If the field of Witchcraft has been revisited and challenged a lot by graphic design, it hasn’t been explored so much by product design yet. Which is surprising as objects are at the center of the notion of ritual. They embody the ritual and get charged with meaning and added value. As a product designer myself, I see Witchcraft as an immense source of potential and inspiration.
One of the studio exploring the field of Witchcraft is The Unseen studio and its founder : the “alchemist” Lauren Bowker. Their projects merge Magick, science and design. They developed a colour changing ink reacting to the body vibrations or “aura”.
The product design field is, for now, a bit poor if you are a Design Witch looking for ritual objects. You can always create an Altar with Tom Dixon’s Elements candle collection but I also collected a few projects carrying a bit of design magic, like the work of Sara Ricciardi, Richard Yasmine, Lex Pott or Astrid Luglio.