24K plated

cm 34x14x41

CHARITY AUCTION FOR LUIGI SACCO HOSPITAL IN MILAN, LOTS WITH NO BUYER'S PREMIUM

Lot offered by Kik! Kiki van Eijk with a 50% donation, subject to VAT, shipped from Eindhoven, Netherlands

A family of objects that shows only the skeleton of what they could be, yet representing a function in full state. The objects exist between fiction and reality, they are ultra transparent and seem to float in space.

Kiki grew up in Tegelen, a small city in the Netherlands where she spent her youth immerse in nature daydreaming and
drawing. Her interest in product design developed at the Design Academy of Eindhoven where she met her future partner, designer Joost van Bleiswijk.
Her wide range of work extends from furniture and lighting to textile, ceramic and glassware. Her independent sculptural work has been presented in museums, galleries and fairs worldwide, including Basel, London, Paris, Milan, Venice, New York, Tokyo, Rome, Moscow, and Holon. Her collaborations include brands as Hermès, Saint-Louis, 1882 Ltd, Bisazza, Häagen-Dazs, Serax, Google, Bernhardt Design or Nodus.
In recent years she has worked with companies and institutions like Studio Edelkoort Paris, Design Academy Eindhoven, Venice Projects, Audax Textile Museum, Zuiderzee Museum, Noord Brabants Museum, Rijksmuseum and private collectors.
Inspired by the smallest details of the everyday and by the forms of nature, Kiki continues to surprise and delight manufacturers and consumers alike. Kiki's world is whimsical and colorful, lyrical and personal, yet refined by a rigorous attention to the process and skillful craftsmanship.