AA/27

Design — Michael Anastassiades

AA/27

between art and design

between art and design

In the world of international design, Michael Anastassiades’ work stands out with its absolute and precise identity, in a fluid territory somewhere between art and design.

AA/27 has multiple qualities: an unusual shape, with an unexpected touch that surprises and amazes, but is at the same time familiar. The striking element of the design is the single block, in which the water emerges at the side of the washbasin mixer. There is something unexpected and at the same time perfectly balanced, because the washbasin mixer is joined invisibly at the side and seems to be suspended over the washbasin.

Design

Michael Anastassiades

The shape is very familiar and unexpected and surprising at the same time. Familiarity is a very important part of my work because people feel comfortable with familiar-shaped objects and I think that is what makes an object timeless and long-lasting.

I like his pursuit of the essential, his way of looking at objects from an unusual perspective and understanding materials without forcing their nature, always trying to give them an experimental and innovative interpretation.

I like his pursuit of the essential, his way of looking at objects from an unusual perspective and understanding materials without forcing their nature, always trying to give them an experimental and innovative interpretation.

— Daniela Fantini