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Karen Chekerdjian
Totem
2017
42 x 62 cm
Marble
Manufacturer: Mmairo
Totem is an exploration of materiality, creativity, and play. Made up of three primary geometric forms – a cylinder, a cone, and a circle – which act as building blocks, its elements can be stacked atop each other in one of two sequences. A different facet of Totem emerges with each configuration.
Modular in nature, Totem is an exercise in poetic composition. The work’s playful simplicity is a reflection on the tension between functionality and futility, between form and the absence thereof.
$6,000.00
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About the Designer
Karen Chekerdjian (b. 1970) is a designer based in Beirut. She holds an MA in Industrial Design from Domus Academy, Milan. During her time in Milan, she worked closely with Massimo Morozzi, founding member of Archizoom, and produced her first piece, Mobil, which was fabricated and distributed by Edra. She moved back to her native city of Beirut in 2001 and founded her eponymous design studio through which she constantly challenges the limits of design. Chekerdjian has shown her work globally, including at Institut du monde Arabe, Paris (2016), Galerie Dutko, Paris (2016), and Design Miami/, Basel and Miami (2015).