Echo Screen Wins ARTSPACE Award for Collectible Design
We're proud to share that the Echo Screen by Furn Object received the ARTSPACE Award for Live Design.
The “Faina Live Design” nomination, created by Victoria Yakusha, was established to highlight and support Ukrainian product designers. Both the Echo Screen and the Barvinok Table from Furn Object were shortlisted, with the Echo Screen taking the prize.
Photos by Lena Pogrebnaya
"In my view, this is one of the strongest objects of Ukrainian design created during the years of war. It conveys everything — the destruction and the hope for transformation of the future.
The naïve — and in this particular case, pure, almost childlike — vision of the designers makes the object deeply symbolic: a shield-screen that is meant both to separate you and to affirm memory and declare presence."
- Victoria Yakusha, founder of Faina, Yakusha Studio & Victoria Yakusha Gallery
Photos by Lena Pogrebnaya
"Echo embodies what design should do — create objects capable of shaping new living spaces, both physical and narrative ones.”
Giovanna Massoni, design curator
"The proportions are very interesting, the use of one single material, the subtle way of expressing such a powerful message. It’s a beautiful piece that can be a collectible item or an amazing design element for a luxurious interior."
- Claire Pijoulat, Brand Director of ICFF & co-founder of WantedDesign
"This is a monumental work, a very powerful statement. It's expressive and self-sufficient, and, in my opinion, aligns well with the main criteria of the nomination – naïve, alive, wild."
- Anastasiia Biletska, design curator & mentor
Photos by Lena Pogrebnaya
"We'd like to thank Victoria Yakusha, the jury and the organizers of ARTSPACE for believing in us. It's our first award, and it means so much to us. It motivates and inspires us to keep creating spaces and objects that tell the world about Ukrainian culture, creativity and identity."
- Anna & Sergii Baierzdorf, co-founders of Furn Object
