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pa href=”http://www.peterpless.com/”Peter J. Pless/a is a designer based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He’ll be showing 9 new prototypes at the 2010 Salone Satellite, part of a series entitled emSpaces/em. The collection distills domestic objects down to their essential functions and merges them, creating newmdash;also simple and legiblemdash;experiences and interactions./p

pMore from Pless:blockquoteThe conceptual framework “Spaces” defines the significance of certain products that people have direct contact with on a day-to-day basis. These “Spaces” are broken into four categories (intimate, personal, social and public) that represent an individual’s possessions in relation to emotional and sensory values. These four categories offer a significant range of complexity. At the intimate level, objects maintain a more emotional bond where the personality of the individual is truly formed. As one traverses outward from the intimate category, an individual’s perceived identity changes through the personal, social and public sectors where at each level true identity recedes and becomes more generalized and superficial./blockquote/p

pThe concept of hybridization and distillation comes through very clearly in the individual pieces, which are slightly distorted from their usual selves to create unusual conditions. For example, Atelier feels like a tiny desk lamp, but scaled up to create a dome of light and warmth, and Tryst is a kitchen stool split in half to accommodate two. Guise is a leaning mirror that creates a small coat closet between itself and the wall, and Stem, another leaner, combines a plant stand with a broomstick./p

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pemAtelier, pictured above: Through a shift in scale of a familiar domestic prop, the lamp not only lights a room, it becomes a room. The interior space provides a serene environment that is free of visual distractions while offering a sense of security./em/p

pSee all the projects and their descriptions following the jump. /p

pbPeter Pless at Salone Satellite/bbr /
April 14-19br /
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