Rising London artist Hannah Lim has created a novel set of cake stands and socket vessels for the Bulgari Lodge in London.
The sculptural artist has reimagined the standard afternoon tea stand in her signature model, with a vibrant acrylic plate sandwiched between geometric cutouts that act because the stand's legs.
The body of the tea holder was designed as a nod to the setting of a jewel, meant to reference Bulgari's jewelery heritage.
“I wished the stands to be a mirrored image of my sculptural apply, but additionally seize the essence of Bulgari,” Lim informed Dezeen.
The cutout model of the stand is a trademark of Lim's work, impressed by conventional Chinese language paper lower designs and Chinoiserie model items.
“I feel heritage is a crucial a part of the work created for Bulgari, each my private heritage and the heritage of the lodge and the model are very important in all facets of the designs produced for the collaboration,” defined Lim.
The paintings goals to interact with the historic relationship between East and West, specializing in the theme of Orientalism and the colonial implications of Chinoiserie – an 18th-century aesthetic development that appropriated parts of Chinese language design for European tastes.
Lim explains his work as an try and “reimagine [Chinoiserie] in a extra knowledgeable and conscientious manner”.
Lim additionally designed recreations of conventional Chinese language outlet bottles to accompany the sculptural tea stands, lots of that are anthropomorphic with options equivalent to eyes, legs and arms.
The ornate pots have playful shapes embellished with crops and enchanted creatures impressed by Chinese language mythology.
Lim's furniture-like items had been additionally paired with matching bedding to rework the Bulgari Lodge London lounge into an area that provides a novel afternoon tea expertise.
“I used to be acutely aware of making a design that may remodel the lodge, with daring colours and hanging shapes, but additionally complement the prevailing model of the lounge,” mentioned Lim.
Bulgari Lodge London's pastry chef in residence, Salvatore Mungiovino, has created a day tea menu with a fusion of Asian and European flavors to enrich Lim's design idea.
Different latest releases from Bulgari embrace the world's thinnest watch and a snake watch designed by Pritzker Structure Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando.