ME [RROR]

2016

Steel
Stainless Steel

Mirror installation

Etienne Bastormagi
Nada Borgi

Elie I.

Wissam Chaaya

Contact us at info@etiennebas.com

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Diagram of a reflective safety dome with labeled parts including a metal arch, stainless cables, main pole, weight, and reflective surface.

  • Me-rror

     

    [ me ] rror – noun mir.ror ‘mir-er, mi-rer
    1: a polished or smooth surface (as of glass) that forms images by reflection
    2: a: something that gives a true representation – C.G. Bowers
    b: an exemplary model

Person standing on a rooftop with reflective puddles, holding onto metal framework, cityscape in background, and rooftop mirrors.

  • The object created by BORGI | BASTORMAGI -the duo the studio had been a part of- for “sense-me” by SBODIO 32 for Milan Design Week 2017, questions the relationship of the body with its reflection.

    While looking at yourself is another mundane activity; it is, in reality, a moment of connection with the self. Seeing yourself in parts, hiding other ones, [ me ] rror allows the user to reconstruct their own perception of themselves through a scattered reflection of fragments.

    The take on this product/installation by the designers, shatters this view, highlighting parts of the whole and never the entire, allowing for imagination to flow, pushing the user to create a different view of themselves.

A woman with long hair, dressed in a black coat and high-heeled boots, stands on a wet rooftop next to a large reflective sign with the word 'GRAHAM'.
Black and white photo of an abstract sculpture on a rooftop, consisting of multiple reflective discs connected by thin rods, with city buildings and the ocean in the background.

  • Partially geometric, partially sculptural, partially sleek, partially raw, partially stable, partially fragile, it holds an urban edge, inspired by Beirut’s urban landscape and signage.

A promotional image for Milan Design Week, featuring three sections: on the left, a close-up of a pink grapefruit with the hashtag #foodporn; in the middle, a woman with freckles holding a mirror, with the hashtag #designporn; on the right, a person's head with short, pink and blonde hair, with the hashtag #musicporn.
  • Contemporary outdoor art sculpture on a rooftop with ocean view, featuring irregular black, mirrored, and patterned disc shapes mounted on black poles, with reflections on wet surface and city buildings in the background.
  • A woman with curly hair and light skin poses while being photographed in front of a mirror at a studio or event space, with other people and photography equipment visible in the background.
  • Modern outdoor sculpture with three reflective black and gray circular discs mounted on thin metal rods, set on a triangular base, with a backdrop of greenery and residential buildings.
  • Diagram of a firearm with detailed annotations, showing various components and recoil mechanism.
  • A printed page featuring various black-and-white photographs and captions, including an image of sailboats, balloons, a bridge or structure, and a sculpture, with text captions mentioning locations and artists.
Two circular mirrors mounted on thin black poles outside, with a clear sky in the background.
People walking on a wet rooftop with city and ocean view in the background, with rooftop insulation panels and antennas.
Abstract art sculpture with black oval and smaller oval with black, white, and gray marbled patterns, connected by thin wires.

  • The design aims for equilibrium between its parts, a balance aimed for, daily, by the urban dweller.