The extruded profile takes center stage in Danish designer Cecilie Manz’s exploration of recycled aluminium. Rør—meaning “tube” in both Norwegian and Danish—transcends its role as a mere technical component to become an object in its own right. At first glance, Rør is just that: two simple cylindrical forms. But a closer look reveals hand-drawn imperfections resulting in something softer, more irregular, and less exact. Rør plays with contrast—the clash of a highly industrial, almost brutal process with the organic quality of a sketched line, reminding us of the myriad of possibilities inherent in the material. A universal shape is then transformed into something unique, giving the archetypal tube an aesthetic quality.

[R100] Exhibition, Shapes by Hydro