K1 chair is challenging material perception by using a soft material like merino wool to create a solid structure as the base to sit on. Rigidity is reinforced by using a traditional weaving method typically used in the wicker seats.
K1 is part of the ongoing project kafeneon, an attempt to re-invent iconic yet banal designs of the greek culture. Based on the inherited sense of familiarity, nostalgia & irony of the objects, the aim is to question the significance of those traditional design typologies and the emotional connections they create with the user.
Studiolav is a creative collaboration between Loukas Angelou and Vasso Asfi. They met while studying at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and decided to combine their diverse experience, common aesthetics and vision for design.
Through their work they look into different ways of reinterpreting existing ideas with a playful and ironic spirit and express their investigating tendencies and curiosities regarding perceptions of form and materiality.
