VASE CLASSICS WITH A NEW FACE

With "Introspectus", KPM Berlin and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin are once again coming together to have the pure white KPM canvas reworked by an internationally successful avant-garde artist following collaborations with Stefan Marx and Jean Jullien: since October 2018, illustrator Eline van Dam, alias Zeloot, has been interpreting the classic CADRE vase from 1967.

With the KPM+ format, the Berlin manufactory has institutionalized a kind of docking station for the creative dialogue between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary art. Together with SZ-Magazin, this approach between Zeloot and KPM Berlin was transferred into four different versions of the CADRE vase under the title "Introspectus". In sizes 0 to 3, the vases in the limited Artist Edition show Zeloot's classic characters in a state of self-reflection and reflection on others.

Eline van Dam's illustrations of faces, which are striking in form and color, follow the idea that people can experience a wide variety of thoughts, emotions and memories that are reflected in their facial features, the artist told SZ-Magazin. The aesthetics of the joint edition are created through the fusion of two opposites: the graphic form and color scheme for which Eline van Dam's designs are known and the straightforward and reduced form of the CADRE vasevase, which has been one of the absolute KPM icons since its design by Trude Petri in 1967.
INTROSPECTUS

The vases of the limited Artist Edition in sizes CADRE 0 to 3 Zeloots show classic characters in a state of self-reflection and reflection on others. Eline van Dam's illustrations of faces, striking in form and color, follow the idea that people can experience a wide range of thoughts, emotions and memories that are reflected in their facial features.

"Thanks to the concise design of Zeloot's designs and the timeless design language of our CADRE vase shape, we have succeeded in creating a special KPM+ edition. It was a lot of fun to be able to work with an internationally successful artist once again as part of the renewed cooperation with SZ-Magazin and to show how a classic from our manufactory, whose design dates back to 1967 and whose original form even goes back to a design from 1930, is absolutely in keeping with the design zeitgeist today," says Jenja Carow, Head of Marketing at KPM Berlin.

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