Esteban Clisson
Product Designer
esteban@clisson.org
Curriculum Vitae
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Statement
I'm Esteban
Clisson, a Franco-Mexican designer, raised in Spain and currently based in
Milan. My practice is driven by encounters. Researching how materials,
typologies and spatial conditions shape perception, I’m always seeking to create
new rituals and modes of inhabitating that expand the possibilities of everyday
experience.
Influenced
by philosophy, poetry and visual culture, I’m interested in creative processes
that balance intuition and analysis. Approaching design as a dialogue, form and
function follow the situations I want to create, because I believe objects can generate
new territories that invite alternative ways of relating to the world around us.
I’m currently looking for opportunities and collaborations within interdisciplinary and research-driven environments. Feel free to reach out via email or Instagram.
CV
HotSpot
Exploded view and CMF
Internal components and functioning
HOTSPOT
Specifications
Base:
⌀
45 x 89 cm
Structural steel, galvanized
Table:
⌀106 cm
Porcelain stoneware, splatter decoration
Steam chamber:
⌀45 cm x 32cm |
⌀45 cm x 65cm
(open)
Glass, sanded
Borosilicate glass,
natural finish
Stainless steel,
brushed, food friendly
Aluminium, anodized
Cover:
⌀55 cm x 20cm
Aluminium, anodized
Architectural terracotta, natural finish
DESCRIPTION
Food is the most universal language that exists, what if we talked it together?
This project is my proposal to redefine the Kitchen of the Future, where cultural diversity, ecology, and housing become the main elements shaping our cities. By proposing a public cooking artifact, I wanted to tackle two main problems: affordability and the sharing of food. These are issues already faced by people who can barely afford rent in major European cities, a condition that may soon apply to the majority of us.
Steaming is present in dishes across all five continents, from dumplings to couscous, passing through Norwegian salmon with rice. HotSpot builds on this shared culinary technique to propose a radical shift in human behavior, bringing with it as many innovations as problems. It operates through a closed UX loop (disposing food → steaming → eating → cleaning -> ), restricting certain possibilities but guiding users toward the intended value of the product. Its shapes and materials follow the same logic, adopting a totemic form that emphasizes ritual, collectivity, and presence in the public space.
This product needs to be understood within its speculative frame. Beyond its advanced technical development, what should ultimately remain is the message it delivers: the dream of a city that produces what it eats, and in doing so reshapes a new, globalized European identity.
This project was presented in collaboration with Braun, inside of the framework of the “New Frankfurt Kitchen”