Biophilia by Stoft Studio

Endless life - ceramic series

2015-10-15

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设计公司: :; Stoft Studio
位置: :; Sweden
类型: :; Design

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Stoft工作室与瑞典陶瓷制造商Zol Art合作，创作了这款名叫Biophilia的系列陶瓷作品。作品的立意基于人类对自然与物种的本能热爱与迷恋。带着敬意，用取自大地的泥土进行创作。本系列有四个分别代表成长步骤的有机形状陶瓷器皿，他们之间可以相互堆叠嵌套，创造出多个可能性。这四个对象代表了自然生长的不同阶段。猛一览相互之间有冲撞，深味之下却又能感到彼此的和谐—同源之生，进化而一。

Biophilia is a collaboration-project between the design studio Stoft and the ceramic manufacturer Zol Art in Sweden. Biophilia describes man’s instinctive love and fascination for species, organisms and processes in nature. The clay that for thousands of years has been shaped by nature has in this project formed new species.

The collection consists of four organically shaped ceramic vessels, each symbolising a step in a plant’s growing process. Due to their decreasing width, each of the vessels can be stacked inside one another, creating multiple possible combinations.

The four objects represents a different stage in a plant’s life – from seedpod to bloom – with the shapes taking reference from the forms of each.

At a first glance the objects seem very ill-matched, perhaps like the seed before it blossoms or like a chestnut inside its shell, but at a closer view one can notice how they all have evolved from a common origin and form a unity.

像囊一样的碗“Capsula”代表着孕育一切的子房。而粗壮的花瓶”Petalis”是主干。“Truncus”是分支。最顶端的小花瓶陶器 “Spore”代表着孢子。

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The chamotte stoneware bowl “Capsula” symbolises the protective seedpod from which everything begins. Embraced by the coarse stoneware the “Petalis” vase sprouts, a sheer porcelain vessel which has been allowed to blossom out like porcelain objects historically also have done. The vase then branches out forming the pitcher “Truncus”, which draws its inspiration from how the craftsmanship and mass production of ceramics today struggle in different directions. At the very top the small earthenware vase “Spore” is resting, waiting to take root elsewhere by also functioning as a small vase for seedlings.

With the project we wanted to challenge unwritten hierarchical rules to not mix stoneware, porcelain and earthenware objects in the same product family, and instead we have had the handmade production of the manufacturer Zol Art as the starting point for the collection.