Celia-Hannes: Emissaire

On view at Artifact #B during the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne the hand blown glass elements inspired to Homo Ludens, designed by Celia-Hannes.

Célia Picard and Hannes Schreckensberger from the Franco-Austrian design studio Celia-Hannes designed Emissaire, a set of ten individual hand blown glass elements.

The shape, the feel and the weight of these glass objects aim to awaken the Homo Ludens (Johan Huizinga, 1938), and invite to compose imaginary landscapes.

The difficulty to find a balance between the pieces make the players enter in a game that renew each time itself. Those interventions are meditative actions. By its principle Emissaire offers a break in the flowing with technologies and connectivity of our everyday lives.

The shapes are made with stemmed glass mould archived at the CIAV-Meisenthal, France. This simplicity allows to invest in the craftsmen’s savoir-faire. They are the ones that give every piece a touch of soul.