Highsnobiety presents the Gustaf Westman Collection with the eponymous designer in a showcase of ceramics and apparel, anchored by the Chunky Spiky Cup.

Gustaf Westman bucks the expression look, but don?t touch with his eclectic showcase of furnishings and fashions presented by youth culture media brand Highsnobiety. Once synonymous with soft and squiggly, the Stockholm-based designer expands his visual language to include spiky. This partnership folds noteworthy artistry into the zeitgeist with the Gustaf Westman Collection comprising ceramics and apparel exclusive to the collaboration, which sit alongside additional classic pieces from the maker.

The total offerings provide a peek into Westman?s evolving neotenic vocabulary and tone-on-tone colorways from objects tailored in his tradition to those more experimental in composition. Classic to his form-making are tabletop decor items like the ceramic Chunky Candle Holder and Chunky Glass Vase, which feature elongated bodies, smooth finishes, and complementary saucer bases available in campy colors akin to coral, red, pink, and even transparent for the glass vessel. Another classic collectible includes the Curvy Mirror Micro in an orange-red, light pink, and bright blue, finished in a semi-matte lacquer.
But it is the rabble-rousing sibling of the iconic Chunky Cup that anchors the refreshed lineup. What was borne from utility ? its proportions informed by the physics of spillage ? and made adorable through exagge...