DECHEMstudio

Studio DECHEM was set up in Prague in 2012, its founders having met

at glassmaking school in Nový Bor, after which their paths separated.

MichaelaTomišková studied product design at the Academy of Arts,

Architecture and Design in Prague, then working for established design

studios, Jakub Jand'ourek gathering experience in the technology, production

and processing of glass in the sphere of illuminants. These are the foundations

of their creative nature, underpinned by respect for craft. They not only

design glass objects, therefore, but actually make them, taking an active

part in the entire production process, from designing and technological

development to packaging and distribution.

Michaela Tomišková and Jakub Jand'ourek work together to make glass into

poetic decorative objects, light fittings and vases of clean geometric form.

They mostly choose clear glass as their starting material, regularly

in combination with flashed white opal (or opal in delicate pastel shades).

However, we also find black and smoked glass in their collections. DECHEM

has worked with traditional Czech glassmaking company KAVALIERGLASS,

which focuses on the mass production of borosilicate laboratory and cook-

ware glass, since 2014. The company sells their designs of effective light

fittings made using Bohemian SIMAX glass, either colourless or plated

with titanium, under the exclusive brand name of KAVALIER DESIGN.

A prominent place in the studio’s portfolio also belongs to projects for public

and private places, projects that are tailor-made to suit clients’ needs.

In the space of only five years of its existence, Studio DECHEM has become

a respected design group in the Czech Republic. Indeed Michaela Tomišková

and Jakub Jand'ourek received the Grand Designer of the Year Award 2014

from the Academy of Design of the Czech Republic. The studio has also

presented its work at shows in Salone del Mobile in Milan, Fumi Gallery

in London and repeatedly at Designblok in Prague. Considerable attention

was given abroad to “Material Vase”, made of marble, leather, wood and

copper and designed for the Krehký Gallery by Michaela Tomišková in 2014,

subsequently being included in the prestigious Trends show at the Ambiente

Fair in Frankfurt, Germany.

Michaela Tomišková and Jakub Jand'ourek tell stories in Bohemian glass,

just as their motto says. There is little doubt that they have plenty to say.

For all the success of recent years, however, they are still at the beginning

of their professional careers. I therefore look forward to whatever comes

next and believe that we will soon tell their artistic story

“in the same breath”, a story that certainly has the potential to provide

the term “Bohemian glass” sense into the future.

WE TELL STORIES

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MICHAELA TOMIŠKOVÁ

michaela@dechemstudio.com

+420 776 222 789

JAKUB JANDOUREK

jakub@dechemstudio.com

+420 605 533 446

dechemstudio.com

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