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'Smoke.A.Bowl', a stoneware ashtray in the shape of an iconic skate bowl
About the Item
'Smoke.A.Bowl' is a stoneware ashtray in the shape of a landmark Athenian skate bowl. Unapologetically stating that an ashtray needs design and identity , the iconic bowl is scaled down by 100:1, recontextualising its form.
In an age where smoking exemplifies cultural guilt, the designers were intrigued by its most evident contrasts: the “live fast, die young” association with skateboarding set against the wellness imbued spin of the current marijuana culture; the dreadful warnings on cigarette packs vs. the allure of vaping.
The design indulgently winks at the outdated sensuality of smoking while offering a tiny moment of utopian clarity, where health is an afterthought and we are all immortal.
Smoke.A.Bowl seeks to initiate a controversial discussion about a trademark Greek habit, which has been recently prohibited. It is a product of Athens’ rebellion, where due to non-compliance, smoking has been banned, re-banned and banned yet again.
Working with local craft expertise, Smoke.A.Bowl is cast in stoneware and finished in a black matt slip, epitomising the vain and dire character of a lethal habit.
In collaboration with skateboarding and design initiative Latraac.
- Creator:Greece Is For Lovers (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 2.37 in (6 cm)Width: 5.52 in (14 cm)Depth: 7.09 in (18 cm)
- Style:Sporting Art (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:2019
- Production Type:New & Custom(Current Production)
- Estimated Production Time:Available Now
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- Seller Location:Athens, GR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7926232708432
Greece is for Lovers
Greece is for Lovers is the brainchild of Thanos Karampatsos and Christina Kotsilelou, as lovingly conceived at the foot of the Acropolis hill in 2006. Sharing similar aesthetic influences, the creative minds behind it introduced a brand new sense of ‘Greekness’ to contemporary product design, by mixing up a concoction of their country’s spiciest ingredients: humour, irony, nonchalance and extravagance.
Inspired by the stereotypical notion of what is widely held to be Greek, their designs comment on habitual activities and behavioural patterns of both the past and the present; they narrate an alternative home country, consisting of part memory, part fantasy and part wish. Unwilling to compromise, the GIFL trademark aesthetic sits comfortably in the controversial area between luxe and kitsch. By exploring areas widely considered as an anathema, or plain shameful, they casually retrieve value and inspiration. Greece is for Lovers’ products, whether one-offs or limited editions, are handmade with care by local craftsmen and are considered a synonym for contemporary Greek design.
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