No Vanitas

No Vanitas is a wall-mounted mirror with integrated lighting.‎ Aesthetic, conceptual and unconventional: No Vanitas is the name of the new mirror by Patricia Urquiola, characterised by her unmistakable style.‎ No vanity allowed: the designer envisions a mirror in which the spectator is no longer the focal point and the act of admiring oneself becomes peripheral.‎ No Vanitas finds the utmost expression of its own sophisticated aesthetic and its communicative power precisely in its dramatic core element: a cast glass murrina outlined by a contrasting glass cord, the same distinctive detail used by the same author for the Sestiere vases.‎ Each murrina is handcrafted by glass artisans through a complex and intricate process in which the glass is cast inside a circular mould and hammered on its surface, making it one-of-a-kind.‎ The ‘morisa’, that is the coloured glass cord typical of the Murano tradition decorated with a striped design known as ‘rigadin’, is applied manually around the circumference of the murrina.‎ The dialogue between these two types of glass workmanship, combined in the same four colour combinations as the Sestiere vases, offers a dynamic material and chromatic effect: a sea teal murrina with a carrot red cord, amethyst with a lemon-yellow cord, topaz with a periwinkle cord and, finally, a light blue murrina with a petroleum green cord.‎ No Vanitas is a perfect circle, available in one size, in which one’s image is mirrored in its broader outer perimeter.‎ A LED light can be installed on the back of the piece, activated by a proximity sensor located under the mirror, which delineates its perimeter, illuminating the central murrina to create an eye-catching optical effect that emphasises its perfectly round shape and aesthetic glass qualities.‎Materials: mirror; Murano glass; black-lacquered wood support; additional black thermoformed element for the LED light version.‎