Famed architect and designer Zaha Hadid may have passed on earlier this year, but her legacy and style live on. The latest iteration? Maison et Objet’s “Collection 2016,” a line of homeware ranging from candles and diffusers to table sets and vases that have been produced using innovative techniques crafted by European artisans and inspired by Hadid’s aesthetic.
The collection made its debut at Maison et Objet’s fall 2016 showcase. Like Hadid did with her architectural designs, the home goods utilize contrast as a key element, exploring the use of color and materiality to create interesting, eye-catching juxtapositions. Materials like traditional bone china and ceramic are collocated against modern resins and acrylics, highlighting a fluidity of form, Hadid’s signature design aesthetic.
Hadid’s interest in Suprematism is most evident in the Bone table ware. The abstract art movement was initially conceptualized by Russian painter Kazimir Malevich in 1913. It’s characterized by the use of simple geometrical shapes, such as circles, squares, lines, and rectangles, deployed in a limited range of colors. The Bone is accented with gold leaf details. Meanwhile, the Prime scented candles integrate the solid structural form of a fine ceramic multi-purpose container with delicately blended and fragranced premium soy and paraffin candle wax, while the Illusion, a set of fine bone china, reflects Hadid’s interest in illusions and puzzles with its graceful fluidity of lines that fool the eyes into seeing a vortex-like 3D form. The Shimmer tea lights feature holders made from solid glass, with facets that reflect and refract the light from the flame, while the Braid vases were influenced by Hadid’s skyscrapers and embraces her fascination with complex geometry.