When the wedding of a befriended couple came up, I didn´t want to go for just another dinnerware set. Instead I wanted to give them something personal which would make them smile even in 50 years, when they would find the present going through old storage boxes on their attic with their twenty grandchildren…given that my gift would somehow end up in a storage box by accident.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
The Perverse Chamber
The briefing was to create a room (or more precisely a cube with the measurements 2.5m x 2.5m) with a perverse atmosphere. As part of our research, we looked up the latin word “perversio” and found that it means converse, or reverse. So, if a room is defined by the space between its four walls, a perverse approach would be to completely fill this area.
Schnippenburg Museum Foyer
“Rätsel Schnippenburg” appeared in museums all over Germany as a touring exhibition, before making its permanent home in Schwagstorf in 2010. The design of the exhibition was simply modified to fill the new space, but the purpose-built museum required a fitting foyer. I had the pleasure to support the amazing Christoph and Angelika at Space 4 throughout the designing and planning process for this project as a freelancer.
Online Competition for Victorinox
In 2013, online competition platform jovoto announced a pitch for Victorinox. The Swiss brand, famous for it’s pocket knives, planned to release a limited edition for ladies, and was on the lookout for submissions. These are my designs: