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Eye On Design: Urs Fischer’s Sculptural Sail Lamp

urs fisher crumpled paper lamp phot by gail worley
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One of the things I love most about contemporary design is when an object refuses to immediately explain itself. Is it functional? Is it sculpture? Is it furniture? Is it all three? That was exactly my reaction when I encountered this illuminated standing lamp, appropriately called Sail Lamp (2025) by Swiss artist Urs Fischer, which transforms what appears to be crushed or draped material into an elegant glowing tower of light.
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A Toilet Bowl Full of Fruit: Urs Fischer at His Most Playfully Subversive

urs fisher toilet bowl with fruit photo by gail worley
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During my visit to Salon 94’s delightfully irreverent exhibition Shucks & Aww, one of the many stand out  pieces was : a pristine porcelain toilet bowl filled to the brim with bright, plastic fruit. Created by Swiss artist Urs Fischer, the work — simply titled Untitled (2015) — perfectly captures the exhibition’s mash-up of the raw, the refined, and the knowingly ridiculous.
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