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Architect and designer Victoriya Yakusha is celebrating the cultural heritage of her home country of Ukraine with a sunflower-inspired lighting collection. Created for her furniture brand Faina, the Soniah line pays homage to the country’s national flower and includes a wall light, floor light and pendant light in different heights and sizes. (Reprodução Dezeen/CASACOR)
Each features a wide circular shade that tilts curiously toward the viewer, much like a flower turning toward the sun. The textured, whitewashed finish of the lights is made from clay fortified with wood chips, straw, and recycled paper to create a material that the designer nicknamed Ztista or “made of dough”. (Reprodução Dezeen/CASACOR)
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For the Soniah range, the material is applied to a reclaimed steel frame in thick layers, following a traditional construction technique known as valkuvannya . This was historically used to build the type of mud huts that were common across much of Ukraine and in the surrounding region before stone and brick became popular in the early 20th century. (Reprodução Dezeen/CASACOR)
The Soniah line is part of a wider collection called Following the Sun, which also includes a light ash bench and coffee table with a sunflower as a central theme. The collection symbolises what Yakusha describes as the “new primitivism”. of the brand, which fuses indigenous knowledge, craftsmanship and materials with a modern design language. (Reprodução Dezeen/CASACOR)
“For me, the new primitivism is about showing what you see through design—without interpretation or allegory. It’s a little naive, but very honest and sincere,” the designer said. “The new primitivism takes us back to our roots and to the natural state. With all the technological capabilities of the modern world, we choose to be simple and see beauty in simple forms and materials,” he added. Source:
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