Their new collection, L’Objet Haas Brothers, features the twin designers’ signature monsters, that serve as tableware, light fixtures, textiles, and tabletop doo-dads.
The Haas Brothers, Simon and Nikolai (one is gay and one is straight) make creatures that recall the beasts of Maurice Sendak and there is a curly white porcelain monster with gold-plated horns and lips will serve as your incense holder in the new collection. The brothers make pieces that are meant to be used, but this is their first truly pragmatic collection. Nikolai explained.
“The beauty of functional objects is that they require the viewer to interact with them. There’s just so much opportunity in that interaction to create something intimate, to pull someone into another world.”
Simon says,
“Any object that somebody performs daily rituals with gets imbued with all kinds of meaning.”
Monsters have appeared in their work for several years, since Nikolai returned from Iceland with a sheepskin, and they envisioned their first creature. (Lady Gaga, who calls her fans “little monsters,” even tapped their beast masks for her 2012 perfume campaign.)
L’Objet founder Elad Yifrach said,
“It’s a complete fantasy world, unlike any other. Each piece is so special on its own, but when mixed together, it transports you into a different world.”
In the L’Objet catalogue, Nikolai was more blunt,
“The collection is fucking weird. It’s a big risk for all of us. But what’s the point of doing something that isn’t?”
The collection is available through L’Objet and Bergdorf Goodman with prices ranging from $28- $3500.
The Haas Brothers were tapped by Lady Gaga to make masks for her 2012 perfume campaign
(Photos from “L’Objet Haas Brothers,” 2019; via Artsy)