MANDORLA
2022

INDUSTRIAL METAL BECOMES PORCELAIN BECOMES ART

The new MANDORLA collection brings back memories because the decor is modeled on industrially used mudguards that are intended to protect walls and floors from excessive wear and tear. The Stuttgart artist Reiner Xaver Sedelmeier inspired KPM chief designer Thomas Wenzel to create an artistic collaboration in which seemingly banal everyday design is transferred to high-quality porcelain. This resulted in jugs, cups and vases made of bisque porcelain, all cylinders that were cast into the mold with the typical elliptical shapes of the protective metal.

MANDORLA
 2022

INDUSTRIAL METAL BECOMES PORCELAIN BECOMES ART

The new MANDORLA collection brings back memories because the decor is modeled on industrially used mudguards that are intended to protect walls and floors from excessive wear and tear. The Stuttgart artist Reiner Xaver Sedelmeier inspired KPM chief designer Thomas Wenzel to create an artistic collaboration in which seemingly banal everyday design is transferred to high-quality porcelain. This resulted in jugs, cups and vases made of bisque porcelain, all cylinders that were cast into the mold with the typical elliptical shapes of the protective metal.

The relief and the outside of the white porcelain of the MANDORLA collection are made from the finest, highest quality bisque porcelain. The inside walls of the cup, vase and jug are all glazed.

The limited edition
KPM+ REINER XAVER SEDELMEIER | 2022

With the limited KPM+ Edition, Reiner

THOMAS WENZEL & REINER XAVER SEDELMEIER
The industrial derivation of the surface design was what particularly excited KPM chief designer Thomas Wenzel. And what would ultimately define the shapes of the products: “Tear plate is normally rolled, so the starting point was quickly to use the cylinder, or in other words: the tube, as the shape.” Wenzel invented the jug, cup and vase and sorted the mandorlas in a regular arrangement so that the viewer “knows for himself what he is actually looking at. The shapes are beautiful and simple, but the relief feel creates an irritation that is remembered. The choice of bisque porcelain as a material emphasizes the sharpness and precision.”

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MANDORLA designer in an interview