1977 Born in Cologne
1997-2000 Apprenticeship as goldsmith at the Le Arti Orafe, Florence, Italia
2000-2003 Goldsmith work for designers and goldsmith workshops in Germany
2003-2008 Studies in product design at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UK
2008 Completed design degree. Founded Content and Container in Cologne
Since 2001 exhibitions in Germany and abroad, among which:
2005 Grassimesse 05, Leipzig (D)
2007 Rhine Design, "Fragile – handle with care", Werft 11 Gallery, Cologne (D)
2008 IMM Cologne (D)
Contemporary Art Ruhr 08, Essen (D)
18. Kunstmesse im Frauenmuseum, Bonn (D)
2009 Passagen, "PERFEKT IMPERFEKT", Werft 11 Gallery, Cologne (D)
Lucca Preziosa Young 2009, Villa Bottini, Lucca (I)
MANU FACTUM 2009, Niederrheinisches Museum für Volkskunde and Kulturgeschichte e.V., Kevelaer
Arts & Crafts Supermarket, MIAAO - Museo Internazionale delle Arti Applicate Oggi, Turin (I)
2010 The Dockerhandbag is part of the museum's collection of the German Leather Museum, Offenbach (D)
2011 Universal blue by Li Ederkoort, Merci, Paris (F)
APPRECIATING THE EXTRA IN THE ORDINARY
Since its founding by Pia Pasalk in 2008, Content and Container has been devoted to the singular qualities hidden under the cover of everyday objects and ordinary circumstances.
In her objects, and sometimes completely to the surprise of the contemplator, Pia Pasalk very naturally and elegantly crosses the frontiers between jewellery, product and fashion. The quotidian is elevated to the decisive stylistic element and assumed blemishes create the focus of design PERFECT IMPERFECT is a collection, inspired by the wabi-sabi philosophy of Japan, the beauty of the incomplete and the unconventional. Any blemishes or rough patches that appear during the manufacturing process are not eliminated but preserved in the design of the collection.
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