Zaha Hadid left an indelible mark on the architectural world, transforming the look of contemporary architecture with her striking abstract and modernist designs. Fluid forms and Constructivist aesthetics — such as bold colors and softly angular edges — are the keynotes of her buildings and her furniture. Hadid’s work is the essence of energy and drama.
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and made that city her home for much of her life. Hadid’s design sensibility was formed more by art than architecture. In college, she was first inspired by the Russian avant-garde school of artists. The influence of painters such as Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich is apparent in Hadid’s early work, in which she created abstract paintings and drawings to convey her ideas. The distortion of geometric shapes is a particularly prominent and recurring theme in her work. Hadid founded her firm in 1980, from which she launched architectural triumphs like the MAXXI Museum in Rome and the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art at Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center.
Hadid’s furniture and sculptures provide her admirers with the chance to bring the beauty and drama of her architecture into their homes. These designs are true centerpieces that fill even staid rooms with fluidity and rhythm. The organic forms of her designs bring a sweeping sense of movement to stationary objects. The furniture exhibits a kind of playfulness and creates a relationship with the user. Hadid transformed furniture into fine art.
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Zaha Hadid Design - Serenity Platter / Large D 40 cm / Silver
By Zaha Hadid
Located in LONDON, GB
Serenity Platter - polished stainless steel - with a distinct undulation along a portion of the circumference. The Serenity pieces explore the language of fluidity and what happens ...
Stainless Steel
Zaha Hadid Design - Serenity Platter / Large D 40 cm / Black
By Zaha Hadid
Located in LONDON, GB
Serenity Platter - polished stainless steel - with a distinct undulation along a portion of the circumference. The Serenity pieces explore the language of fluidity and what happens ...
Stainless Steel
Zaha Hadid Design - Serenity Platter / Medium D 25 cm / Gold
By Zaha Hadid
Located in LONDON, GB
Serenity Platter - polished stainless steel - with a distinct undulation along a portion of the circumference. The Serenity pieces explore the language of fluidity and what happens ...
Stainless Steel
Zaha Hadid Design - Serenity Platter / Medium D 25 cm / Rose Gold
By Zaha Hadid
Located in LONDON, GB
Serenity Platter - polished stainless steel - with a distinct undulation along a portion of the circumference. The Serenity pieces explore the language of fluidity and what happens ...
Stainless Steel
Zaha Hadid Design - Serenity Platter / Medium D 25 cm / Black
By Zaha Hadid
Located in LONDON, GB
Serenity Platter - polished stainless steel - with a distinct undulation along a portion of the circumference. The Serenity pieces explore the language of fluidity and what happens ...
Stainless Steel
Zaha Hadid Design - Serenity Platter / Large D 40cm / Gold
By Zaha Hadid
Located in LONDON, GB
Serenity Platter - polished stainless steel - with a distinct undulation along a portion of the circumference. The Serenity pieces explore the language of fluidity and what happens ...
Stainless Steel
Zaha Hadid Design Cell Platter
By Zaha Hadid
Located in Jackson, NJ
By Zaha Hadid Design The Cell Platter was inspired by the replication and growth of cellular organisms. It is available in honed marble, has a subtle surface indentation to allow wh...
Marble
Luxury Modern Decorative Platter "Manta Antique Silver" made of glass
By Plus Object
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Manta Old Silver Platter evokes the timeless allure of antique mercury glass. Each piece is meticulously crafted—its sculpted surface vapor-coated with a precise titanium layer, then...
Glass
Luxury Modern Decorative Platter "Manta Silver" made of glass
By Plus Object
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Manta Silver Platter spreads floating like a stingray over coral while core locks it down. Glass sculptors slump the sheet on a ceramic mould, drawing fluid channels that scatter pin...
Glass
Silver "Sayala" Sculptural Bowl by Lino Sabattini
By Lino Sabattini
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This silver plated Sabattini sculptural bowl is signed "Lino Sabattini" and stamped above with " Sayala S/41 Callezione Sabattini Bregnano Italy". Perfect as a centerpiece on a dinin...
Silver Plate
Zaha Hadid Design Cell Centerpiece
By Zaha Hadid
Located in Jackson, NJ
Cell Centrepiece - in polished stainless steel - structurally defined by a lateral undulation with a gradation of perforations. Many of our designs are handmade and may have slight ...
Stainless Steel
Tray – Large Brushed Aluminium Sandcasted Designer Home Accessory by Unism
By Unism.Store
Located in Warszawa, PL
The Large Fluid Tray is a monumental accent for the modern interior, bringing the raw essence of the UNISM foundry into a wide, horizontal scale. Its expansive surface captures the n...
Aluminum
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