"The series, simply called "As," takes asphalt back to its roots. Long before it became synonymous with infrastructure, asphalt was actually used as a binding agent, bringing different materials together. Koizumi taps into this ancient purpose and transforms it into something unexpectedly beautiful: stools, side tables, lighting fixtures, and wall-mounted objects where asphalt serves as the glue holding together metal, stone, and resin."
"Instead, each piece involves hand-shaping and finishing, with the texture and density changing based on what each object needs structurally and aesthetically. It's a hands-on process that involves experimenting, testing, and refining until the materials play nicely together. Asphalt is typically something we walk or drive on without a second thought. It's functional, forgettable, purely utilitarian. But here, it becomes the star of the show, or at least a co-star alongside the metals and stones it connects."
The series As reimagines asphalt as a primary binding material for furniture, forming stools, side tables, lighting, and wall objects that combine metal, stone, and resin. Asphalt functions as a structural intermediary, forming cores that support and anchor disparate materials rather than serving as a surface coating. Each object is hand-shaped and finished, with texture and density tailored to structural and aesthetic requirements through experimentation, testing, and refinement. The process yields sculptural, non-mass-produced pieces, each with distinct character and visible histories of material convergence. The work elevates a utilitarian material into a co-starring element within crafted domestic objects.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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