KATER LAB
IS ABOUT
CURATED
COMPOSITIONS.
DISTINCT
RHYTHMS IN A
SYSTEM.
REPETITION.
ROTATION.
RHYTHM.
SURFACES IN
MOTION.
KATER LAB IS BORIS KATER’S INDEPENDENT DESIGN PRACTICE IN BERLIN. THE WORK STARTS WITH A LIMITED SET OF GRAPHIC ELEMENTS — LINES, MODULES AND REPEATS — AND TESTS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SCALE, ROTATION, COLOUR AND MATERIAL CHANGE. CURRENT WORK MOVES BETWEEN CERAMIC SURFACE CONCEPTS, PATTERN DEVELOPMENT AND ART DIRECTION.
ABOUT BORIS KATER →CONFLUENCE STARTS WITH TWO COMPLEMENTARY MODULES. BY ROTATING AND REPEATING THEM, THE SAME BASIC STRUCTURE CAN SHIFT FROM A QUIET CONTINUOUS FIELD TO A MORE ACTIVE RHYTHM. COLOUR AND MATERIAL CHANGE THE CHARACTER WITHOUT CHANGING THE UNDERLYING LOGIC.
SYSTEM STUDIES IS THE WORKING FIELD BEHIND KATER LAB: 4×4 GRIDS, 90° ROTATIONS, COLOUR PAIRS, RELIEF TESTS AND REPEATED MODULES. THE STUDIES TEST HOW FAR A SIMPLE RULE CAN BE PUSHED BEFORE THE SYSTEM LOSES ITS IDENTITY.
FOR BALDESSARINI, ALL-OVER PATTERNS WERE DEVELOPED TO WORK ACROSS TEXTILE, KNIT, LEATHER, CANVAS AND ACCESSORIES. THE SAME GRAPHIC IDEA WAS THEN CARRIED INTO LOOKBOOKS AND PRINT — ADAPTED THROUGH SCALE, CROP AND MATERIAL.
