Vernal Workshops 2012 / Ayse Birsel
sponsored by Vitra and İstanbul Bilgi University
published by Frame Turkey
sponsored by Vitra and İstanbul Bilgi University
published by Frame Turkey
exhibited as a part of İstanbul Design Biennale in Santralistanbul
We were asked to accept the traditional Turkish tea-cup as a "perfect" object, and then deconstruct it to make it imperfect. First day was brainstorming, and in the following two days we would have to produce the object.
Due to the limit in time, I've decided to produce a ready-made. I had to see the tea cup form in another object. First I thought of the curves in the form of liquid detergant bottles, but during my hunt in the market for curved bottles, I made a victorous strike with the Fanta bottle. It was transparent, and almost in the same size and same curves with the traditional tea-cup, especially when cut and turned upwards.
The other object I've produced turned out to be Siamese tea-cups. This mutant form is the embodiment of the fear of the tea during the time of the Chernobyl disaster, the dreadful nuclear power plant accident that happened in Ukranian SSR and effected Turkey as well.
Other sketches of different ideas:
I've considered personification. If the traditional tea-cup has the perfect 90-60-90 body, then the imperfect one can be rather chubby.
Breaks the feeling of peace and trust a hot tea-cup would create.
This one is conceretly deconstructed into the tea part, the sugar part and the water part.
Having no connection between the bottom and the top, this one lets you have only a sip. "bir yudum".
Going back to the roots.
Limitless undying tea, and the sweet dialogs along wth it.
Try it the other way.
Tea is addictive and fun, too.
