奇幻陶瓷 | Joshua Tree 中的 Haas L’Objet collection

Hitchhiking vessels, wandering coffee pots and sun-burnt serving bowls feature in a new film that captures the Haas L’Objet collection’s pure imagination

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First seen at Design Miami in December 2018, the otherwordly Haas L’Objet collection is now available, spanning tableware and textiles in the form of desert-dwelling creatures.

Inspired by the mystic landscape of Joshua Tree in the California desert, LA-based artist twins Simon and Nikolai Haas worked with Elad Yifrach (creative director and master craftsman at lifestyle brand L’Objet) to create a family of characterful critters, that double as highly usable home objects. Elegant catch-all bowls with hand-carved scales have bellies ready to be filled with oddities; salt and pepper monsters have textured, porcelain ‘fur’ coats; salad spoons double as antennae, sprouting from a mint-green serving bowl.

‘In the beginning we were considered fabricators, then designers, then high-end designers and now artists,’ Nikolai told us upon the launch of the Haas Brothers’ Bass Museum exhibition in December 2018. The L’Objet collection reflects the brothers’ artful exploration of functional forms, that, in Nikolai’s words ‘makes somebody think differently, or feel a certain way’. If their ‘Djuna’ creature, complete with four varnished gold paws, doesn’t make you look at a coffee pot differently, we don’t know what will.

Haas Djuna coffee and tea pots

The Haas Brothers’ original sketches were first printed in 3D in their LA studio, then transformed into reality by L’Objet’s design team in its Portuguese porcelain atelier, where Yifrach and the Brothers flew out to get hands-on with production. Together, they sculpted each prototype by hand before moulds were made ready for the porcelain pouring. This combination of handmade and technical manufacturing methods affords the collection a unique balance of precision and warmth.

Ahead of a launch party at Bergdorf Goodman in New York, on 7 March, L’Objet has released a dream-like new film, directed by LA-based photographer Mason Poole, that sees the objects in their (un)natural habitat. ‘Both the brothers and I have a strong affinity to the desert, especially Joshua Tree,’ explains Yifrach. ‘We imagined a lot of the pieces in the collection as fantasy creatures living in this magical place. It felt right to photograph them in the land in which they were imagined.’

Enlisting Poole, better known for photographing pop-stars than pot-stars, was a savvy move. ‘Mason has such a cool way of telling a cinematic story that is unique to how he sees things, and we wanted him to follow us and feel the connection with this vast space,’ Yifrach continues. ‘I love the way the video puts these emotions and our inspiration together. He captured it perfectly.’ Now, to capture the critters themselves. §

Haas Horn candlestick

Haas Optipus magnifying glass

Haas Monster incense burner

Haas Lazy Susan Catchall

Haas Djuna coffee and teapot

Haas Lynda box and plates (limited edition of 50)

Haas Celestial Octopus tray (limited edition of 500)

Haas Unicorn Octopus letter opener

Haas Mojave Desert bowl

From left, Haas Mojave Unicorn candle, Haas Mojave vase in grey, Haas Mojave vase in green, Gaas Gilla Monster vase in pink and grey

Haas Gila Monster vessel (limited edition of 15)

Large Haas Mojave Palm candlestick in grey and small Haas Mojave Palm candlestick in pink

Haas Monster Ball incense burner

Haas Monster vessel (limited edition of 15)

Haas Mojave Unicorn candle four-wick and Haas Mojave Moon table lamp

Haas Simon Leg table lamp

Haas Vermiculation pillow in green, red and yellow

Haas Celestial Octopus throw

Haas Mojave Unicorn candle four-wick

Information The collection will be celebrated at a launch party at Bergdorf Goodman, New York, on 7 March. For more information, visit the L’Objet website and the Haas Brothers website

PHOTOGRAPHY CERAMICS HAAS BROTHERS ART FILM ON INSTAGRAM