Seduction, Exploration, Reimagined
Seduction, through cinema, fashion, and advertising an intoxicating mythology of rebellion, romance, and sophistication filtered into our lives. It was a beautiful fairytale of glossy dreams
Exploration, the Ashtray delves into the cultural history of smoking, examining its glorification and the allure that surrounded it through the beautifully designed objects that cultivated it.
Reimagined, a selected group of designers reinterpret the ashtray, transforming a functional item of desire into an object of artistic and historical reflection.
Participating designers are:
James Shaw
Inderjeet Sandhu
Joseph Algieri
Pia Hinz
Rutger de Regt
Sarah Keenlyside
Stina Hendriksson
We Are Out of Office
Stéphane Monnet
Concept, initiative and scenography: The DIRT