Dosya/Report
Mostapha El Ouhlani
Mostapha El Ouhlani çalışmalarını Fransa’da sürdüren 29 yaşında,
genç bir tasarımcı. Faslı köklerinden ilham alarak el sanatları ve
tasarım, gelenek ve çağdaşlık arasındaki rekabeti ortaya koyan kişisel
tasarımlar yapıyor. Fas el sanatlarını yeni üretim prosesleri ve bunların
sağladığı bilgiyle modern tasarıma katıyor. El Ouhlani’nin en ünlü işi Fas
mimarisinin soyut formları ve arıların kovanlarından ilham alan modüler
kütüphane sistemi ‘La Ruche’. Lake ahşaptan meydana gelen sistem
İslami desenleri hatırlatan delikli bir tasarıma sahip.
Mostapha El Ouhlani is a young 29 year old designer, working in France
and deeply inspired by his family’s Moroccan roots. His approach to design is very personal and his main goal is to create connections between
crafts and design, between traditions and modernity. His approach
relies on the production process and all the knowledge required to
merge design styles through technique. His most well known piece is
a modular bookcase system inspired by shelter structures built by bees
and abstract traditional forms of vernacular Moroccan architecture. This
piece of furniture is made of lacquered wood and presents perforated
patterns that are drawn from geometric patterns of the Arab and Islamic
culture in North Africa. The modular cases overleap each other and their
disposition can be easily changed allowing for constant adaptability and
transformation.
26 NATURA • TEMMUZ-AĞUSTOS / JULY-AUGUST 20011