The Old Chap is inspired by the typical elements of children’s playground from the times of our childhood. These are usually welded metal constructions repainted over and over by employees of public utilities according to their own color preferences and taste. Expressive and weird forms of the object can be more and more seldom encountered in a modern city. They now represent artifacts of the urban culture that is gradually becoming the past.
The Old Chap collection emerged from the wish to somehow preserve this evanescent form. It cannot become a protected monument, it is clearly outdated and obsolete as to its functionality, neither it is worthy according to common value criteria. However, it is precisely this form which can speak to us about something utterly precious such as our childhood, time of games, happy and carefree as they used to be. The Old Chap is also about looking wider to notice beauty and meanings in unobvious, as well as watching our routine more closely.
All the The Old Chap elements are made of glass. Rigidness and durability of the prototype’s metal structure have not assured its confident future. Its right for existence as well as our memory about it turned out to be even more vulnerable and fragile than glass.  

8 mm tempered glass, colored glass elements
storage units large (3 doors) 2160x425x2000h
storage units medium (2 doors) 1090x425x2000h
storage units small (2 doors) 1400x425x950h
(concept)