Wieki Somers

[2] Her work consists of using everyday items newly realized with the incorporation of foreign material, form, technology, or function, and poetry.

[4] Other well-known designs by Somers include the High Tea Pot, shaped like a pig's skull and accompanied by a fur cosy; the Bathboat, a bathtub shaped like a rowing boat; and the Bellflower, a two-metre-tall lamp woven out of a single piece of fabric using an experimental weaving technique.

[8] In 2007, Somers was commissioned by the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in The Hague to design a tulip vase, Faded Glory.

The exhibit, within the European Capital of Culture, was an artificial garden featuring a tree house where visitors can look out over the space.

[15] Somers graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2000 - a generation after Hella Jongerius, Jurgen Bey, and Marcel Wanders.

[4] Somers is the new addition of 30 artists represented by Didier Krzentowski, an acclaimed accumulator of art and gallery owner in Paris, France.