Merengő dressing table
- Diploma project -
In designing my masterpiece, my aim was to create a piece of furniture that would be connected to the past by reviving the tradition of ornamentation, and that would be made human through the details of the craftsmanship - thus creating a long-term preservation and perpetuation of the furniture. I chose the dressing table as the object of my design because I was struck by the personality of the furniture and the everyday ritual of facial grooming at the table. In the ‘Merengő’ (~brooding) dressing table, realized in the workshops of the university, handcrafted ceramic details meet mass-producible oak construction. The furniture's geometric ornamentation is related to femininity: water as a female symbol appears in the lines of the dressing table.
Made in 2024
Consultant: Kerékgyártó András
Materials: oak, ceramics
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Thesis
My thesis was concerned with the process that led from our traditionally richly decorated, handcrafted object culture to the optimised, ornament-free objects of today. The legitimacy of craftsmanship was called into question by the industrial revolution, and from this point I trace the changes in the meaning and perception of ornamentation and craftsmanship up to modernism. Through the analysis of furniture examples, I contrast the different ways of thinking about typification and craftsmanship, artistic expression and functionality by different designers and movements.
Thesis consultant: Horányi Attila
Hidden storage behind the mirror
Special thanks to my husband and my family, Horányi Attila, Kerékgyártó András, Tajti Krisztián and Csiby Gindele Rebeka