Crú — Benedetta Pompili

Design, ceramics, editorials

Hello, I am Benedetta, a social designer, artist, and material researcher based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I work at the intersection of material experimentation, cultural inquiry, and environmental sensitivity. Trained in ceramics and shaped by collaborations with archaeologists, artisans, and industrial partners, I approach materials not as inert substances but as carriers of histories and forms of knowledge. Research and design become acts of learning craftsmanship, retracing tradition, and opening channels for interdisciplinary exchange.

Currently working on vuur collective, Investigating a footprint, whilst working for Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Design Academy Eindhoven.

Crú

Servomuto sidetable
Ars Vivendi (DE)
Powder coated steel and FSC red oak wood, 2018.

In opposition to Franco Albini’s Cicognino referring to a stork, a well-represented animal in the Western culture, Crù alludes to a crow. It playfully flips the superstitions around this wild animal by normalising it in the domestic space as a servomuto.
Made with the collaboration of Ars Vivendi, German institution that gives work to people affected by Down Syndrome and developed with the help of the Peter Behrens School of Architecture & Design in Düsselforf, DE.

For information or collaborations: info@benedettapompili.com

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