Designer Kajsa Willner
PROFESSIONAL VESSELING
Is there art in everyday things? That’s part of the question posed by digital exhibition. She's one of 38 international artists and designers invited to take part in the exhibition, which elevates the common container to star status. Willner says part of the concept is to celebrate the cup’s workaday nature as “an object that increases the quality of daily habits and actions.” However, it will also explore the cup’s more rarified nature, as part of rituals, and the way it “aesthetically, tactilely, or perceptually connects us to the body and the moment.” Willner’s own project, “Coffee Cup Realism” aims to express the comedy and drama inherent in the designer’s own morning routine via her distinct take on “kitchen sink” realism. You can see it as part of the CUP exhibition via
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