Fragmented glimpse
Vessel navigating
Boundary connection
The ship, like the human body, is a vessel with a purpose. It carries its passengers across the water, just as the body carries its soul through life. Yet, the ship, like the body, is also subject to the elements. It is battered by the wind and waves, its form altered by the passage of time.
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” – Jacques Yves Cousteau
Memory vessel
Vintage model
Bygone era
The vintage automobile functions as a symbol of our mortality, our fleeting existence.
“The authentic existence is the one that confronts the fundamental questions of existence.” – Karl Jaspers
Circular form
Spokes radiating
Tactile sensation
The steering wheel, as an object designed to be grasped and manipulated, invites physical engagement.
“The aesthetic experience is not a purely intellectual or spiritual affair, but a bodily and sensory one.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Domesticity domain
Culinary transformation
Sensory intertwine
An invitation to enter into a deeper relationship with the space itself, where the visual, the tactile, and the imaginative come together.
“The world is not something to represent, but something to inhabit.” – Martin Heidegger
Embodied understanding
Interplay of light
Tactile dimension
The mind’s eye can trace the contours of the car, imagining the coolness of the metal and the smoothness of the paint.
“The body is not merely a physical object but a living, feeling, and perceiving being.” – Maurice Natanson
Vibrant colors
Playful forms
Consumer culture
All cultural artifacts are products of a multiplicity of voices, each with its own unique perspective and worldview.
“The word is never a purely personal or individual creation; it is always marked by its social and historical context.” – Mikhail Bakhtin
Strings
Soundboards
Mechanisms
Mechanisms that typically remain hidden from view.
“A grand piano is not just an instrument; it’s a piece of furniture, a work of art, a living presence in the room.” – Greg Kleiman
Portable heated
Vintage stand
Hair dryer
Simulates the feeling of blowing fresh desert air through the hair, creating unique biomes and ecosystems.
“All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.” – Taylor Dayne
Intricate brass
Antique patina
Evocative power
The magic lantern, as an object, is not merely a historical artifact but a sensory experience.
“The affective life is the ground of all experience.” – Michel Henry
Intricate interplay
Revealing glimpse
Power to shape
The spiritual dimension transcends the immediate and the tangible.
“The aesthetic man is the man who lives for the moment, for the immediate pleasure, for the thrill of the present.” – Soren Kierkegaard