As everyday life has become too-hectic, the simplicity and joy of slow food and fine dining seems to have become something special and exceptional.
Luca Nichetto - Venetian designer with a studio in Stockholm, and Lera Moiseeva - Muscovite designer who calls home New York and Madrid as well, developed together the Aureola Tea Set with the aim of bringing back and out the ancient and modern sharing rituals that plays such an important role in the social relationships of many countries.
Their personal research led this incredibly creative and explorative duo to the tea ceremony, which represents an important tradition in several areas of the world, particularly in Asia.
By observing the Russian tradition, the designers drew inspiration from the Pialas, bowls without the handle used by the nomads. Thus comes the shape the teacups and the totem form, which symbolize a group or a family and sustains the energy of the ones sharing the moment of the ritual.
A teapot, a filter and two cups compose the Aureola Tea Set and its materials include wood and fine porcelain colored in mass.
The round signs that encircle each piece of the set, graphically epitomize the sharing concept: as the heat propagates from the centre of the bowl towards the outside, the same way the energy aura of people involved in the sharing rite seems to expand in wider circles towards the others.
“Rituality is important – says the designer – as an object can impact everyday life and make some moments to enjoy it, slowly.”
Sept. 10, 2014
Shenkar
Scuola Politecnica di Design
Harrington College of Design
University of Cincinnati
LOFT 42
World Architecture Festival
