Copper innovation: ECAL students collaborate with Mauviel 1830 for Maison et Objet
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The refined corners of food and design merge once again, this time courtesy of students from the coveted ECAL school. For the occasion of Maison et Objet, cookware brand Mauviel 1830 has collaborated with upcoming talents from the Master in Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship programme on an inventive new range.
In a project called ‘Cooking The Future’, the team of students, under the design guidance of Tomas Kral, immersed themselves in the 800-year history of copper-ware that Mauviel espouses. For this, they travelled to Normandy's Villedieu-les-Poêles (also known as ‘the city of copper’) for a lesson in luxury cookware.
To ensure the students got the full experience, they also worked alongside French chef Yannick Alléno so their pieces are functional as well as experimental. The assortment is imbued with Mauviel's trademark elegance and quality, with some clever kitchen solutions in-between – like two level pans, meat curing machines and a scallop cooker.
Not everything was made in copper though. Martin Bolo’s ‘Dame de Nage’ is a nifty device realised in silicone, with a pocket-sized pivot that fixes onto a pan in order to hold the spoon above when not stirring. Pauline Masson’s imaginative sleek white asparagus set is equally useful. In addition to cooking the vegetable to perfection, tip to stalk, the set also includes tongs that ensure the shape isn't altered when served.
The pioneering use of copper in Takahiro Yamamoto’s Japanese-inspired geometric tiffin-style box is impressive, with its warm contrast of wood and burnished metal; while there is a certain eloquence in Jenna Kaes’s oval ladle, that can act like a colander, separating solids and liquids.
Imagined only as prototypes for the moment, the collaboration continues to celebrate ECAL’s breadth of experimentation. ‘Creativity knows no boundaries’ says ECAL’s director Alexis Georgacopoulos, ‘and certainly not those of kitchens!’
The team of students, under the design guidance of Tomas Kral, immersed themselves in the 800-year history of copper-ware that Mauviel espouses
For this, they travelled to Normandy's Villedieu-les-Poêles (also known as ‘the city of copper’) for a lesson in luxury cookware
To ensure the students got the full experience, they also worked alongside French chef Yannick Alléno, so their pieces are functional as well as experimental. Pictured: Takahiro Yamamoto's wood and copper tiffin-style lunch box
Not everything was made in copper though. Martin Bolo’s ‘Dame de Nage’ is a nifty device realised in silicone. The pocket-sized pivot fixes onto the pan in order to hold the spoon above when not stirring
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Sujata Burman is a writer and editor based in London, specialising in design and culture. She was Digital Design Editor at Wallpaper* before moving to her current role of Head of Content at London Design Festival and London Design Biennale where she is expanding the content offering of the showcases. Over the past decade, Sujata has written for global design and culture publications, and has been a speaker, moderator and judge for institutions and brands including RIBA, D&AD, Design Museum and Design Miami/. In 2019, she co-authored her first book, An Opinionated Guide to London Architecture, published by Hoxton Mini Press, which was driven by her aim to make the fields of design and architecture accessible to wider audiences.
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