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Collection by Aileen Kwun

Design for the Five Senses

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Alexander Calder's hanging artworks are timeless exercises of abstraction and color in motion.
Alexander Calder's hanging artworks are timeless exercises of abstraction and color in motion.
Alvar Aalto believed grasping a door handle was like giving a building a handshake—which is why he often wrapped his in leather.
Alvar Aalto believed grasping a door handle was like giving a building a handshake—which is why he often wrapped his in leather.
2x glass bowl by Assembly, made from blunted and embedded glass shards in a handblown bubble, is a daring take on tactile design.
2x glass bowl by Assembly, made from blunted and embedded glass shards in a handblown bubble, is a daring take on tactile design.
Censer incense burner by Apparatus Studio, made from porcelain and brass.
Censer incense burner by Apparatus Studio, made from porcelain and brass.
Richard Sapper's iconic 9091 Kettle for Alessi has a brass whistle that sends out a harmony of the notes "Mi" and "Ti," intended to recall the sound of river boats on the Rhine.
Richard Sapper's iconic 9091 Kettle for Alessi has a brass whistle that sends out a harmony of the notes "Mi" and "Ti," intended to recall the sound of river boats on the Rhine.
Ateenan Aamu ("Morning in Athens") glass wind chimes by Kaj Franck for Iittala. These delicate, mouth-blown pendants are said to sound like church bells in Athens.
Ateenan Aamu ("Morning in Athens") glass wind chimes by Kaj Franck for Iittala. These delicate, mouth-blown pendants are said to sound like church bells in Athens.
Dieter Rams's portable transistor radio and phonograph (TP1), designed for Braun in 1959. Compact and beautiful in its Functionalist form—cool to think of it as an iPod for the '60s kids.
Dieter Rams's portable transistor radio and phonograph (TP1), designed for Braun in 1959. Compact and beautiful in its Functionalist form—cool to think of it as an iPod for the '60s kids.