“Set in concrete”. Manifesto
“Set in concrete”
Out of production“Royal Maastricht Sphinx” teapot and cups, trapped in concrete
The basements under teapot and cups reveal four porcelain plates
...We perceive objects like invisible presences without history, information and physical consistence. Everything is designed to be easily accepted in our lives and at the same time easily destroyed.
In this context lightness seems to be the only one value.
This is an ode to heaviness, and to the physical consistency of the things that surrounds us…
…The identity of the objects has to be amplified instead of being simplified, we need to raise the existent over a pedestal, to notice it again, respect it and perceive it’s physical presence.
April 16th-20 th 2008
“A Touch of green” Droog Design.
Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta
Via Foro Bonaparte 50
20121 Milano
