Tumbler

Yuzhao Huang

Style 05, Tumbler, the Shape of Circle, DABEIYUZHOU, Bonsai & Compact Umbrella. Part of the Master degree final collection โ€˜The Spomeniksโ€™, 2021.

Inspired by 14 Spomeniks (Yugoslav World War II) monuments and memorials build between 1945 and 1991 in the Balkan.

A Tumbler is a popular profile that can be found from roly-poly toy to rocking horse, baby bouncer to rocking chair. The in-situ movement makes the tum-bler a good dรฉcor piece on the book-shelf or the side table.
The shape of the circle can be spot-ted on many Spomeniks I visited. Seen as the perfect shape since ancient Greece, the circle is related to fulfillment in many cultures. For the last design of the collection, Iโ€™d like to draw a full stop as an ending.

Photoโ€™s by Shin Miura.


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