Ronde hoedendoos van karton beplakt met grijs papier c. 1960

This round hatbox was constructed with cardboard covered in gray paper by La Femme Chic, and honestly, it looks like something Agnes Martin might have made if she ever got into product design. It's so understated, almost austere, and you can imagine the craftsperson, or maybe even a whole assembly line, carefully smoothing the paper onto the cardboard, trying to get it just right. It's like they're searching for a kind of Platonic ideal of a hatbox, where form follows function so perfectly that it becomes almost…spiritual? The gray color is so calming, like a cloudy day, and the simple form is so satisfying. You could get lost just staring at it. I mean, it makes you think about the elegance of simplicity, how sometimes the most beautiful things are the ones that are stripped down to their essence. Maybe that’s why I find it so moving.