Cirkel collection by Daphna Laurens

At Gallery Gosserez, the new collection designed by the Dutch studio takes inspiration from basic forms and lines.

24.11.2011—14.01.2012
Daphna Laurens: Cirkel Collection
Gallery Gosserez, Paris

The new pieces designed by Daphna Laurens presented in the collection Cirkel have a shared basis, the circle. Two dimensional drawings and ideas took shape during the last months in their workshop by modifying this elemental shape. Composing, cutting and twisting the surface, adding or removing lines, applying materials and colour resulted in the design of the new coffee table 01 and wall light 01 and 02. At the same time a more philosophical approach is the foundation for the mirrors: Elephant, Owl and Mole. Luigi Pirandello (1904): "Fantasy embellishes the product by encircling it and, as it were, illuminating it from within with those precious images of which it reminds us or to which we feel an instinctive connection."

Leaning lamp against the wall is the floor lamp. This piece leaves no other choice then to put it against the wall. It is a little creature what is looking through your wall to the other side.
Coffee table 01: powder coated aluminum, walnut wood veneer, solid walnut wood legs and details. Photo Mike Roelofs
Coffee table 01: powder coated aluminum, walnut wood veneer, solid walnut wood legs and details. Photo Mike Roelofs
The inspiration was basic, basic forms and lines. Bauhaus is of course one of their inspiration sources and especially Laszlo Moholy Nagy was a big inspiration for the wall lights. They wanted to create a lamp that during daytime is an art piece more than a wall light and at night it is a wall light. With this language of form they feel very comfortable. With their designs they try not to tell what the function is, first comes form and the function is second. Nevertheless they have a function in mind if they design an object or a product, but they do not want to make the function to visible. For them design is about form function will follow.
Leaning lamp: powder coated aluminum, solid oak wood legs and details, textile electricity chord. Photo Mike Roelofs
Leaning lamp: powder coated aluminum, solid oak wood legs and details, textile electricity chord. Photo Mike Roelofs
With their colourful way of working Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf and Laurens Manders transform everyday objects into characteristic 'products'. They research tradition, material, composition and translate it into colourful contemporary forms. Shaping by hand and intuitively making design choices give their work an authentic appearance. "Being in close contact with the subjects as well as the materials in the workshop makes designing a real joy."
Elephant mirror, Owl mirror, Mole mirror: solid walnut wood, glass mirror. Photo Mike Roelofs
Elephant mirror, Owl mirror, Mole mirror: solid walnut wood, glass mirror. Photo Mike Roelofs
Wall light 01: powder coated aluminum, walnut wood veneer, solid walnut wood (the horizontal line),
textile electricity chord. Photo Mike Roelofs
Wall light 01: powder coated aluminum, walnut wood veneer, solid walnut wood (the horizontal line), textile electricity chord. Photo Mike Roelofs
Coffee table 01: powder coated aluminum, walnut wood veneer, solid walnut wood legs and details. Photo Mike Roelofs
Coffee table 01: powder coated aluminum, walnut wood veneer, solid walnut wood legs and details. Photo Mike Roelofs

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