UN:FOLD
Thought by: next125
Category: Kitchen furniture
Thought by: next125
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Category: Kitchen furniture
Craftsmanship meets timeless elegance and perfect design: At the heart of “UN:FOLD” stands an extraordinary kitchen.
Creative Makers
Creative Makers are people who creative, inspire, and use next125. They define the strong and individualistic brand identity – different from all the rest. These Makers deal with attitude, form, materials, colour and space around objects in their own way. True visionaries who stand for dynamism, creativity and innovation.
next125's new creative maker is the Indian architect and sculptor Ankon Mitra.
Ankon Mitra
As a graduate of The Bartlett Faculty at University College London, the architect, sculptor and landscape designer has gained international acclaim as a pioneer of folding techniques. He was awarded the All-India Gold Medal for Sculpture in 2018 and the Lexus Design Award for Craft Design in 2020. With his idea of ‘oritecture’ (origami + architecture), he shares his vision of a universe forming and dissolving through acts of folding. Recently, Mitra has exhibited at Cheongju Craft Biennale in South Korea (2025) and was one of the main artists at the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial in Perth, Australia (2024), two of the most renowned craft exhibitions worldwide.
Together, next125 and Ankon Mitra present UN:FOLD.
Inspired by the shapes of traditional Indian handi cookware, the emotive organic origami structure appears to pervade the entire space. Mitra’s characteristic design language is transformed into a spatial interpretation of the handi and conveys its dimensions through a dynamic sculpture.
