After Ego Hybrid Collection by Richard Yasmine.

Beirut-based designer Richard Yasmine has unveiled ‘After Ego’ as “an ode to an arch, a tribute to a city, an elegy of lost souls, altogether converted to emotional fantasy objects, transmitting functionality however remaining timeless and sculptural.”

After Ego is Yasmine’s a hybrid collection inspired by the metaphorical Postmodernism/ Memphis movement with a twist of graceful Art Deco lines assorted to monolithic Brutalism sobriety. Always trying to promote exactly how using simple lines can create an infinite range of objects, constantly thoughtful and minimal.

Each object is handcrafted and painted using multiple materials such as foam, lightweight concrete plaster, acrylic and stoneware/ clay.

“Experimenting through sketching, rotating and flipping arches evokes transformational prominent and bold shapes using different geometrical procedures such as inserting, intersecting, extruding, and detracting, these tools assist the process of embracing the splendour of the curves…” says Yasmin. “Generating a seat, a shelving unit, a table, a tray, a vase etc… The alteration between drawn black and white stripes on each side of the object translate a dramatic illusion of the internal and spatial chaos.”

“Black colour is mysterious – it is associated with the unknown future, the undesirable or sad past while white is considered to be the colour of serenity and safety,” says the designer. “Black traps space, while white opens space. Black evokes sophistication the white communicates innocence and renewed beginnings.”

“The objects induce an emotional alteration of the self – sad/ happy, mad/ sane, anxious/ calm, death/ life hate/ love… just like the fascinating history of my city Beirut with its multiple lives and layers throughout centuries yet after each disaster it always rises from the ashes longing for eternal life.”

For more information, visit richardyasmine.com.

[Images courtesy of Richard Yasmine.]