A new exhibition at Galerie Kreo, ‘Step By Step’, invites more than 20 designers to rethink the ladder’s classic design
It is a question first considered by the gallery in 2008 with the creation of’s ‘Carbon Ladder’, the first ladder to be produced by Galerie Kreo. ‘My idea was to take a mundane functional implement – the ladder – and turn it into an esoteric, airy, sculptural object that serves its intended purpose while being exceptionally sturdy and lightweight,’ Newson said, embracing the offbeat union of function and aesthetics adopted by all the exhibitors.
Ladders are attached to the wall or hang from the ceiling; anthropomorphised, they appear to listen, are playful or traditional. Pieces from Hella Jongerius’ suspended rope ladders ‘Twisted Steps’, 2022, to Jerszy Seymour’s ‘Acid Tracks Ladder’, 2022, and Front’s ‘Tree Ladder’, 2022, confront the viewer with a contemporary rethinking of a classic design.
For others, the ladder’s steps become significant marking points. In Virgil Abloh’s ‘World Leaders’, 2022, they are a showcase for iconic Black figures from the civil rights movement and popular culture, while for Julie Richoz in ‘O’Step’, 2022, they are deconstructed entirely. § Top to bottom: ’Ciel Wall Shelf’ by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and ’Tree Ladder’ by Front; ’Trait d’union, Hyphen’ by Guillaume Bardet, ’Nodes’ by Chris Kabel and ’Saqqarah’ by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez; ’Lassu’ by Pierre Charpin and ’Level’ by François Bauchet.
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