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Sunrise and Prisma

Denise Pichler

Student

Denise Pichler

Academic staff

Klaus Hackl Giacomo Festi Ignacio Merino SanchezFayos

Course

As Found. Design Inspiration from Regional Folk Craft Museums.

Program

BA Major Design

Semester

2023/24 SS

In this project, we explore everyday objects from past worlds displayed in folk art museums. These objects inspire us with clever, sustainable, and beautiful solutions to today's challenges. We demonstrate how simple means can be used to create creative and functional products.

SUNRISE - Inspired by the historical Brotgrammel, this beautifully crafted mortar and pestle set blends tradition and modernity. Made from beech wood with grooves inspired by the Japanese Suribachi, it ensures efficient grinding. The soft spruce pestle preserves the grooves, and the set is treated with food-grade oil, making it perfect for grinding herbs and spices.

PRISMA - Elegant ash wood scent lamp inspired by a traditional butter mold. Its triangular design supports a ceramic bowl above a tealight candle, gently diffusing soothing scents. Precisely cut and easy to assemble and disassemble, its minimalist aesthetic combines beauty with practicality for everyday enjoyment.

Inspired by the Brotgrammel, an object used in ancient times to break hard bread into small pieces as bread was only baked twice a year, I embarked on a journey to give this object new life.

<p><span>Recreation of the source object using cardboard.</span></p> — Recreation of the source object using cardboard.

<p>From bread breaker to spice maker.</p> — From bread breaker to spice maker.

<p><span>The museum object I've chosen is a disassemblable butter mould. Engravings were made to indicate from which dairy farm the butter was produced.</span></p> — The museum object I've chosen is a disassemblable butter mould. Engravings were made to indicate from which dairy farm the butter was produced.

<p>Recreation of the source object with a 3D printer.</p> — Recreation of the source object with a 3D printer.

<p><span>As light passes through a prism and diffuses into colors, essential oil passes through — As light passes through a prism and diffuses into colors, essential oil passes through "Prisma" and diffuses into a harmonious and sweet fragrance.

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What happens when you redesign objects of our past?

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As Found. Design Inspiration from Regional Folk Craft Museums.

Human history can be found in the things we have made and used. We furnish our world with everyday objects, works of art and ritual artefacts. Many of these things seem to have a story of their own, and some even have a career that has brought them to the museum. Taken out of time and context, they can now be found and discovered in glass cabinets.

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