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Joelle Aune
Product Design BA

Beckmans College of Design

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Furniture / Ceramics / Sculpture

My location: Stockholm, Sweden

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Beckmans College of Design

Joelle Aune

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First Name: Joelle

Last Name: Aune

University / College: Beckmans College of Design

Course / Program: Product Design BA

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Furniture / Ceramics / Sculpture

My Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Website: Click To See Website

About

Joelle is a Swedish artist working across collectible design and sculptural art, with a practice that unfolds through material, esoteric symbolism, and the human gaze. Drawing on ancient symbolism, alchemy, and esoteric thought, her work explores the tension between an object’s physical presence and the quieter resonance it evokes within. She is drawn to objects that carry a sense of mystery, where material, gesture, and intention are felt as much as seen.

The work emerges from an exploration of the immeasurable qualities that arise in the encounter between human and object. Named after the alchemical symbol for earth, Terra is grounded in the earthly and bodily. The object unfolds as a sculptural console table, combining pine with bisque-fired stoneware. Through clay, an ancient material shaped by hand, holding traces of memory, the project seeks resonance rather than expression. Guided by proportion, silhouette and balance, the form has been reduced to its essential elements. A subtle distance between the materials shifts perceptions of support, allowing the stoneware to carry the gaze rather than the structure.