Everyone loves bubble-wrap. Design Trawler in particular,
loves bubble-wrap. Not only is it a signal for the imminent arrival of a new and exquisite
objet; meticulously crafted from unbelievably rare and fine materials [
Han Dynasty warrior heads,
3D printed forms of unimaginable detail type stuff]... but, also it has an opiate 'popability' that, alongside raising a paddle at
Phillips, is the human equivalent to catnip.
It was in the
atelier of the masters of glass where I picked up this platter by Rony Plesl for
BOMMA.
Cast using a specialist moulding technique, the server suspends in time
the playful form of those joyous little pillows. It's brilliant
simplicity is both iconic and poetic; infinitely fragile and yet
reassuringly permanent.