fabio meliota's excavating shovel mirrors pay tribute to joseph beuys

italian designer fabio meliota’s latest mirror collection for furniture company da a is ‘almost a tribute to artist joseph beuys, who’s actions of digging furrows into the earth to sow seeds are well known’. meliota’s project is a series of shovel shaped mirrors including three different forms, and is made of of metal with a matte black finish, bronze and brass.

joseph’s mirrors collection includes three different shapes of shovels
all images by iacopo pasqui

‘the shovel,’ explains fabio meliota, ‘as a symbol of the intimate relationship between man and nature, becomes in this project a mirror in which to reflect ourselves and a opportunity to be reflected in the ‘nature”. joseph’s mirrors is an aesthetic centerpiece as well as a functional object designed to express the intimate relationship between man and nature.

the project is inspired by joseph beuys’ performance

the shovel is a symbol of the intimate relationship between man and nature

the mirrors are made of of metal with a matte black finish, bronze and brass.

they have been thought of as indoor wall-standing mirrors

mirrors pictured with opaque black finish

joseph’s mirrors is an aesthetic centerpiece as well as a functional object

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edited by: lynn chaya | designboom