DECOREX
LONDON · 2023
KAIA DEVELOPED THE REINCARNATION INSTALLATION FOR DECOREX 2023 WHICH EXPLORED SUSTAINABILITY, MATERIAL RENEWAL AND TRANSFORMATION. EXPRESSED ACROSS THE NEKTAR, REINCARNATION, GLOW SUSPENSION AND THE COR SIDE TABLE THROUGH RECYCLED CERAMICS AND PAPIER-MÂCHÉ, TO PATINAS ON NATURALLY AGING METALS. EVERY ELEMENT OF THE STAND WAS DEVELOPED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THOUGHTFUL CRAFTSMANSHIP, RESPONSIBLE SOURCING, AND ARTISTIC COLLABORATION CAN COME TOGETHER TO FORM A COHESIVE, IMPACTFUL ENVIRONMENT. THE INSTALLATION DEMONSTRATED HOW SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES CAN ELEVATE — NOT LIMIT — THE CREATIVE PROCESS.
THE NEKTAR
CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST MAXIMILIAN PRÜFER, THE NEKTAR FURTHERS OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK FOLLOWING THE HIVE INSTALLATION AT THE WELTMUSEUM VIENNA. CONCEIVED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE GLOBAL DECLINE OF INSECT POPULATIONS, THE PIECE TRANSLATES THIS URGENT ECOLOGICAL REALITY INTO A POETIC AND IMMERSIVE VISUAL EXPRESSION. THE NEKTAR IS A REFINED PENDANT LIGHT COMPOSED OF AMBER-COLORED LABORATORY GLASS VESSELS.
GLOW SUSPENSION
ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER SOPHIE DRIES DEVELOPED THE GLOW SUSPENSION THROUGH A CONSIDERED AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH. A RECYCLED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ COATING, CRAFTED IN PUGLIA, ENVELOPS A HAND-BLOWN GLASS ORB, CREATING A TACTILE, ORGANIC SURFACE THAT ELEVATES THE INHERENT BEAUTY OF REPURPOSED MATERIAL.