More beautiful porcelaine. This time from the german designer Alexa Lixfeld.

"SHE COMBINED HER PIONEERING EXPERIMENTS WITH CONCRETE IN THE FIELD OF TABLEWARE WITH THE ULTIMATE IN FINISHING, THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE URUSHI LACQUERING TECHNIQUE FROM WAJIMA, WHILE LEAVING THE CONTRAST OPEN AND VISIBLE. AFTER A TEN-YEAR CAREER AS A MODEL, ALEXA LIXFELD STUDIED AT KÖLN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS PFORZHEIM AND DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS. SHE WORKS IN HAMBURG SINCE 2006, RUNNING HER OWN STUDIO."

Cups – porcelain vessel
Handmade vessels made of solid coloured porcelain, outside matt, inside glazed.
Available in three different sizes and eight colours.

Kubus – porcelain vessel
Handmade vessels made of solid coloured porcelain, outside matt, inside glazed. Through the productionprocess the vessels bend individually - so each piece is unique. Available in eight different sizes and eightcolours. The sizes are calculated so the vessels fit next to each other either way -it becomes an architectural game.

Ricebowls – porcelain bowl
Handmade bowls made of solid coloured porcelain, outside matt, inside glazed.
Available in three different sizes and eight colours.

Showcase the process based development of contemporary design. The cooperation of computer aided design = CAD and traditional craftsmanship. Metamorphose of formal aspects of industrial manufacturing and uniqueness which can only be achieved from traditional handmade crafts.?Metamorphose of a cylinder and one straight as well as one upside-down smaller cone in CAD, conversation through CNC lathe and traditional craftsmanship. The shapes a computer generated, meanwhile its manufactured using crafts the improper ornament of the ridges become decoration. The design is subsidized by the colour graduation of solid coloured porcelain compound.?The set consits of nine shapes and five colours. The vessels can be ordered individually and in eight different colours.
 
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NOMINATED: DESIGNPREIS DEUTSCHLAND 2010
FORM 2008
GUTE GESTALTUNG 09
DESIGN PLUS 09


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