Collaboration with artist Maria Kolosovskaya

In our practice, an object is never reduced to function alone. Each piece is approached as a carrier of meaning — where form, material, and process converge into something more layered, more enduring, more deeply felt over time.

This sensitivity naturally leads to collaborations with artists and artisans, allowing certain objects to evolve beyond their utilitarian role and become vessels of a more nuanced expression.

One such piece is a console created for a private residence conceived as a calm, light-filled environment, where spatial flow unfolds with a sense of continuity and quiet balance. Within this context, the console becomes a point of arrival — an object that introducethe atmosphere of the space and sets its rhythm.

Its base draws from the tradition of Japanese joinery, where wood is assembled through intricate interlocking structures without the use of glue or metal fastenings. These connections are built on precision, balance, and a profound understanding of the material itself. There is a quiet discipline in this approach — a clarity that allows the structure to exist in its purest form, shaped by logic and restraint.

The surface became a natural extension of this idea. For its creation, we collaborated with ceramic artist Maria Kolosovskaya, whose practice exists at the intersection of craft and artistic inquiry.

In her work, clay is not treated as a passive medium but as an active participant — a material with its own rhythm, resistance, and unpredictability. Her process embraces this dialogue. Rather than pursuing perfect symmetry or controlled geometry, she allows slight irregularities to remain — traces of the hand, subtle deviations, the quiet presence of the making itself. These nuances give her work a sense of life, making each piece singular and irreproducible.

Surface plays a central role in her language. Glaze, for her, is not a finish but a field of transformation. Soft, muted tones, layered textures, and delicate transitions create an ощущение depth — as if the object carries within it a memory of time. Colour is never immediate; it unfolds gradually, revealing complexity through nuance rather than contrast.

Her approach resonates with the philosophy of wabi-sabi — an appreciation of imperfection, transience, and the beauty found in subtle asymmetry. Yet this is not a direct reference, but an intuitive alignment: an attention to stillness, to pause, to what exists just beyond the obvious.

In Japanese ceramic tradition, the value of an object often lies in its process — in the way it responds to fire, to temperature, to time. Each firing introduces a degree of uncertainty, and it is precisely this unpredictability that gives the material its depth and authenticity.

This understanding became fundamental to our collaboration. The console’s structure was developed first — precise, measured, and clearly defined. Within this framework, Maria created a composition of ceramic tiles. Unlike industrial production, however, clay remains a living material: it shifts during drying, transforms inthe kiln, reacts to glaze in ways that cannot be fully anticipated. This required a delicate balance between control and acceptance. Each tile needed to retain its individuality while fitting seamlessly into the overall structure.

We worked closely on proportions, thickness, and glazing techniques, allowing each element to develop its own character — its own tone, density, and subtle variation in surface.

The result is a composition where no two pieces are identical, yet all are held togethin a quiet equilibrium. The surface unfolds as a mosaic of states — shifting, nuanced, and deeply tactile.

Within this object, multiple cultural layers converge: the precision and restraint of Japanese construction, a philosophical approach to material rooted in process and time, and a contemporary exploration of ceramics as a living, expressive medium.

The console does not assert itself. It reveals itself gradually — through light, through touch, through a gaze that lingers slightly longer than expected. It is within such objects that the essence of our practice becomes most tangible: when form evolves into a state, and an object becomes part of a deeper experience of living within space

Behind many works of art lie personal stories — quiet, unfolding over time, shaped by memory and meaning.

Designing a children’s room calls for a particularly delicate sensibility — one that balances clarity with softness, structure with imagination.