Marta Bakowski
Marta Bakowski is a Franco-Polish designer specializing in the work of color and material; two elements that she often places at the starting point of her projects.
After graduating in product design from Central Saint Martin's School and the Royal College of Arts in London, she then left to join the Berlin studio of designer Hella Jongerius. In 2013, she returned to Paris to found her studio.. Bakowski’s objects are published by many French houses.
Bakowski notes on her design of Mireille Wings Collection, “My desire was to offer an object that tells a story. I wanted to invert the materials and highlight the silver metal by placing it on top. By choosing the polished-mirror finish, my idea was to design an object that plays with its reflections. A single flower is enough to give the illusion of a bouquet, since it is reflected on both sides of the object.
The winged shape of the flower picker recalls the silhouette of a butterfly which lands furtively on the table. The lines are clean and minimal, in order to let the flowers do the rest. Only an openwork pattern brings a nice rhythm to the surface of the wing and allows light to pass through, graphically fragmenting the image.”
Mireille’s Wings Collection, designed by Marta Bakowski