Isa Andersson

Isa Andersson treads the fine line between art and design with objects that challenge the status quo. Knives with fluffy almost hairy handles, glass with spikes, starkly colored rope ladders with glass steps. There is a strong sculptural presence in many of her works that are investigate and engage with contemporary power structures, status symbols, and survival aesthetics. She challenges common conventions of beauty, aggression, and identity in objects that invite debate. After having graduated from Beckmans School of Design 2016, she enrolled at Konstfack, the Stockholm University of Arts, Crafts and Design, for her master's degree. Here she created Hydraulic, a vase and sculpture formed by shaping a stainless-metal tube with the help of a a hydraulic press. Hydraulic was presented 2018 and is made in one material with any welding, once more a fusing of soft malleable and roughly hard. She has shown her tactile hand-on design in both solo and group exhibitions, not the least with Misschiefs in both Stockholm and Milan, and at Tokyo Design/Art Festival.