Hanna Krüger Transforms Rosenthal Porcelain into Lamps & Vases.

The ‘Pila’ series, meaning ‘pile’ in Italian is a unique and unconventional assemblage of different plates by German designer Hanna Krüger from the Rosenthal Studio Line. ‘Pila’ stacks china plates and transforms them into vases and lamps with reference from everyday life – where plate piles are created for pragmatic reasons, for washing up in the sink or stashed in the cupboard. The design also demonstrates that the clash of forms, stories and time can develop a completely new aesthetic dimension.

The objects (vases and lamps) allow for various products of different Rosenthal Studio Line to enter into a dialogue. The individual plates become part of the whole – a new form. The selection of plates are combined in a way that offers unique compositions. Displaying the range of Rosenthal’s porcelain designs, from a simple item to a more decorative one.

The perception of the singular plates changes in the overall context. Each object is unique. Every time a different selection of plates is piled in a new combination. In this way, the most different characters are created; stringent compositions, lush towers or even figurative forms. As part of the lamps, the plates gain a new function. They are not only carrier of meaning and history, they also act as uncommon reflectors of the illuminant. The decors of the implemented plates modulate and tint the light of these light objects in soft copper and gold nuances.

[Images courtesy of Hanna Krüger.]