‘matières à chaud’ by 5.5 designers for saazs all images courtesy of 5.5 designers

‘matières à chaud’ is a collection of 12 unique pieces which reinterpret an essential household object – the radiator. created by paris-based studio 5.5 designers for saazs, the series is an extension of the company’s aim to reveal through art and design, the perspectives offered by quantum glass™ active glass – finding a practical way of encouraging a hi-tech product to communicate on an emotional level.

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

presented at milan design week 2011, these pieces should be considered more than just objects which provide heat to the interior environment. ‘matières à chaud’ should be seen as a landscape in which artificial materials create a certain ambient heat. a series of brackets, bases and spikes formed to offer everyone the possibility to create a woody warmth or color.

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

5.5 designers: matières à chaud

5.5 designers: matières à chaud concept sketch