“Broken Things”

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“Broken Things” highlights the meticulous work of Livia Marin, a process–oriented approach, which appropriates mass-produced and mass-consumed objects, turning them into precious and uniquely, handcrafted art objects. For this exhibition, Marin finely sculpts everyday objects – cups, bowls jars and plates – modeled with ruptures, splits and crevices. The fractures represent fatality and loss, but in repairing and keeping the object she stresses the relationship of care and continuation. Surreality and repetition are important procedures in the artist's work, creating a mechanization of the intimate relationship we have with objects of everyday use.

ceraMIX by Thanos Zakopoulos and Katia Meneghini

As someone who spent countless hours watching and learning from a mother who did porcelain, I can vouch for the hard work, careful handling and extensive research behind any ceramic piece. CTRLZAK brings this long tradition of ceramic objects to Milan for a showdown of East meets West. A unique collection showing the physical cross-fertilisation of European and Chinese porcelain production. In a one of a kind collection, Milan is the platform where CTRLZAK shows both aesthetics (Eastern and Western) as they come together to form a hybrid yet compelling narrative in porcelain form.

Based out of Milan and Greece, CTRLZAK's research and hard work is launched in two collections, CeramiX Art Collection & CeramiX Design Collection. The Design Collection is comprised of a plate, a bowl, and a cup (picture below) showing contemporary forms whereas the CeramiX Art Collection focuses on the remixes of two old traditions providing a discourse of history, production and their respective visual cultures.

What better way to celebrate such a rich history of ceramics from diverse cultures and production technologies into a unique but not seamless (literally) collection. The work adds value to the general discourse of design but also adds value to the historical contexts employed in the project. Yatzer believes we will see this collection in many philosophy discussions in studios and academia, technology and production conversations between artists, collectors and enthusiasts. The collection from CTRLZAK Art & Design Studio - CeramiX- will be presented during Milan Design Week 2010. The collection will be launched during a dinner-event upon invitation at the wine bar "Le Rosse".

Image Courtesy of CTRLZAK

ceraMIX by Thanos Zakopoulos and Katia Meneghini
text by Ricardo Hernandez for Yatzer

As someone who spent countless hours watching and learning from a mother who did porcelain, I can vouch for the hard work, careful handling and extensive research behind any ceramic piece. CTRLZAK brings this long tradition of ceramic objects to Milan for a showdown of East meets West. A unique collection showing the physical cross-fertilisation of European and Chinese porcelain production. In a one of a kind collection, Milan is the platform where CTRLZAK shows both aesthetics (Eastern and Western) as they come together to form a hybrid yet compelling narrative in porcelain form.









I adore this very much. Some one say where East meet West?

paper table

Scholten and Baijings

In contemporary dining culture, one encounters worlds of difference.across the globe, people jab little plastic forks into fatty fries served in distinctive red and yellow cartons, while experiments in molecular gastronomy are served in specially designed crockery, resulting in an aesthetic immersion that is reserved for a happy few.

Amsterdam-based design duo scholten & baijings' 'paper table' is their vision for the art of dining. The collection of tableware settings is part of the total table design project that premiered at object rotterdam 2010 at the las palmas building on the kop van zuid.

Silver Serving Spoon by Wiebke Meurer

Silver Serving Spoon by Wiebke Meurer

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