Robin Hohn is a recent graduate of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, with a BA in product design. For his thesis he designed a project that probes individuality within mass porcelain production, it was a partnership with the Ćmielów Design Studio. His description of the works follows:
Today’s industrial production of porcelain is done in efficient and clocked work procedures. The results of such production methods are consistent and reproducible porcelain pieces.
Inaccuracies that are considered as errors in industrial processes are usually sorted out. A deviation from perfection within certain tolerances is not wanted. The uniqueness of this inaccuracy however creates a distinction in comparison to the rest of the parts produced.
In contrast to the mass production, the result of the craft production of a product is always diverse. In the creating process an individual product develops, by which none resembles the other.
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Special property lies in the fact of small inaccuracies in the attempt of repetition, which provides an own individual character to the piece.
The product has a uniqueness that makes it unmistakable. This feature creates a relationship between people and product that is rarely achieved in today’s industrial manufacturing of porcelain.
In this thesis of my design studies in cooperation with the ››Cmielow Design Studio‹‹ several designs developed, which allow a light and easy applicability to current production processes.
The final drafts of this series show how it is possible to produce individual products that can be made without additional investments and the use of existing structures of production.
The charm of traditional craftsmanship combined with the advantages of modern manufacturing processes makes it possible to generate and to discover future production methods.
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