Created for the Sursock museum store, “Ashkal” is a contemporary design object aiming to represent our soul in a nostalgic reflection. Each one of us can dive into his own memories going back to the early Sixties when the Sursock museum opened its door.
Richard Yasmine: Ashkal
Conceived by Richard Yasmine for the Sursock museum store, Ashkal is a contemporary design object inspired by the early Sixties when the museum opened its door.
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- 25 August 2016
- Beirut
Therefore came “Ashkal” which means shapes or in this case faces, a series of magical yet simple vanity hand mirror mimicking different geometrical flat shapes as a circle, a square, a rectangle, an oval, a pentagon and a triangle as if extracted from the stained glass decorating the facade of the museum, all made of a super-mirrored polished stainless steel sheet fixed on a golden brushed brass pedestal with a twisted vintage feel.
Each one exposed on a static volume made of marble, brass or metal creating the base. The extremely thin hand mirrors figuratively cut a slice of these solid bases making a rift where it fits inside, giving the image of surrealistic oversized fashionable cutlery set.
Ashkal
Design: Richard Yasmine
Year: 2016