor, surfer and biker explores the ways in which globalisation brings the margins from what was once counterculture, such as surfing, skateboarding, motorcycling, at the centre. Since 2001 his work has manipulated social expectations through the medium of photography and sculpture. This bronze piece has been established as an edition of 8 plus 4 AP.
Vincent Dubourg’s is a French artist born in 1977. Dubourg’s sculptural furniture makes contemporary allusions to traditional methods of cabinetmaking. This evokes a nostalgic sense of the familiar, which he simultaneously distorts with his fresh approach to materials and techniques. Created from aluminium, this piece has been realised as an edition of 8 + 4 AP and measures approximately 224cm (h) x 83cm (w) x 123.5 (l).
Giacomo Ravagli was born in 1981 in Italy and learned to carve marble in the sculpture workshops of Pietrasanta. His work also alludes to heaviness and lightness and sometimes incorporates clay or metals, such as cast bronze, in addition to marble. This extraordinary piece has been realised as an edition of 8 + 4AP and is composed from Portoro marble, brass and electrical fittings.
A Southern California native born in 1962, the acclaimed fashion designer Rick Owens displays a demanding and singular aesthetic in fashion. His original vision plays on material. Working with craftsmen of the highest caliber, he has developed a collection of pieces that express his signature style in cut, volume, and plan. This piece is realised in concrete and limited to an edition of 50 + 4 AP.
Michikawa lives and works in Seto, the land of potters for 1,300 years. The artist has retained the use of typical glazes from the traditional craft, but everything else from his processes to his outcomes is both utterly personal and immediately identifiable. Drawing his inspiration from the strength of nature, Michikawa implements this energy on the throwing wheel through a demanding creative process.
After graduating in economics and business studies from the Bocconi university in Milan, Gianluca Pacchioni moved to Paris. It was the 1990's and he was plunged into the Paris art world where he shared a studio with other artists immersed in a process of self-taught experimentation. This exquisite piece is realised in bronze and concrete and measures approximately 90cm (h) x 40cm (w) x 40cm (d).
In 1950, Jaroslava Brychtová joined the design studio of the glassworks at Železný Brod, directing the architectural glass department. Working with her father, the sculptor Jaroslav Brychta, she began to experiment with casting, molding, and melting glass during the 1940s. This extraordinary piece is realised in cast glass and measures approximately 38cm x 45cm x 38cm.
Barry X Ball was born in 1955 in Pasadena, CA and lives and works in New York. His work has been widely exhibited internationally over the last 30 years and is represented in many public and private collections. This extraordinary work is crafted from Mexican Onyx and stainless steel. It rests upon a pedestal of Macedonian Marble, stainless steel, wood, acrylic lacquer, steel, nylon and plastic.
ClockClock L is a new, larger scale addition the ClockClock series, originally commissioned by MoMA Design Store, New York. This limited edition combines the unique concept of marrying analogue and digital timekeeping with the technical precision and expert craftsmanship that Humans since 1982 are renowned for. Realised in Black or White Coated Aluminium with electronic components the piece measures approximately 1570mm x 720mm x 50mm.
Gary Magakis’ unique blackened steel Ledges Console reflects the sculptor’s distinct approach to creating bold and dense geometric forms that exude a Modernist elegance and buoyance. At once a functional object and a work of art, the Ledges Console is designed to suggest weightlessness while retaining a muscular visual power.
Since 2006, Rick Owens has been presenting a collection of monolithic furniture produced in collaboration with his life partner, artist Michèle Lamy. They have developed a unique furniture style that he describes as luxe minimalism. This piece is realised as an edition of 50 and measures approximately 50cm (h) x 90cm (w) x 80cm (d).
Zhang Zhoujie graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. His work is known for being independent, experimental and futuristic. Zhang believes that objects in the digital world can grow and develop much like natural evolution, and he is dedicated to discovering and exploring the methods within these transformations. This piece is part of the Trianulation Series and is realised as an edition of 12 + 2 AP.
Rocking Church is a large kinetic sculpture, of which the focal point is a 3 meter high replica of the Gothic church Ulm Minster. The wooden model has been mounted on rockers and oscillates back and forth of its own volition, accompanied by the sound of a ringing church bell. This piece is crafted from black coated wood and MDF, metal, electronic components and loudspeaker.
Johnny and Trent began to collaborate in isolation, experimenting with leather, a material that has been formative in the working lives of both designers. Johnny worked as a saddler on cattle stations in the Kimberley region, using traditional techniques to cut, stamp and form leather. This piece is from the Parti (Skin) Collection and is realised as an edition of 5 + 2 AP.
Atra Founder Alexander Díaz Andersson was raised in Sweden, studies in Spain before moving o the Yucatan Peninsula, where he first started experimenting with furniture. Now located in Mexico City, Díaz Andersson's furniture, sculptures, interiors, and hospitality projects are defined by a studied balance of chaos and structure, fluidity and function.
Zhang Zhoujie graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. He established Zhang Zhoujie Digital Lab in 2010. He is a pioneer in the realm of digital creativity and established a new digital furniture brand Endless Form to promote a new direction for design in the digital era. This piece is realised as an edition of 8 + 2AP in 304 mirror polished stainless steel and ultra white tempered glass.
The name Khaos has its roots in the greek mythology: it was used to describe the primary state of the the Universe, before the birth of the Earth. According to the greek poet Hésiode, Chaos was a confused and shapeless mass, a raw material with inert weight. Khaos is a radical and experimental project, each piece is a 12 pieces limited edition made of cast bronze. Special finishes can be made on order.
Army of Me is a set of candlesticks of various sizes and diameters. Each object has been designed especially from solid bronze cylinders which have been naturally weathered by time. No candlestick is alike : the size, design and patina varies for each object. They are all unique and can be made on order. Just like a chess game, each piece has its own dynamic and personality. Each set is made of 7 pieces.
Existential questions around death, the passage of time and the meaning of life are omnipresent subjects in the creative process of William Guillon. Omnia Vanitas (“All is vanity”) is a way for him to explore and experiment around themes of the emptiness of existence and the impermanence of all things. By creating a set of accessories that he calls Vanities, he prompts us to question the place occupied by objects in our lives and the traces we leave on earth.
Sweet Thing refers to both a David Bowie song and one of John Carpenter’s biggest success. This series marks a turning point in the way the objects are made, but also in the nature of the production itself. Each piece is sculpted by hand by the artist before it is cast in bronze in a french foundry. It is then polished at the studio. This texture developed by William is the outcome of a special process which evokes for him the scifi movies of his childhood.
2020 Olfactive Journal “HOPE” for Folie À Plusieurs – Olfactive Journal series. Over a set period of time, contributing artists capture their quotidian rituals and studio practice via smell. Each entry is an olfactive portrait of that day, a scent document of the works in progress, bubbling thoughts and immediate surroundings.
Ol·fac·to PHILIA is an ongoing olfactive study of sexual desire. The first series consists of 18 sexual expressions, each of these fragrances translate a specific erotic impulse taken from the personal accounts of 18 individuals. The project seeks to expand audiences sensorial appreciation for intimacy and to stimulate an openness towards alternative modes of sensuality.
Minutes become moments, and frames become fragrance in the “LE CINÉMA OLFACTIF” series. Originally concepted for, and produced in collaboration with the SOHO HOUSE GROUP cinema’s in Berlin, London, Chicago and Los Angels, LE CINÉMA OLFACTIF is an ongoing series of olfactive film screenings of cult classic and independent Art House Films.
Find Me is the first part of an olfactive review for the 2019 Find Me by André Aciman. This fragrance was created in collaboration with FSG BOOKS US Macmillan to coincide with the release of the novel
80’s nostalgia. A new wave fashionista in a post-punk New York. Originally concepted for, and produced in collaboration with the Soho House Group cinema’s in Berlin, London, Chicago and Los Angels, LE CINÉMA OLFACTIF is an ongoing series of olfactive film screenings of cult classic and independent Art House Films.
The fragrance 111 HZ is a translation of LEA COLOMBO’S 2020 Olfactive Journal for FOLIE À PLUSIEURS titled “Colours Of My Body”, penned between the dates of MAY.11 — 22/ 2020.
A scented narration of the 2002 novel Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami under Folie À Plusieurs —Silhouettes. From the lens of a perfumer, Silhouettes explores the olfactive nature of an artist’s work—whether painting, sculpture, photo, film, music, or performance.
This fragrance is a translation of PRUE STENT & HONEY LONG’S 2020 Olfactive Journal “LAKE BOTTOM” for FOLIE À PLUSIEURS — OLFACTIVE JOURNAL series. Over a set period of time, contributing artists capture their quotidian rituals and studio practice via smell. Each entry is an olfactive portrait of that day, a scent document of the works in progress, bubbling thoughts, and immediate surroundings.
Dusita is a Paris-based perfume house established in 2016 by Thailand-born Pissara Umavijani. This breathtaking floral takes Rose de Mai and Grandiflorum Jasmine from the Grasse region of France, blending them with magnolia, lily, and musky ambrette. Fleur de Lalita’s array of flowers smooths down into a harmonious base of vanilla, sandalwood and ambergris. A fragrance for the sophisticated, confident and gracious wearer.
An enigmatic, complex fragrance that gradually unfolds, giving the wearer subtle wafts over the course of its evolution. Francesca Bianchi intended to create a fragrance that smells of human skin - subtly animalic, warm and soft. Under My Skin is a sensual blend of balsams, iris butter and soft leather. This perfume is long-lasting, softly projecting its warm, human-like charms.
Lascia Ch'io Pianga is the newest offering from Filippo Sorcinelli UNUM range, taking its name from an aria in Handel's opera Rinaldo. It translates as 'Let Me Weep', where the heroine Almirena pleads for her freedom. Opening with an intense burst of heady tuberose and jasmine furnished with the powdery softness of lilac, this becomes an unexpected quartet as a smouldering and spicy carnation note enters the scent.
Perfumer and Founder of Parfum d’Empire, Marc-Antoine Corticchiato grew up in the Mediterranean isle of Corsica. Its rugged, coastal beauty is reflected in many of his fragrances, but particularly in Corsica Furiosa. The gummy resin of mastic is key to this fragrance, with the Lentiscus trees growing wild on the island. Mastic’s piney aromatics meld with the greenness of tomato leaf and the warmth of hay.
'When Raptured in Ecstasy' is a moment of madness in Donizetti's opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'. Quando journeys us through this sublime state – ranging from the fervent highs and confining lows all within a single moment of ecstasy and delirium. Filippo Sorcinelli translates Maria Callas' interpretation of this scene, thereby explaining the cloak that adorns the bottle.
In Scusami (I'm sorry), Filippo Sorcinelli asks: what takes place when we seek forgiveness? What is the very character of an apology upon our being? For something changes. We admit a fault to our being, the weight of our actions, our being-in-the-world with others. We overcome adversity. Contained in the utterance of an apology is something that transcends simply and dry words.
A unisex fragrance that melts on the skin the way a delicious chocolate cube melts in the mouth. The fragrance's composition unfolds like a chocolate bomb with intense cocoa and vanilla essences that settle into a velvety gourmet embrace of tonka beans.
May 1865. 153 Welsh emigrants set sail on an old converted tea clipper, the Mimosa, bound for the rugged wilds of Patagonia. With dreams of establishing a new settlement, they arrived in Porth Madryn after a voyage of 7000 miles. Generations later, their journey still bears an indelible imprint on the region that become their new home. Inspired by the Welsh settler's trot negra (black cake), Teisenddu is a fragrant celebration of Welsh tradition.
Australian perfumer Corey Newcombe created Fall in 2019. After a turbulent start to the year, he found himself seeking comfort. Aromatic bay laurel and cinnamon give warmth, while birch lends a medicinal counterpoint to an amber-centric backbone. Vanilla gives a softness and oakmoss a herbal complexity to the base. Newcombe used comforting elements as inspiration for Fall; the musty aroma of old books, the sweet woodiness of old-fashioned creaming soda.
As if it were the aromatic sap of a fantasy tree, Santal Super is exactly that: super in the sense of above and beyond - it is an all-day-every-day addictive composition. Its namesake note of sandlewood reveals the best side of each of its many facets, in beguiling oscillation between a crisp and peppery green feature to the oozingly creamy and milky power of the natural wood itself.
MDCI is the vision of Claude Marchal, an art lover with a passion for fragrance. This Frenchman saw the homogeneity of the industry as a serious drawback, and decided to create his own brand. Cuir Cavalier, from their Paintings collection, is a Middle Eastern tinged Leather fragrance with a heart of rose, oud and saffron. This exemplifies the elegance that MDCI is known for, but with a twist of the exotic.
With plenty of wine, dancing and sensual pleasures...the Symposium was one of the most popular forms of entertainment among the ancient Greeks. The primordial 'party' was held in place filled with sensual aromas of essential oils, plenty of wine, under the mysterious glow of the fire. The ultimate combination of irresistible seduction.
Alice Cicolini’s Jacobean collection celebrates the tessellated patterns that defined Jacobean architecture at the start of the 17th century. The Illusion Signet ring replaces the traditional central crest of a signet ring with a gem set against a raised 14-carat gold bevel.
The Dots Shield ring takes inspiration from the crests and noble insignias that were often displayed on ceremonial shields in Jacobean England. The central princess cut white topaz is contrasted against the black enamel, creating a tension between the traditional designs and the modern cut of the gem.
From Cicolini’s Totem collection, these rings are inspired by Ettore Sottsass’s ceramic pieces whose themes of ritual and sacred architecture are evident in the bold repetition of geometric forms unique to each individual ring. The integration of 14k gold gives a polished and formal aesthetic while the asymmetry gives an edge of individuality.
Alice Cicolini’s Onyx ring is both playful and sophisticated. Made as a stack ring of three, the rings can be worn separately or stacked together to form a bold statement piece. From Cicolini’s Totem collection, these rings are inspired by Ettore Sottsass’s ceramic pieces whose themes of ritual and sacred architecture are evident in the bold repetition of geometric forms unique to each individual ring.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of Parts of Four which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of Parts of Four which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form.
This item is made with a naturally occurring element and will vary from the photograph you see. Each piece is unique and this is what makes it special. Parts of Four use facet-grade rough gemstones which means that the traditional intention of this rough material is cut faceted stones. This assures the highest quality material while maintaining an aversion to classical jewelry norms.
Parts of Four Mega Pavé is an extreme approach to stone setting. Breaking traditional norms these diamond silvers are individually dug into the wax master of each item before casting. This piece is 100% hand fabricated from metal plate; cut into sections and soldered together to make the hollow three dimensional form.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of Parts of Four which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form.
This piece is 100% hand fabricated from metal plate; cut into sections and soldered together to make the hollow three dimensional form. If sterling silver, the sheet metal is made by hand. The silver is melted and rolled out into plate.
The Parts of Four Mega Pavé is an extreme approach to stone setting. Breaking traditional norms these diamond silvers are individually dug into the wax master of each item before casting. This item is made with a naturally occurring element, each piece is unique and this is what makes it special.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of Parts of Four which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form combinations.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of Parts of Four which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form combinations.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of Parts of Four which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form combinations.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of Parts of Four which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form combinations.
The Sistema Series is first family within Parts of Four. As a mode of creation it expresses the core principle of P/4 which is modularity. The "body" and "insert" are separate parts joined together with pins. This leaves endless possibilities for iteration of material and form combinations.