ME [RROR]

2016

Steel
Stainless Steel

Mirror installation

Etienne Bastormagi
Nada Borgi

Elie I.

Wissam Chaaya

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  • Me-rror

     

    [ me ] rror – noun mir.ror ‘mir-er, mi-rer
    1: a polished or smooth surface (as of glass) that forms images by reflection
    2: a: something that gives a true representation – C.G. Bowers
    b: an exemplary model

  • The object created by BORGI | BASTORMAGI -the duo the studio had been a part of- for “sense-me” by SBODIO 32 for Milan Design Week 2017, questions the relationship of the body with its reflection.

    While looking at yourself is another mundane activity; it is, in reality, a moment of connection with the self. Seeing yourself in parts, hiding other ones, [ me ] rror allows the user to reconstruct their own perception of themselves through a scattered reflection of fragments.

    The take on this product/installation by the designers, shatters this view, highlighting parts of the whole and never the entire, allowing for imagination to flow, pushing the user to create a different view of themselves.

  • Partially geometric, partially sculptural, partially sleek, partially raw, partially stable, partially fragile, it holds an urban edge, inspired by Beirut’s urban landscape and signage.

  • The design aims for equilibrium between its parts, a balance aimed for, daily, by the urban dweller.