Created in collaboration with French architect and designer Pauline Leprince, Beneath the Surface explores the tension between strength and fragility through a restrained vocabulary of metal, glass, and light. The collection presents three sculptural objects — a console, a mirror, and a table lamp — each shaped by the deliberate transformation of material.

GERMAN CONCEPTUAL ARTIST MAXIMILIAN PRÜFER AND LIGHTING DESIGNER SEBASTIAN HEPTING HAVE PARTNERED WITH KAIA TO CONSTRUCT A CHANDELIER OF 1099 GLASS TUBES FILLED WITH HONEY. THIS REMARKABLE WORK OF ART AND DESIGN STANDS AS THE CENTREPIECE OF THE "FRUITS OF LABOUR" EXHIBITION AT VIENNA'S WELTMUSEUM, A PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTION RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY FOR ITS DEDICATION TO WORLD CULTURE AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPLORATION.

KAIA PRESENTS ‘EMPYREAN’, A NEW INSTALLATION AND COLLECTION CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH GSL WORKS, EXPLORING THE EVOCATIVE AND SPIRITUAL ESSENCE OF LIGHT.

FOR DECOREX 2023, KAIA PRESENTED AN INSTALLATION DEVOTED TO SUSTAINABILITY — A GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN OUR WORK AND COLLABORATIONS. TOGETHER WITH ARTIST MAXIMILIAN PRÜFER, WE UNVEILED NEKTAR, A CONTINUATION OF OUR SHARED EXPLORATION INTO ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE, CRAFT, AND DESIGN.

FOR THE WALDEN EXHIBITION AT SCHLOSS HOLLENEGG FOR DESIGN, KAIA PRESENTED INNER GLOW, A LIMITED-EDITION CHANDELIER BY SOPHIE DRIES. SET WITHIN THE CASTLE’S HISTORIC ROOMS, THE PIECE EXPLORES THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ORGANIC AND THE GEOMETRIC — WHERE RAW, HAND-CRAFTED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MEETS SMOOTH BLOWN GLASS AND PRECISE BRASS LINES. A MEDITATION ON BALANCE, INNER GLOW REFLECTS NATURE’S QUIET ABILITY TO COEXIST WITH HUMAN CRAFT.

DURING MILAN DESIGN WEEK, KAIA JOINED FORCES WITH AMY SOMERVILLE TO TRANSFORM THE HISTORIC SALA DA PRANZO OF PALAZZO BAGATTI VALSECCHI INTO A STAGE FOR THE GOLDEN FLEECE — A LUMINOUS CENTERPIECE INSPIRED BY GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND DESIGNED BY MARKUS BENESCH. CRAFTED FROM RAW BRASS AND ADVANCED LED TECHNOLOGY, THE INSTALLATION WEAVES TOGETHER MYTH, MATERIAL, AND MODERN CRAFTSMANSHIP.