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Dechem

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Designed to take your breath away

DECHEM is an award-winning design studio from Prague, founded in 2012 by Michaela Tomišková and Jakub Janďourek. Despite the fact their studio is relatively young, this talented couple of experienced glassmakers (and a real-life couple, too!) managed to build a reputation for combining traditional bohemian craftsmanship and modern design.

Their creations may remind you of a good poem – they are simple but soul-stirring. Some DECHEM pieces are rather useful (a unique light fixture or tableware), while another fall under the “made solely to please the eye” category. Whatever the case, all their pieces are 1) hand-made and 2) hard to stop looking at.

Their signature product is Bandaska, a minimalist pastel vase inspired by traditional Czech milk pots. The legendary French company Ligne Roset loved Bandaska so much they included it in their own collection – et c’est un grand succès!

EXHIBITIONS:

2023 – LABO Milano
2021 – Milan Design Week
COMPETITIONS:

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Big life questions

WHAT WOULD THE TITLE OF YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY BE?

If a thousand gradients.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON?

In the garden or on the couch.

IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE PERSON TO SHOW YOU THEIR ARTISTIC SKILLS (in any art music, painting, glass, pottery, or architectural…)WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

M: Sculptor Constantin Brancusi. J: Illona Staller

WHAT OR WHO HAS INSPIRED YOU RECENTLY AND WHY?

M: My mom in the way she handles everything with insight, strength and love. J: My friend Petr Pinkas inspired me to stop watching the news about Ukraine every day. I stopped and I'm not so stressed anymore.

WHAT MUSIC OR BOOKS ARE YOU LISTENING TO/ READING THESE DAYS? WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MUSICIANS/WRITERS?

M: Easy jazz on Spotify all day as background music, Nina Simon, Harry Styles and Markéta Foukalová. J: The book BREATH by James Nestor and music by Frantisek Skála and the Provodovians.

WHAT ALBUM OR SONG WOULD YOU CHOOSE AS YOUR PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE OR TO YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS?

Nina Simon Feeling Good.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR ART ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR EMOTIONS THAT COME BACK TO YOUR MIND?

Excitement, joy, anticipation and a moment of surprise. 

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE PLACES?

Bakery Supernova next to our studio, Pub Na hradbách in Vyšehrad and BKAO in Stromovka, Stromovka park, Orlické Mountains, around Nový Bor.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATION AND WHY?

M: Venice. In summer it's exactly what I need, sun, sea and art. J: New York. Because we've never been there...