Paying homage to Straw marquetry, Damian O’Sullivan decided to dust off its venerable yet antiquated image and apply the craft to the very present-day art of surfing. Working in close collaboration with Sinum Surfboards (Belgium) for the construction of the wooden surfboard and Simône Schwarz (Germany) for the straw marquetry, the threesome set about creating something special. The design of the feather (hulu in Hawaiian: the birthplace of surfing) was chosen for its lightness and beauty as well as representing a universal talismanic symbol of protection.
Year : 2024 / ©Jacques Jacobsz ©filipvanzieleghem
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If Gio Ponti were to design a candlestick today, what would it look like? This question was what motivated the designer Damian O’Sullivan, his answer : The Louange candlestick.
The Louange candlestick conveys a quiet majesty with its slender lines that flow from one shape to another in a controlled formation of perfect harmony. Neither wholly organic nor fully geometric, the chosen balance is refined and stately.
Besides its quiet majesty there also lies ingenuity, with the design of the golden keystone (clef de voûte), which when removed, allows for the easy placement and removal of the candles. Not only does this keystone have a functional quality it also serves as an aesthetic marker. Decoration and function going hand in hand.
The main body of the candlestick is made from solid machined anodized aluminium while the keystone is made from machined brass. The result is an elegant sculptural form that embodies a quiet confidence.
The Louange candlestick exists as a double and a single version.
Year : 2021 ©weareoskar
Tasked to design a timeless yet contemporary tea-set for Hermès, the brief was simple yet challenging. The shapes had to straddle a quiet modesty yet retain enough character for their presence to be felt. The final touch would be completed with the application of the graphic art by the commissioned artists. The collection consists of a teapot, cups, mug, sugar pot, creamer and small plates.
Year : 2021 / ©hermes
The six enamelled nesting bowls form a colourful concentric tableau of inwardly radiating circles, that can be used as one sees fit. The design of these geometric bowls is deceptively simple and may at first sight even seem somewhat mundane. Closer inspection will unveil the intricate interplay between the straight and angled forms, which at once reveal and conceal the six different colours and lets the enamel do all the talking.
Year : 2019 ©peterbak
Damian O’Sullivan is not Belgian, however, living in Brussels must have left its mark on this design, as one can clearly recognize the surreal wink to one of its most famous painters.
Is it a hat, is it a cup? Delightfully deceptive, the Cappello cup and saucer are both at once. In use it’s a cup and at rest, the reversed cup keeps it clean till your next hot beverage.
Let’s fill this cup literally and figuratively to the brim!
Year : 2018 / ©weareoskar ©rosenthal
Staying close to its equestrian heritage, Lien d’Hermès is an exercise bridging utility with beauty, where the tough narrow strips of leather, usually used to equip the horse, have been employed in homeware. Designed in collaboration with Guillaume Delvigne and Studio Hermès, Lien d’Hermès represents the best in savoir-faire of the Hermès leather ateliers. Lien d’Hermès was launched at the Salone del Mobile in Milan in 2017
Year : 2017 / ©hermes ©weareoskar
Designed in collaboration with Gregoire de la Forret, Guillaume Delvigne and the in-house design team of Hermès, Equilibre d’Hermès represents the best in savoir-faire of the Hermès leather ateliers. Equilibre d’Hermès was launched at the Salone del Mobile in Milan in 2016 and was later premiered in New York in a choreographed show by the acclaimed avant-garde theatre director Robert Wilson.
Year : 2016 / ©hermes
The desire to redress the balance between acoustics and aesthetics was at the heart of this project. Why should a speaker always be housed in a black wooden box? Two porcelain speakers and a CD player in a noble material, porcelain, and hi-fidelity would never be the same again. Using the know-how of both companies to creatively collaborate and literally propose out-of-the-box designs in this noble material resulted in a surprising series of very domestic designs.
Year : 1999
This range of tableware takes its queue from the enigmatic heyday of 1930's racing cars. As a result the designs are modern and bold, expressing the irreverent optimism of the era. The geometry, round and oval, like the banked flanks of the old race tracks. The colours reflect the country racing stables: british racing green, ferrari red, german silver and the french blue.
Designed in collaboration with Benoit-Pierre Emery
Year: 2013 / ©hermes ©weareoskar
A media player that uses all the available technologies to make for the most unobtrusive home device : storing, sharing and playing music, photos and films in the most uncluttered cable-free solution. The design of the player is airy, light and enigmatic. A touch of magic.
Year: 2005
With the Blue D1653 collection, Royal Delft wanted to inject a new lease of life into the age-old Delftware manufactory. Delftware at the crossroads between contemporary tableware and cultural significance, straddling beauty, form and avoiding the cliché. Delftware brought back into the 21st century, no mean feat.
Year : 2011 / ©royaldelft
This back-up device was the state of the art in digital magnetic storage in its day. The expression in a simple yet bold design clearly exemplifies its sense of self-assuredness.
Year : 1999
The hand-held Scenar is a breakthrough non-invasive technology that allows patients to recover up to 70% faster by stimulating the human body to use its internal healing resources to speed up recovery from chronic pains and injuries. Such revolutionary technology deserved revolutionary design and that’s what we delivered.
Year : 2011
The Solar Lampion is a self-initiated project and one of the first of its kind to create a mobile and aesthetically pleasing lamp using solar cells. The lampion is composed of an exoskeleton that holds 30 solar cells in place on the outside and the light on the inside. The Solar Lampion has been awarded a Red Dot concept award and been exhibited worldwide at the MoMA (USA), Espace Electra (F), V&A (UK) and the Boijmans van Beuningen (NL).
Year: 2007
