CREATING EVERYDAY SCULPTURES
“There must be no art detached from life, beautiful things to look at and ugly things to use.” Bruno Munari
I see ceramics as ritual tools and art as part of everyday life. In my practice I like to investigate the tension between functional and sculptural, turning clay into abstract shapes and symbols, yet with a strong material presence.
My goal is to create sculptural pieces which accompany and celebrate daily rituals. The idea of domestic totems arises from my interest in creating one of a kind everyday sculptures.
Giulia Cosenza is a designer and ceramicist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Giulia is originally trained as Interior Designer and had the opportunity to be thought during her university years in Milan, by Italian masters of design such as Andrea Branzi and Michele De Lucchi. After moving to The Netherlands, she worked for the renowned design office Droog design, deepening her interest for conceptual design.
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​Alongside her work as designer, since 2015 she has been dedicating herself to a more tactile, gestural and unstable kind of practice, the art of ceramics. Her ceramic work ranges from wheel thrown pottery to hand built pieces and draws inspiration from the familiar, the functional and the domestic, while challenging it all with hybrid pieces which can be situated between functional and symbolic, the material and the metaphorical. ​​
Press &
recent events
Press
Selected press features
“Talent on show” interview September 2021 printed issue of Elle Decor Italia
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Full interview featured on March 2023 printed issue of Scandinavian Living
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City Vases featured on September 2023 printed issue of Sabato Magazine
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Best of collectible design on Elle Decor Italia, March 2024
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Top 5 of Rotterdam Design Biennale on Milk Decoration Magazine,
February 2025
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Interview on Monocle about "Brancusi left Paris" at the Rotterdam design Biennale, February 2025
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On Wallpaper magazine, "Brancusi left Paris" at the Rotterdam design Biennale, February 2025
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Interview on ADORNO, August 2024
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What is collectible design? On ADORNO, August 2024
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EX-VOTO on INTERNI magazine, November 2024 (printed issue)
Terra Incognita on FD persoonlijk printed January 2025 issue.
Other features: interview on INTERNI magazine. Vases x Gaea Holy House Vogue NL , Instagram ceramicists to follow on AD Italia ​
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Recently​
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​- Currently on show at Rotterdam Design Biennale
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Own show "Brancusi left Paris" showcasing a brand new collection of wood & ceramics sculptures created with Jonas Lutz
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Part of the collective expo THIS IS US
(curated by Liv Vaisberg & Sarah Schulten)
- A selection of my Everyday sculptures is currently represented by La Lune Gallery and has been featured during Paris design week 2024 ("Your home is your larger body") and exhibited as part of the group expo OBJECT-POEM in May 2024
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- A selection of my work is currently represented by ADORNO
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- My collection TERRA INCOGNITA, was launched at Collectible Fair in Brussels in March 2024
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- My project Ex-Voto presented at EDIT NAPOLI in October 2024
November/December 2023: recent work at HOY Paris for The Italian in Paris
September 2023: TERRE at Avenue Gallery in Delft as part of "Form follows Matter" exhibition
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In occasion of Milan Design week 2023 my work Olpe was featured as part of a curated section for the Rimadesio showroom
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Past Events
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May 2022: resident at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -Deer Isle, Maine.
Summer 2021: resident at Numeroventi - Firenze​
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September 2021: Milan Desin Week; Monomio Spot at "Cattedrali" Alpha District.
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November 2020 to January 2021: Winter Show at Thrown Contemporary - London​
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September 2020: 1000 vases at Galerie Joseph - Paris​​​
