Ondine
Design Pierre Charpin, 2023
Set composed of container in aluminium sheet with coloured anodization, orange and tray in aluminium sheet with coloured anodization, red.

Fascinated by receptacles, Pierre Charpin enjoys how they mysteriously conceal their contents from the eye. He designed a ribbed profile for an orange container topped by a flat red cover that can be used as a small tray. The shape of the Ondine expresses the production technique used to make it: the spin-forming of sheet metal. The series of grooves decorating the container and top is the result of precision work whereby the artisan's arm strength guides the metal against the die with a tool, replicating the die's shape and creating the object's volume.