Design studio touchy-feely focuses on haptic design in architecture, that is how the built environment can offer bodies more heightened sensory experiences. One of their design projects include spoon beads, ceramic beads moulded with spoons. Inspired by the use of precious spoons in coffee and tea drinking rituals, touchy-feely used the negative space of the spoon and inverted it into a positive form.
Even in the photos you can sense the smooth and tactile texture of the final form. I love the concept and overall look - beautiful and meaningful.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend...I'm slowly starting to get out of the blahs...it's this chilly weather!
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Spoon Beads
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Very nice :D
very calming. i like calming.
oh, these are fine. At first I thought they were eggs... really shiny eggs. Beautiful! Going to find you on twitter now :)
These are amazing. Such a neat concept, and a lovely result!
ooooooh I might have to try this with resin! Thanks for the tip!
I want both of these! I'm absolutely in love.
Super cool! I love the pristine white, too.
They really make you want to hold them in your hand.
How cool and brilliant! I love that necklace.
I see what you mean. Just looking at these images makes me want to touch those smooth, gorgeous beads.
Very interesting!
Looks like we are in for snow the next three days!! I'm excited :)
I vote for spoon bead necklace plus katy elliott's teacup bangle idea. walking tea jewelry. lovely!
I love the idea of turning a negative space positive... I wonder what else we could transform - the inside of a freshly emptied coffee cup, the curve of a dancer's forearm... although I guess you wouldn't wear those shapes around your neck - making spoon beads extra special :)
happy monday, lady.
I loooove those they are great. had a great weekend
:)
happy monday
these are so awesome! i almost thought, from that first pic, that they were hard-boiled eggs.
i love how smooth and shiny they are.
Love these! I think because spoons are so connected with our childhood, we have a real love of that form and shape. It immediately conjures a soothing tactile sensation.
Love the idea to try other objects and yes, they do have a playful sense from childhood - good point!
love love love. i want that necklace!
Those are amazing!
i like how the necklace almost looks like seashells from a distance. such a neat concept.
Oh really amazing !
brilliant! I love the bracelet...
beautiful jewelry! so different :)
these are lovely. i would love to hold one.
That bracelet is fab!
love it...love this kind of thoughtful approach to adornment and objects and the body...
The spoon beads look like so much fun! I love the bracelet!
YAYAYAYA. No real words. Just lust for spoon beads.
so amazing....you just want to touch them
Oh, I like these. They remind me of the shape of the really smooth rocks on the beach.
what a cool concept! There are so many creative people in this world........ thanks for pointing these guys out!:)
These pieces are fabulous! I love how they turned the negative space of an everyday object that you probably wouldn't think twice about into something so beautiful.
These are so simple and elegant!
thankyou so much for the comments about our beads! it really made our day to see this coverage on your blog. they're also really nice to wear because they're weighty and all slightly different almond-like shapes. thanks again and greetings from aachen germany! - stephanie
They really are beautiful. I love the idea behind this.
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