MANDORLA
2022

INDUSTRIAL METAL BECOMES PORCELAIN BECOMES ART

The new MANDORLA collection evokes memories, as the decor is inspired by protective plates used in industry to protect walls and floors from excessive wear and tear. The Stuttgart artist Reiner Xaver Sedelmeier inspired KPM head designer Thomas Wenzel to create an artistic collaboration in which supposedly banal everyday design is transferred to high-quality porcelain. The result was a jug, cup and vases made of biscuit porcelain, all cylinders cast in the typical elliptical shapes of the protective metal.

MANDORLA
2022

INDUSTRIAL METAL BECOMES PORCELAIN BECOMES ART

The new MANDORLA collection evokes memories, as the decor is inspired by protective plates used in industry to protect walls and floors from excessive wear and tear. The Stuttgart artist Reiner Xaver Sedelmeier inspired KPM head designer Thomas Wenzel to create an artistic collaboration in which supposedly banal everyday design is transferred to high-quality porcelain. The result was a jug, cup and vases made of biscuit porcelain, all cylinders cast in the typical elliptical shapes of the protective metal.

The relief and the outer sides of the white porcelain in the MANDORLA collection are made from the finest, highest quality biscuit porcelain . The inner walls of the cup, vase and jug are all glazed.

The limited edition
KPM+ REINER XAVER SEDELMEIER | 2022

With the limited KPM+ Edition, Reiner Xaver Sedelmeier is once again removing the utilitarian aspect from the MANDORLA design and refining the everyday object of the vase into a work of art with geometric gold applications or neon coloring.

THOMAS WENZEL & REINER XAVER SEDELMEIER

The industrial derivation of the surface design was what particularly inspired KPM head designer Thomas Wenzel. And what would ultimately also define the shapes of the products: "Tear drop sheet metal is normally rolled, so the starting point was quickly to take the cylinder or, in other words, the tube as the shape." Wenzel came up with the jug, cup and vase and arranged the mandorlas in a regular order so that the viewer "can see for themselves what they are actually looking at. The shapes are beautiful and simple, but the relief-like feel creates an irritation that one remembers. The choice of bisque porcelain as a material emphasizes the sharpness and precision."

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