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Bonds is a collection by artist and designer Kelly Begiazi, featuring two shelving units and a mirror made using different woods and ceramics. Combining diverse craft techniques, it explores how objects can celebrate bonds we hold with others and our relationship with ourselves.
On Bonds
My work explores the way humans interact with objects and how these silent presences shape our identity and relationships.
For Forward Furniture, I present two shelves at different heights and a mirror, each piece addressing the idea of human bonds. The shelves only become complete when activated by their users—through the placement of personal objects, they turn into intimate extensions of individual identity. The mirror, meanwhile, functions as a constantly shifting portrait, revealing the self in relation to its reflection.
Formally, these pieces challenge conventions of Western design, where joints are usually hidden in pursuit of seamless perfection. Instead, I exaggerate and celebrate the joints: in the smaller shelf, by inserting ceramic elements that make the connections visible and tactile; in the larger one, by using sculptural wooden wedges that transform a structural necessity into an expressive gesture. These decisions turn construction details into metaphors for human relationships—visible, imperfect, and essential.
About Kelly Begiazi
My work is an ongoing exploration of the idea that objects are never neutral: they act, they speak, they reflect us. And I believe that, if we let them, they can help us build a more sensitive, attentive, and human world.
