Joelle Aune
Product Design BA
Beckmans College of Design
Specialisms: Furniture / Ceramics / Sculpture
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Joelle Aune
First Name: Joelle
Last Name: Aune
Specialisms: Furniture / Ceramics / Sculpture
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My Location: Stockholm, Sweden
University / College: Beckmans College of Design
Course / Program Title: Product Design BA
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 a fascination with ancient Egyptian symbolism and esoteric thought, with the Ouroboros as a central motif—the serpent consuming its own tail. It represents a cycle in which beginning and end converge, evoking dissolution, transformation and cosmic unity. The object unfolds as an ottoman, combining ivory linen with a glossy black stoneware inlay. Through clay, formed from earth and transformed through fire, the symbol is materialised conceptually and physically. A spiral evokes cycles of continuity, unfolding the ottoman’s esoteric layers. Its material duality resonates with the symbolism, extending the concept throughout the object.
Competitions
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2026
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.
Competitions