Gabriel Tan
Gabriel Tan founded his eponymous studio in 2016 based in Singapore and Porto, Portugal. Working at cultural intersections and often exploring new ways to reinterpret tradition, craft and technology, he has designed furniture and products for B&B Italia, Herman Miller, Design Within Reach, Audo Copenhagen, and Abstracta, while creative directing Japanese furniture brand Ariake. Gabriel also co-founded with his wife Cherie Er the Iberian crafts-driven brand Origin Made.
His works have won the Industrial Designers Society of America’s IDEA Award, Japan Good Design Award, and the Singapore President*s Design Award and have been exhibited at design fairs globally. Gabriel also served as a jury member at the Cannes Lions Festival and Core77 Design Awards.
Aer collection
The Aer collection, featuring the Aer vases and bowl, brings together an appreciation of simplicity, sculptural beauty and functionality. Taking its name from the Latin word for air or vapor, the collection is designed to resemble the spiraling movement of air seen through smoke or mist. The rippled, asymmetrical silhouette of the collection undulates in its liquid-like waves and brings an almost ethereal quality to the glass. Each mouth-blown vase and bowl displays different visual characteristics that reflect its uniqueness.
