Urban facet // Silver leaf bowl

Urban Facet by Karim Rashid for Christofle
Vase and Bowl/Centerpiece

An unprecedented and triumphant collaboration between American designer Karim Rashid and Christofle offers up a truly sensual and emotional experience. Karim Rashid combines his Pop Art-like world with Christofle’s knowledge of silvercraft to create two monumental pieces, a vase and bowl that are functional works of art. 

Fashioned as exclusive pieces from Christofle’s Haute Orfèvrerie workshops, Karim designed the vase and bowl with ultra-modern lines and unique, geometric shapes. To produce these two exceptional creations, the designer called upon the elite technical skills of Christofle’s master craftsmen, many of whom are “Meilleurs Ouvriers de France,” the highest and most prestigious honor for silversmiths in France.  The artist created these pieces with the belief that the ultimate purpose of design should be to embellish and further beautify our environment.

Urban facet // Silver leaf bowl

The beauty of Karim’s designs is channeled through the exquisiteness and quality of the craftsmanship.

• Silver building: Vertical and commanding in presence, the vase rises up like a futuristic re-imagining of urban architecture. The angled, ultra-polished and mirrored facets are etched into the silver like sleek, modern windows.
• Silver leaf: The bowl, or centerpiece, feels like an organic representation of a leaf’s architecture. The vein-like markings on the silver invite an exploration of its hidden stems, shapes and angles. 

Christofle Silver, planished and shaped by hand, each piece is enhanced by a gleaming mirror-like finish. // Limited series of 20 signed and numbered pieces.
 

Urban facet // Silver building vase