Playing with Porcelain
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Paola Navone reworks classic white china for the historic Italian porcelain company, Richard Ginori. The concept of her installation is fascinating:
...I thought of turning the traditional image of Richard Ginori products as indoor furnishings on its head by presenting them in an open-air setting. In the next project – “One Off ” at Merci, in Paris – I wanted to demonstrate the firm’s skill in relating to the design industry. I took 1000 kilos of white, unmatched reject china and, in little more than a month, had it decorated with decal fragments, brushstrokes and splashes of colour. This metamorphosis gave new life not only to the product, but also to how it’s sold – one-offs sold by weight, the way stockists sell off remnants.
Not to mention the finished products are absolutely gorgeous. I wouldn't mind a set of stapled dinner plates.
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