Salone Milan 2011: Kiki Van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk for Dilmos

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Dutch designers Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk are showing a mixed series of several large sculptural objects for Dilmos, using Murano glass.

Kiki’s series, “DRINK! EAT! FUN!! REST! THINK! DREAM! LOVE!” mixes traditional techniques like filigrane, mother of pearl, incalmo, and mirroring to create objects with a narrative quality—”still life” totems for things we forget. For example, without FUN! there will always be a dull moment. Kiki’s stories follow each objects in the series, pictured after the jump.

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DREAM!
To dream or to have a dream is the most enchanting phenomena in life. This is what makes it a paradise. The upside down basket with refined wire structure combined with a mirrored bottle full of transparent bubbles from which shines a light symbolizes the dream.

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