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Cole Kazuo Masuno

Cole Kazuo Masuno is a Los Angeles based designer who has received his Bachelors of Architecture (B.Arch) from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).

He is currently working at Formation Association, and has co-taught as a teaching assistant for various design studios, visual and applied studies seminars at SCI-Arc. Prior to working at Formation Association, Cole worked at award winning offices such as Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, and Eric Owen Moss Architects .

Cole is the principal/founder of Alterity Studio.
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Sophie wearring (Air)rings.

(Air)rings

From Plastic to Precious Metal 
Type: Jewelry 
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925 Hollow Metal Silver earrings.
 


(Air)rings are the result of an alchemical transormation from plastic to precious metal. This change in material triggers a perceptual shift that departs from our original perception of the source material.

What was formerly headphones, are now rendered futile and broken by aesthetic choices. The right way to wear the earring is wrong; they’re rotated 180 degrees and worn upside down. There’s a sort of sacrilegious-humor to the piece, just like turning a cross upside down, there’s a rejection of corporarte values by functionally breaking the object of mass production.