Assi / Joseph MEIDAN
1987/Ongoing
Working between object, space, and material research. His practice focuses on transformation — observing how materials shaped by construction, use, and time can be redirected through minimal intervention.
His work often begins with situations encountered in everyday environments: construction sites, industrial components, or standardized building systems. Through processes of collection, assembly, and displacement, these elements are recontextualized without erasing their origin.
Moving between unique pieces and evolving systems, his projects explore the moment where functional structures shift into objects of domestic or spatial presence. Light, support, and construction recur as central themes, approached as ongoing investigations rather than fixed forms.
Alongside independent works, he develops Brut Hardware, a modular aluminum framework conceived as an open structure capable of adapting across furniture, exhibition, and architectural contexts.
Photo by Max Mindell
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03 OH NO, DON'T WORRY
DOC 017—025
YEAR: 2012/Ongoing
Oh No, Don’t Worry is a series of lamps in which light acts as both illumination and structure. The luminous element connects separate components, holding together heavy stone pieces that are pierced and suspended along its axis.
Each stone is fixed through a precise opening, functioning as a geometric stop that interrupts movement and stabilizes the composition. Rather than concealing construction, the lamp reveals how balance is achieved — weight, gravity, and alignment becoming visible parts of the object.
The work emphasizes connection as a physical condition. Materials of different densities meet through a minimal intervention, allowing the light itself to organize the structure. Stones are not decorative elements but active participants, defining position, tension, and equilibrium.
The lamp becomes a system of relationships where mass and light negotiate stability, giving equal importance to structure, material presence, and the act of holding things together.
Each stone is fixed through a precise opening, functioning as a geometric stop that interrupts movement and stabilizes the composition. Rather than concealing construction, the lamp reveals how balance is achieved — weight, gravity, and alignment becoming visible parts of the object.
The work emphasizes connection as a physical condition. Materials of different densities meet through a minimal intervention, allowing the light itself to organize the structure. Stones are not decorative elements but active participants, defining position, tension, and equilibrium.
The lamp becomes a system of relationships where mass and light negotiate stability, giving equal importance to structure, material presence, and the act of holding things together.
