Each artist has their own representation of reality, creating for the pleasure of the eye and hoping to convey through their work everything they cannot emphasize with words. Today we propose to look through the eyes of designer Alina Turdean and observe how her creations change our living space.
Alina Turdean was born in Deva, studied at the "Ion Mincu" Architecture Faculty in Bucharest and her creations have been awarded in several important competitions.
Each of her works retains a personal note of nobility and immaculateness, but at the same time they all seem related, as if they were part of the same story. The designer's signature is captured in each piece.
Representative of her work is the Leaf table which overcomes the rigidity of the material through its organic shape. To earn its name "leaf," its silhouette together with multiple decorations curves to form a geometrized leaf. Perforations contribute to emphasizing the organic aspect and have the quality of projecting a variety of shadows.
The project is a collaboration with arch. Anca Trestian and won first prize at the Design Competition organized by the Romanian Furniture Manufacturers Association, within the framework of the International Furniture Fair in Romania.
Leaf lamps represent a continuation of the collaboration with Anca Trestian. They are a proposal for suspended lighting fixtures in two size variants. The lamps represent an extension of the concept of transposing an organic form into metal, are made from aluminum sheet, cut out with the specific perforation of the coffee table, and subsequently painted by electrostatic field.
The lamps bring a romantic and warm light, ennobling the room and giving it a modern look; they fit in almost any living space, offering the impression of cold through the material they are made of, and yet warm through the playful cutouts.
Romanian models are also part of the same concept and are a series of lighting fixtures inspired by traditional Romanian motifs, made from aluminum sheet plates, completed with much heavier bases made of steel sheets.
In the case of Romanian lamps, the intention was to create oversized floor lamps that borrow from characteristic folklore elements and contribute to the overall ambiance of interiors through the lace-like shadows they cast.
Alina takes us from the present to the traditional while maintaining the same style. These transitions are easy thanks to her playful character, easily combining elements that at first glance would not create the impression that they could be associated.
