ADAM CORNISH

Trinity Bowl

Alessi

2013

One hot Melbourne summer day while others were at the beach, Adam Cornish presented his prototype laser cut bowl, prepared for Salone Satellite 2009 to Professor Kjell Grant, founder and President of Melbourne Movement. At first sight Grant new the Trinity bowl would propel his protégé, Adam Cornish onto the world stage. Grant had been taught by the masters, Mies Van der Rohe in Chicago and Henry Moore at the Royal College of Art in London. He often says that he judges his own work by asking ‘What would Mies have thought of this piece’. In that instant Adam had arrived at the place of total respect from his master, Kjell Grant. The Trinity bowl inspired by the conch shell and intelligently designed to exploit laser cutting, was released by Alessi in 2013. Cornish has since developed a Trinity range. Cornish’s studio is in Collingwood and he is working on numerous new projects around the world in furniture, lighting and tableware.

Photo credit: Courtesy of Ian Wong Collection.