About VBROKKR
Exploring contemporary design by looking back into traditional and forgotten craft techniques informs the V.Brokkr design ap- proach. The studio mediates a balance between taking an artisanal craft tradition and making it scalable, whilst keeping the stamp of the making process visible and celebrated.
In its materiality, architectural hardware shares a connection with higher arts such as sculpture. V.brokkr looks to bridge the divide by producing carefully crafted and considered sculptural forms and bringing them into the everyday interior, with an em- phasis on giving the owner a uniquely crafted one off piece for their home.
V.Brokkr seeks to remove the everyday object from mass-produced homogeny, to a limited-edition series with hand finished surfaces that give individual character.
Trained as a Silversmith and worked under Australian and German masters Ned Vernon looks through a different lens of architectural hardware. Taking a considered approach of new and traditional techniques, that looks beyond commercial considerations of mass production. With a veneration of noble materials and a desire to produce lasting objects that become a meaningful part of someones home, and hopefully last through the generations. With the time spent in Germany and other European capitals Ned noticed doors and the hardware were carefully crafted objects that referenced the architecture and the time period.
Different cultural rituals and mythical symbolism of the door, such as protection, transience, and the family unit is used as inspiration along with design movements of Brutalism and Italian mid century design.
Using traditional silversmithing techniques and hollowware construction techniques V.Brokkr produces limited editions and has a constantly evolving products line.
Ned Vernon, Maker and Creative Director
