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Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

Art and design studio CTRLZAK have launched a collection of tableware where half of each piece resembles traditional Chinese porcelain and the other side features a European design.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

Based on an earlier collection of one-off pieces, the new commercial range for Italian brand Seletti is intended to highlight the mixing of aesthetics between Western and Eastern production.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

Unlike the earlier CermamiX range, the plates, bowls and cups in the new Hybrid collection are cast as single objects in bone china.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

The two halves of each object are then decorated with different colours and motifs.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

You can see more stories about ceramics here and more stories about tableware here.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

Here's some more information from CTRLZAK:


SELETTI & CTRLZAK present: Hybrid

Seletti presents the Hybrid collection designed by CTRLZAK studio.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

A line of tableware reflecting on the historical production of Chinese and European porcelain and its’ centuries of cross-fertilisation between Western and Eastern aesthetics.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

The pieces in the collection are graphically divided between east and west with a coloured line marking the boundary between the two styles and, paradoxically, strengthening at the same time the union.

Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti

The Hybrid collection looks at the present while reflecting on the irony of history proposing consequently an evocative contemporary interpretation.