Anna Carnick

Thank you so much @wallpapermag and @billprinceinc for including us in the 2025 Wallpaper* USA 400! We’re sincerely honored to be included among such inspiring, incredible creatives. The Wallpaper* USA 400 is “a testament to the abundance of stellar talent that’s defining the discourse here in the United States – and the world more broadly.” Photo by @kris_tamburello #wallpapermagazine #wallpaperusa400

Noe Kuremoto’s Jōmon: A Mother’s Anthem, is open in 5VIE as part of Milan Design Week. Kuremoto’s Jōmon Vessels are a love letter to mothers everywhere, meant to honor the complexity of motherhood: the beauty and the pain; the struggle and devotion; and the ferocity, hope, and daily care. The works are inspired by some of the earliest known pottery in the world, dating back to the Jōmon period (14,000-300 BCE). Traditionally, these vessels were used in both domestic and ritualistic contexts, and often embraced as protective objects. Kuremoto’s pieces are recast as both talisman and tributes—homages to the daily moments of light and shadow that together make up a life. Her vessels are an expression of her own experience as a mother and an offering to women across generations and cultures. Her work centers our daily acts of care for one another as sacred and powerful, and celebrates making as a form of resistance. As she notes: “This work insists that creation—of life, of art—is still a radical, triumphant act. Clay remembers. Fire transforms…I see art and parenthood as vehicles to pass on infinity to the next generation.” It’s been a joy to collaborate on this project, which champions so much of what our world needs now. Thank you to beautiful Noe and to the incredible 5VIE team. Noe Kuremoto: Jōmon:A Mother’s Anthem Curated by Anna Carnick, produced by 5VIE Presented at Cavallerizze, Via Olona 4, Milan Studio photos by @kes_____ Installation photos by @amirfarzad.official ; courtesy of @5vie_milano @noe_kuremoto_studio #milandesignweek #5vie

Noe Kuremoto: JŌMON – A Mother’s Anthem With JŌMON: A Mother’s Anthem, Noe Kuremoto presents a lyrical installation of new sculptural stoneware vessels for Milan Design Week 2026, curated by Anna Carnick and supported by 5VIE. The project unfolds as a tribute to mothers everywhere, reflecting on the beauty, struggle, devotion, and resilience embedded in the experience of motherhood. The works reinterpret ancient Jōmon-period vessels (14,000–300 BCE) as contemporary talismans—objects that carry protection, memory, and ritual significance. Hand-built in clay, they evoke ancestral forms while speaking to present-day questions of care, identity, and resistance. For Kuremoto, based between London and Lithuania, clay becomes a vessel of memory and transformation, where making is an act of transmission across generations. The pieces hold a quiet tension between fragility and strength, presence and absence, life and ritual. Noe Kuremoto: JŌMON – A Mother’s Anthem Curated by Anna Carnick, produced by 5VIE and presented at Cavallerizze, Via Olona 4 @noe_kuremoto_studio @acarnick 5VIE Design Week – QoT: Qualia of Things 20–26 April 2026, 10:30–20:00 5VIE HEADQUARTERS Cavallerizze, Via Olona 4 Cesare Correnti 14, Via Cesare Correnti 14 SIAM, Via Santa Marta 18 HOW TO REACH SUBWAY M1 (red line): Duomo/Cordusio M2 (green line): Sant'Ambrogio M3 (yellow line): Duomo/Missori M4 (blue line): Sant'Ambrogio/De Amicis/Vetra TRAM 1/12/16/19: Duomo/Cordusio 15: Corso Italia/Missori 16/19: Corso Magenta/Via Meravigli BUS 50/96/97: Sant'Ambrogio/De Amicis/Vetra Credits: Photo @kes_____ #5viedesignweek #qot #mdw2026 #noekuremoto #jomon

Throwback to 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 at @thefoundryberlin , where I presented 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.Feeling lucky to have shared the space with such talented designers and grateful to @acarnick for the thoughtful curation. Thank you @tatjanasprick @johannesschoen @chris___leeuw for making it all possible. Special thanks to @clemenspoloczek for capturing it so beautifully on video.

“We created the Voices Vessels to honor the brave voices of the Woman Life Freedom movement. This piece is 3D printed in sand. The form represents an act of freedom –a woman’s pleated dress whirling in the air as she dances”. The pursuit of freedom and equality is a global concern, and we hope this piece encourages reflection on this important issue. Our Voices Vessel 03 was recently part of the Crafting Community exhibition curated by @acarnick @thefoundryberlin during @hallen_kunstfestival @wilhelmhallen @berlinartweek . The exhibition was produced by @tatjanasprick and made possible thanks to @bocci and @johannesschoen Thank you @clemenspoloczek for the video It was a real pleasure to be there and to meet all the incredible artists that were part of this soulful and powerful exhibition! A huge thanks to all who made this possible!

“Its crucial nowadays - more than ever - that we continue creating communities and talk about what’s important to us, from people to people.” My installation “Where the Wild Things Grow” on display at @thefoundryberlin / @wilhelmhallen @hallen_kunstfestival as part of the exhibition Crafting Community curated by Anna Carnick @acarnick produced by Tatjana Sprick @tatjanasprick made possible by @bocci and Johannes Schoen @johannesschoen . It takes a village and a community! My heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in this show on every level specially this great team of artists and designers 🤍and every visitor who came to see it. Special thanks to my team @benjaminzombori and @martycira as well as @chris___leeuw and the sensitivity of @clemenspoloczek for the video documentation.

Now showing: The exhibition Crafting Community features exceptional, hand-wrought works by designers and artists from around the globe, all framed as poetic offerings from the maker to their community. Whether uplifting homages to the people who help shape us or critiques of attacks on vulnerable communities, these works serve as physical testaments to lived experience. It’s been such a pleasure to curate this project, and a privilege to collaborate with our amazing team and all the incredible designers and artists, including: Yassine Ben Abdallah (@enissay.b ) , Bokja (@bokjadesign ), Jerome Byron (@jeromebyron ), Anas Chao (@anas_chao ), Estefanía de Ros (@estefaniaderos ), Rosana Escobar (@escobaryrosas ), Fango (@studio__fango ) Ibiyane (@ibiyane ), Noe Kuremoto (@noe_kuremoto_studio ), Malles Shaping Stories (@malles_shapingstories ), mischer’traxler studio (@mischertraxler.studio ), Omer Arbel (@omerarbeloffice ) Rozana Montiel (@rozanamontiel ), Beatriz Morales (@beatriz__morales ), Platalea (@plataleastudio ), Rive Roshan (@riveroshan ), Rooms Studio (@rooms_studio_ ), Lukas Wegwerth (@lukas_wegwerth ) and Corinna Dehn (@corinna_dehn ) and Victoria Yakusha (@victoriayakusha ) Crafting Community is presented by Bocci and Wilhelm Hallen at The Foundry. September 6-14 at The Foundry Wilhelm Studios, K60 GmbH, Kopenhagener Str. 60-68, 13407 Berlin September 6-7 and 10-14 11 AM - 8 PM Photos by @clemenspoloczek Exhibition Producer @tatjanasprick Exhibition architect @chris___leeuw Crafting Community marks the launch of an annual platform to spotlight design and art, initiated by Johannes Schön (@johannesschoen ), Tatjana Sprick, and Anna Carnick. Special thanks to Am Tacheles (@wohnen_am_tacheles , Bitossi (@bitossi_ceramiche ), dieDAS (@design_akademie_saaleck ) Hotel Zoo (@hotelzooberlin ) Raumwerk, and Venturenauten

Chiaroscuro: A Light in the Darkness (2025) The intimate site-specific installation consisted of a two-minute, forty-seconds long multisensory performance, featuring new glass and light works in conversation with a custom light choreography directed by Rive Roshan and created in collaboration with light artist Bram van Ravenhorst and an original soundscape by composer Julian Enequist. The scenography takes inspiration from chiaroscuro, an artistic technique that creates a pronounced contrast between areas of light and dark within a composition, first introduced during the Renaissance. Project advisor @acarnick Special thanks @5vie_milano @ledlabel.nl @stimuleringsfonds @enequist_ @bram_blind92 @miaamalu Photography @designandpractice @angelinebehr @rubendelarivebox

MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2025 CHIAROSCURO: A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS @5vie_milano “If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light.” -Rumi, 13th-century Persian poet For Milan Design Week 2025, Rive Roshan presents Chiaroscuro: A Light in the Darkness, a multisensory installation. Created in collaboration with @acarnick , the installation invites visitors to contemplate the question “where do we turn for strength and connection in challenging moments?”. Chiaroscuro: A Light in the Darkness takes place from 7 to 13 April 2025 at Via Cesare Correnti 14, 20123 Milan, Italy. Project by @riveroshan Project Advisor @acarnick Light Choreography by @bram_blind92 Original Soundscape by @enequist_ Vocals by @mahsa_vahdat Special thanks to 5VIE, LED Label, Erik Hillestad and Stimuleringsfonds

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2025, Rive Roshan’s Chiaroscuro (literally translating to light-dark) is a site-specific installation inspired by the extraordinary ordinary—moments that spark awe and ignite and restore us, from the sky’s vastness reflected in a drop of water, to the oscillating resonance of a chanting voice. Against the backdrop of this complex sociopolitical period—which can feel far-too-often dark—the project is intended as an offering of light, and a reminder of the beauty and power that exists within and all around us. The intimate installation comprises a two-minute, forty-second long design performance featuring new Rive Roshan glass works in conversation with a custom light choreography created with light artist Bram van Ravenhorst, and an original soundscape by composer Julian Enequist, featuring vocals by acclaimed Iranian-born, US-based singer and women’s rights advocate Mahsa Vahdat. The score samples sounds from the collaborators’ daily landscapes that uplift—from birdsong to moving water recorded in front of Rive Roshan’s studio to vocals evocative of the Persian lullabies Roshan herself grew up with—voices forbidden in some places—that exemplify the beauty and power of these small acts of light. CHIAROSCURO: A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS by Rive Roshan April 7 - 13 5VIE, Via Cesare Correnti 14 Milan Hours: 10.00 am - 8 pm Daily | Extended Hours on April 9, 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Special thanks to 5VIE, LED Label, Anna Carnick, Mahsa Vahdat, and Stimuleringsfonds

Thank you @wallpapermag for the inclusion in the USA 400! What an incredible honor to be listed among such outstanding US-American design creatives—including my wonderful @anavaprojects partner, Wava Carpenter, and many other inspiring humans I’m lucky enough to call colleagues, collaborators, and friends. “...2024’s Wallpaper* USA 400 is a testament to the abundance of stellar talent to be found throughout the continental United States, from design business leaders through celebrity shapeshifters and the new guard.” -Wallpaper* Photo by @paulbarbera #wallpapermagazine #wallpaperusa400

Omi Iyọ (Salt Water) #repost @nmbello1 ・・・ “On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2024, 5VIE is proud to present Omi Iyọ, a poignant installation by rising star Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello. The timely work calls attention to the dangerous journeys of undocumented migrants from Africa to Europe, and serves as a poetic marker honoring the very real human toll of this crisis. The work is curated by Anna Carnick and will be on view April 15-21, 2024 in Milan as part of 5VIE Design Week.” On view til Sunday at Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta, 24 Milan Such a privilege to work on this project with these wonderful humans. Thank you Nifemi and @5vie_milano and @marta.losangeles . Photos by @amirfarzad.official