November 7, 2010
kitchen appliances
Surreal Sustainable Kitchen by IKEA: SURREALISTIKA Sculpture
“SURREALISTIKA” is IKEA’s artistic homage to their futuristic vision- one that gracefully intertwines design, usability and sustainability- for the one room in our home, the kitchen, where creativity, inspiration, and the joys of home life and family are centered.
Bringing fantasy and imagination to life, the [SURREALISTIKA] sculpture incorporates the natural beauty of the Silver Birch tree intertwined with elements of an everyday kitchen. It depicts a surreal vision of the future when environmental concerns will be ever more at the core of kitchen design.
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The Silver Birch was chosen because it has always been a source of inspiration for Swedish designers and artists, including Carl Larsson who in 1896 famously painted ‘Breakfast under the Big Birch’. It is also a wood believed to have mystical qualities of its own, protecting people against evil spirits as well as symbolizing love and fertility.
IKEA’s SURREALISTIKA sculpture will be part of Barbican Centre’s Surreal House exhibition on Thursday, August 12th. IKEA will also be hosting a debate on the future of kitchen design at the Surreal art event.
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