Editor's Note
This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “When Jaime Hayòn Sculpts Quartz”, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
Spanish designer Jaime Hayòn has partnered with quartz surface manufacturer Caesarstone to create a series of dreamlike, contemporary pieces, recently unveiled at the Interior Design Show in Toronto.
The highlight of the Interior Design Show in Toronto, held from January 19 to 22, was Jaime Hayòn's unveiling of "Stone Age Folk," an XXL installation created in partnership with quartz surface manufacturer Caesarstone. This monumental collection follows previous collaborations between the manufacturer and renowned designers such as Nendo, Raw Edges, Philippe Malouin, and Tom Dixon.
Different quartz varieties allow the designer to play with color and texture associations.
“I wanted to work with Caesarstone because I was curious about the potential offered by the material and the technology.”
Jaime Hayòn The result of a year's work, the installation consists of seven pieces in which Jaime Hayòn's taste for craftsmanship and traditional high-end marquetry skills innovatively meet Caesarstone's material of choice.
Through its patterns or silhouette, each piece references the human or animal body. Balancing abstraction and figuration, different quartz essences are assembled to form human faces or designs inspired by the animal world, which the designer then uses as tabletops, cabinet facades, or oversized decorative masks.
“It’s about mixing the ingredients with our own intuition to create a new world.”
Jaime Hayòn Typically used as a surface material for kitchens or bathrooms, quartz here amplifies its decorative potential to generate a dreamlike universe, inspired by the fauna and myths of various cultures, from Hungarian to African. With offices in Italy, Spain, and Japan, the Valencian designer has conquered the design world.
“This year, the collaboration with Jaime Hayòn has resulted in pieces that foreshadow the future of design.”
Eli Feiglin, Vice President of Marketing at Caesarstone.
By blurring the boundaries between art, decoration, and design, "Stone Age Folk" confronts ornament with function—a characteristic signature of Jaime Hayòn, who continues to develop this installation, but this time on an architectural scale. The project will be on display at Palazzo Serbelloni during the upcoming Milan Design Week, held from April 4 to 9.
Mounted on a cabinet, Jaime Hayòn's faces reconcile ornament and function.
Source: Read the original article | Published: January 26, 2017