2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER 
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER 
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER 
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER 
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER 
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER 
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER 
2017 // 8 MINUTES 
2017 // CANDLE HOLDER
2016 // BACK IN THE PRESENT // Candle Holder
2016 // BACK IN THE PRESENT // Candle Holder
2016 // GEOMETRY // Clothing wracks
2016 // GEOMETRY // Clothing wracks
HISTORY
Radu, 30 years old and born in Cluj-Napoca, graduated the University of Arts and Design from Cluj, where he followed both bachelor and master studies. His passion for product design started with the first object created for the master program, where he had to develop a concept and create a prototype for a walking cane. It was the moment where he descovered the beauty of woodworking. In his following creative researches he tried to use and experiment with different materials; one of them was steel that ended up being used in many of his later products.
SPECIFIC
In time, Radu Abraham developed a technical and well defined way of working with the volumes and materials used, as well as the way they are combined, while still working mostly intuitive in manner of aesthetics. With a background in carpentry and metalworking and a constant tendency of expanding towards other materials, he often goes with his objects in a sculptural zone.He is focusing more on form, while at the same time, always trying to reach the function as well.
ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK APPEARANCES
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER
The three objects have their basis in the previously developed theme, “Form before function” and go beyond it with the third object that is their extension, and it mostly refers to the personal interest in volumes and proportions that the designer had. Experiencing creative failure now and then, while trying to reach a very specific function for a certain object, Radu Abraham started a series of objects that are based on exploring exactly the opposite: the form, while function coming second. This way it becomes suggested by form, opening the possibility of multiple use for his objects and creating a dialog and a dynamic between the object and its user. The objects are called generic “Compositions”, exactly for leaving open the possibility of functions that they might reach.
2017 // PLAY&REWIND 2.0 @ VIENNA DESIGN WEEK // CANDLE HOLDER
2017 // 8 MINUTES
The name "8 minutes old" is represented by the length of the journey the light makes from the sun to our planet in order to reach us in it's familiar form. It's a methaphor that is based on the journey each of us have to undertake in order to reach "enlightenment".
In order to symbolize the values of an evolution, light is used, in most situations, in a direct relationship with the dark. Light follows darkness in this order both in cosmical manifestation as well as in artificial illumination. The two are normally a universal duality.
Represented by the materials chosen, the duality is also found in the objects created in the "8 minutes old" series. The base element being made out of wood, offers a strong contrast both trough it's material properties as well as through it's volume, in comparison with the glass, a cold material with a considerably reduced volume.
Due to it's shape, the light tube also makes reference to reflection and refraction, by changing it's direction when crossing through a transparent medium.
2017 // CANDLE HOLDER
Decorative but also practical, offering a warm light and creating a cozy atmosphere, the candle holders were for a long time part of the main accessories within a house, now back with a modern touch. Can be used as a decorative object and also as an alternative source of ambient light. with a simple yet dynamic approach and the possibility of modular use. A composition of geometrical volumes, made out of concrete, wood and brass, finished with touchesof color, given by plastic shapes. The colored plastics double as a color filter, it can dim the light or the shape and the color can be projected on the wall.
2016 // GEOMETRY
Created for Oana Lupas's fashion showroom, the clothing wracks have as a first characteristic the mobility. Being on wheels, they offer the possibility to modify the dynamic of the space where used, by changing their position through the space and combining them to another. In the creative process, this had a starting point for inspiration the three basic shapes in geometry (circle, square, triangle). They are made out of steel, with thin long lines, that help keeping a balance in the visual perception, through the way they are conceived. The marble, through its elegance, comes as a contrast with the brutality of the steel.
2016 // BACK IN THE PRESENT
The candle holders were for a long time part of the main accessories existing in a house, offering a warm light and creating a cozy atmosphere. The candle holder brings to the attention of the public a decorative object and an alternative source of ambiental light. It is made by hand, the shapes being obtained on a lathe, and combined with brass and colored perspex. It is inspired by the simplicity of the Bauhaus, the colors and composition of Memphis, and the mid-century design.
Radu, 30 years old and born in Cluj-Napoca, graduated the University of Arts and Design from Cluj, where he followed both bachelor and master studies. His passion for product design started with the first object created for the master program, where he had to develop a concept and create a prototype for a walking cane. It was the moment where he descovered the beauty of woodworking. In his following creative researches he tried to use and experiment with different materials; one of them was steel that ended up being used in many of his later products.
SPECIFIC
In time, Radu Abraham developed a technical and well defined way of working with the volumes and materials used, as well as the way they are combined, while still working mostly intuitive in manner of aesthetics. With a background in carpentry and metalworking and a constant tendency of expanding towards other materials, he often goes with his objects in a sculptural zone.He is focusing more on form, while at the same time, always trying to reach the function as well.
ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK APPEARANCES
2019 // "FORM BEFORE FUNCTION" AND AFTER
The three objects have their basis in the previously developed theme, “Form before function” and go beyond it with the third object that is their extension, and it mostly refers to the personal interest in volumes and proportions that the designer had. Experiencing creative failure now and then, while trying to reach a very specific function for a certain object, Radu Abraham started a series of objects that are based on exploring exactly the opposite: the form, while function coming second. This way it becomes suggested by form, opening the possibility of multiple use for his objects and creating a dialog and a dynamic between the object and its user. The objects are called generic “Compositions”, exactly for leaving open the possibility of functions that they might reach.
2017 // PLAY&REWIND 2.0 @ VIENNA DESIGN WEEK // CANDLE HOLDER
2017 // 8 MINUTES
The name "8 minutes old" is represented by the length of the journey the light makes from the sun to our planet in order to reach us in it's familiar form. It's a methaphor that is based on the journey each of us have to undertake in order to reach "enlightenment".
In order to symbolize the values of an evolution, light is used, in most situations, in a direct relationship with the dark. Light follows darkness in this order both in cosmical manifestation as well as in artificial illumination. The two are normally a universal duality.
Represented by the materials chosen, the duality is also found in the objects created in the "8 minutes old" series. The base element being made out of wood, offers a strong contrast both trough it's material properties as well as through it's volume, in comparison with the glass, a cold material with a considerably reduced volume.
Due to it's shape, the light tube also makes reference to reflection and refraction, by changing it's direction when crossing through a transparent medium.
2017 // CANDLE HOLDER
Decorative but also practical, offering a warm light and creating a cozy atmosphere, the candle holders were for a long time part of the main accessories within a house, now back with a modern touch. Can be used as a decorative object and also as an alternative source of ambient light. with a simple yet dynamic approach and the possibility of modular use. A composition of geometrical volumes, made out of concrete, wood and brass, finished with touchesof color, given by plastic shapes. The colored plastics double as a color filter, it can dim the light or the shape and the color can be projected on the wall.
2016 // GEOMETRY
Created for Oana Lupas's fashion showroom, the clothing wracks have as a first characteristic the mobility. Being on wheels, they offer the possibility to modify the dynamic of the space where used, by changing their position through the space and combining them to another. In the creative process, this had a starting point for inspiration the three basic shapes in geometry (circle, square, triangle). They are made out of steel, with thin long lines, that help keeping a balance in the visual perception, through the way they are conceived. The marble, through its elegance, comes as a contrast with the brutality of the steel.
2016 // BACK IN THE PRESENT
The candle holders were for a long time part of the main accessories existing in a house, offering a warm light and creating a cozy atmosphere. The candle holder brings to the attention of the public a decorative object and an alternative source of ambiental light. It is made by hand, the shapes being obtained on a lathe, and combined with brass and colored perspex. It is inspired by the simplicity of the Bauhaus, the colors and composition of Memphis, and the mid-century design.
