Patricia Urquiola designs "warm and masculine" collection for Georg Jensen
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola's first collaboration with Danish metalware brand Georg Jensen includes upside-down jugs and a set of tilted vases (+ slideshow).
The Urkiola collection features pitchers, bowls, vases, trays and candle holders, all made from mirror-polished stainless steel. The pieces have cylindrical sections with ridged patterns, and smooth, angled sides.
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The pitchers has a handle at its base, while candle holders are made from several steel blades joined together. Georg Jensen has also experimented with a new finish, adding several pieces that contrast rose gold-coloured elements with silver.
"My imagination was generously allowed to run wild, but stainless steel is a new material for me," said the designer, who was named art director at Italian brand Cassina in 2015.
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"The simplicity of stainless steel feels warm and masculine with its PVD finish, and the stripes – which were not easy to accomplish – give it an unusual elegance."
To design the range, Urquiola delved into the company's archives, referring back to its Bernadotte collection, which features similar ribbed patterns.
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The Urkiola range is the latest in a series of high-profile collaborations by the brand, which partnered with the late Zaha Hadid to design a collection of silver jewellery.
The company also raised eyebrows with an £82,000 silver tea set, designed by Marc Newson and featuring mammoth tusk handles.
The collaborations are part of an attempt – led by CEO David Chu, who joined the company three years ago – to shake up the company's "dusty" reputation by reinvigorating its history of artistic partnerships.
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"We are probably a designer's brand," Chu told Dezeen in an interview. "It's a fantastic position to be in. It's like being the most beautiful girl at the party: you get the most choice."