KithKin Presents » rituals http://www.kith-kin.co.uk/presents Stuff to make you smile by people who inspire Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:37:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Lucky candles http://www.kith-kin.co.uk/presents/index.php/london-08/lucky-candles/ http://www.kith-kin.co.uk/presents/index.php/london-08/lucky-candles/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:54:15 +0000 Maria Gil Ulldemolins http://kith-kin.co.uk/?p=168 These “modular” candles are a result of an investigation into superstition and rituals. The are playful little things: you can add their “legs” up to result into your age (3+4+10+5=22), or juxtapose them to represent it (2 next to 2).

You can also turn them upside down so that they have as many flames as years, or the other way round, so that you have less flames and so your wish is easier to grant…

]]> http://www.kith-kin.co.uk/presents/index.php/london-08/lucky-candles/feed/ 0 Etiquette Set http://www.kith-kin.co.uk/presents/index.php/london-07/etiquette-set/ http://www.kith-kin.co.uk/presents/index.php/london-07/etiquette-set/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:43:44 +0000 Ed Vince http://kith-kin.co.uk/?p=266 It combines the semiotics of a plastic Airfix model kit with the implied luxury of an à la Russe table setting, using what is essentially wastage from the mould to structure the pieces in the correct position.

The set retains the detailing, form and visual language of the ornate silver cutlery and ceramic plate, and forces these values into the context of mass production and contemporary consumer culture through manufacture, material choice, packaging and method of use and disposal.

The design and realisation of this product is intended to comment on the loss of tradition, heritage and craftsmanship evident in the consumer culture of which we are part, and to question how and why we assign value to the different objects that surround us.

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