Studio b Severin

Birgit Severin b. 1982, Bielefeld, Germany, lives and works in Berlin, Germany; Guillaume Neu-Rinaudo b. 1986, Paris, France, lives and works in Berlin, Germany

‘kirei (きれい )’, 2020

brass, cotton, konjac sponge

Both holding graduate degrees from the Design Academy Eindhoven, Birgit Severin and Guillaume Neu-Rinaudo bring a set of cleaning tools that not only quells our now exaggerated squeamishness about germs and litter, but by their elegant design, underlines the dignity of engaging, safely, with our environment, and the salutary effects of maintaining health through cleaning. The suite includes Litter-Rings to protect fingers when picking up trash, the Dust-Bracelet that unfolds to enable immediate dusting of surfaces, and the Pollution-Necklace for cleansing one’s face and neck, bringing the zen value of cleaning from the environment around us, ever closer, to the cleaning of our own bodies.