Aura, 2025

Swiss design trio atelier oï brings its signature balance of engineering and poetry to Aura (2025), a canopy of suspended glass discs shimmering with air currents. Each disc carries a subtle tint, collectively forming a gradient that shifts as light passes through. In this delicate equilibrium, every breath of wind becomes a collaborator, completing a dialogue between human creation and the natural world. It evokes fireflies or rippling water while retaining a distinctly architectural presence. Aura explores harmony through repetition: hundreds of simple elements generating collective complexity. The piece rewards stillness; colors drift when movement ceases, as if the air itself is exhaling. Supported by WonderGlass, a contemporary art practice that incorporates Venetian glassmaking, atelier oï reminds us that elegance lies not in excess, but in attention — that precise moment when design listens to the atmosphere. It is a captured breath, a suspended shimmer where light, air, and material converse in whispers, transforming the space into a vessel of transient beauty and quiet wonder.