Calculated break in style: ceramics with pine needles or leather details
2.2.2023
Translation: machine translated
Pictures: Pia Seidel
Had enough of monotonous ceramic plates and vases? Salvation is at hand. The material mix is now conquering our interiors. These five examples show us how.
I had a look around the "Maison & Objet" trade fair in Paris and discovered a trend that in fashion would be described as a break in style: the mixing of colours, patterns and fabrics. Five brands show how beautiful cross-potting can look with their individual pieces.
1. bast
When I thought of raffia, I always thought of parasols and their gently rustling roofs. Now that I know Juliette Godard's work, I have a new association. The designer ties raffia cords to ceramic vases instead of umbrellas. She was a knitwear and jersey designer until she founded the Goju label in 2019 to specialise in pottery. Since then, she has used raffia to give her ceramic objects an organic character - a far cry from the strict, geometric patterns from her time as a textile designer.
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2. pine needles
Some people pick up chestnuts in the forest, others go one step further: designer Eneida Lombe collects pine needles to shake up the pottery industry. For her vases called "Caruma", which she designed for the brand Vicara, she added a pine needle weave to ceramics. Eneida has been running her own workshop since 2015, where she creates such pieces with the aim of combining tradition and modernity.
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3. cotton
Like a planetary ring. This is what the woven cotton disc that frames the "Ammos" lamp looks like. It is made of porcelain and mixed grey sandstone and was created by the duo Carole Meyer and Vero Mila. The ceramicists are part of the "Potiers de Saint Jean de Fos", a research institute founded in 2016. It favours architectural forms such as that of "Ammos".
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4. leather
I had to look twice to realise that the handles of the tableware by Natalia Brilli are not made of ceramic, but of leather. The deceptive effect is created by the monochrome colour scheme that she often uses in her work. The designer has worked in the fashion world for more than twenty years and has already run her own label. Today, however, she specialises in objects made from recycled leather, tapestries, raffia objects, furniture and ceramic pieces. The latter are made in Belgium.
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5. with cotton
A touch of boating charm envelops the Tuscan earthenware vases from
Lisa Maïofiss. This is because their handles are not made of ceramic, but of ropes and cables. The ceramicist with her own workshop was inspired by antique vases for this collection. The pieces therefore contain small grains of terracotta, which give them a raw and natural look. In addition, the irregularly grooved surface and painted vase make them unique.
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The mix-match method in ceramics shows once again how many possibilities the old craft offers to make something new out of it again and again. I believe that it will influence crockery and decorative trends in the near future. Because I've already found the first pieces in our range that will bring a break in style into your home.
Opening photo: Pia Seidel
Pia Seidel
Senior Editor
Pia.Seidel@digitecgalaxus.chLike a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.