2019
nus bird
Concept
The Spotted Nutcracker
is a forest-dweller: a songbird that collects nuts from the fir cones of Swiss
stone pines for its winter supplies, cleverly hides them and then finds them
again, mostly covered by a deep layer of snow. If the bird forgets where the nuts
were, a new Swiss stone pine grows. This symbiosis between animal and plants is
fascinating and is a model for the ingenious ecological system of mountain
regions.
The Spotted Nutcracker
is a forest-dweller: a songbird that collects nuts from the fir cones of Swiss
stone pines for its winter supplies, cleverly hides them and then finds them
again, mostly covered by a deep layer of snow. If the bird forgets where the nuts
were, a new Swiss stone pine grows. This symbiosis between animal and plants is
fascinating and is a model for the ingenious ecological system of mountain
regions.
“Nus” means “we” or
“us” in Rhaeto-Romance. We belong to nature and are a part of it.
As an object, nus tells
this story. This messenger from the mountains of Grisons can even be smelt. The
design is symbolically graphic, matching the emblematic function of the object.
Carefully formed complementary contours of Swiss stone pine and walnut create a
Ying and Yang of contrasts.
Nus is a contemporary
design item, an accessory to the Mobilglias collection, “released” and also
available in museum shops or hotels. The “hardest nut” to crack, the sales and
transport, is simply and directly solved with the box. Incidentally, the bird
can also be used as a nutcracker.
Nus spreads a pleasant
Swiss stone pine fragrance, and perhaps has a certain similarity to Scrat, the
sabre-toothed squirrel in the children’s film “Ice Age”, making us discreetly
aware of the need to treat nature’s beauty and resources more conscientiously.
Context
A messenger from the mountains of Grisons that can be smelt.
Material
Swiss stone pine and walnut; lathe-turned, milled, glued and smoothened.
A messenger from the mountains of Grisons that can be smelt.
Material
Swiss stone pine and walnut; lathe-turned, milled, glued and smoothened.