No Vanitas is a wall-mounted mirror with integrated lighting. Aesthetic, conceptual and unconventional: No Vanitas is the name of the new mirror by Patricia Urquiola, characterised by her unmistakable style. No vanity allowed: the designer envisions a mirror in which the spectator is no longer the focal point and the act of admiring oneself becomes peripheral. No Vanitas finds the utmost expression of its own sophisticated aesthetic and its communicative power precisely in its dramatic core element: a cast glass murrina outlined by a contrasting glass cord, the same distinctive detail used by the same author for the Sestiere vases. Each murrina is handcrafted by glass artisans through a complex and intricate process in which the glass is cast inside a circular mould and hammered on its surface, making it one-of-a-kind. The ‘morisa’, that is the coloured glass cord typical of the Murano tradition decorated with a striped design known as ‘rigadin’, is applied manually around the circumference of the murrina. The dialogue between these two types of glass workmanship, combined in the same four colour combinations as the Sestiere vases, offers a dynamic material and chromatic effect: a sea teal murrina with a carrot red cord, amethyst with a lemon-yellow cord, topaz with a periwinkle cord and, finally, a light blue murrina with a petroleum green cord. No Vanitas is a perfect circle, available in one size, in which one’s image is mirrored in its broader outer perimeter. A LED light can be installed on the back of the piece, activated by a proximity sensor located under the mirror, which delineates its perimeter, illuminating the central murrina to create an eye-catching optical effect that emphasises its perfectly round shape and aesthetic glass qualities.
Materials: mirror; Murano glass; black-lacquered wood support; additional black thermoformed element for the LED light version.
with LED: Ø100x8 cm
without LED: Ø100x6 cm
