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Designer
Draga & Aurel
Draga & Aurel is a multidisciplinary studio based in Como, founded in 2007 by designer Draga Obradovic and artist Aurel K. Basedow. Its work crosses art, collectible design and product design.
Biography
Studio
Draga & Aurel is a multidisciplinary studio based in Como, founded in 2007 by designer Draga Obradovic and artist Aurel K. Basedow. Its work crosses art, collectible design and product design.
Approach
The studio describes its language as a meeting of rigorous design methodology with an artistic approach to material, composition and form. It resists fixed classifications and presents art and design as parallel, complementary practices.
Collections
The early collections Deshabillé (2007) and Heritage (2009) explored the upcycling of vintage objects through contemporary reinterpretation. At Milan Design Week 2019, Transparency Matters brought together eleven handmade collectible-design pieces. The project treated transparency as both an aesthetic and conceptual value, joining references to the artistic and cultural energy of the 1970s with research into resin, concrete and metals.
Practice in Como
The official site describes both an atelier and gallery and a separate studio and warehouse in Como. It also documents exhibitions and site-specific projects in Milan, Miami, Venice, Paris, St. Moritz and other locations.
