{"id":1313,"date":"2025-07-18T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:26:56","slug":"smile-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/laecheln-bitte\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile, please - luxury can be fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">A sunny yellow that shines on you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted a picture that would not only brighten up the room - but also the mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is why this work begins with a <strong>Field of bright sunny yellow<\/strong>: a canvas, sprayed, luminous, <strong>50\u00d770 cm<\/strong>densely populated with <strong>delicate silk rose petals<\/strong>. Relief instead of surface. Haptics instead of distance. In the center: a <strong>second-hand Louis Vuitton wallet<\/strong>, <strong>hand-painted<\/strong> with a <strong>laughing emoji<\/strong> - Pure joy, zero pose. <strong>Magnetically attached<\/strong> and in one movement <strong>removable<\/strong>so that the piece does not remain in the frame, but <strong>goes out with you<\/strong>. One click and it becomes wearable. One click and it returns - enriching your day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yellow is not a minor matter. Yellow is <strong>Posture<\/strong>. This light does not make the monogram louder, but <strong>lighter<\/strong> work. It adds humor without losing form. The background is not a backdrop, it is <strong>Stage<\/strong>on which the object can breathe freely - between <strong>High Fashion<\/strong> and trade, between <strong>Icon<\/strong> and <strong>Self-irony<\/strong>. The result is not a still life. It is a <strong>lively statement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the wall to the hand - the BrandArt ritual<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don't work for showcases. I work for <strong>Movement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the morning you take the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/luxury-wallet\/\" title=\"A A wallet becomes an icon - every touch makes it more valuable becomes an icon - every touch makes it more valuable\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51050\">Wallet<\/a> from the screen, <strong>uses<\/strong> it in everyday life, and return it in the evening. The magnetic mounting makes changing <strong>Safe and simple<\/strong>. This is exactly how I understand <strong><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/wearable-art\/\" title=\"Wearable art - art that goes with you\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51052\">Wearable Art<\/a><\/strong>: Art that <strong>does not hold still<\/strong>but <strong>Meaning collects<\/strong>while you are alive. Every touch, every little scratch becomes a <strong>Side note to your story<\/strong>. The work is <strong>Fully functional<\/strong> intended - not a prop, but <strong>real companion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ritual is simple - and radical. It shifts the place of art from the white cube <strong>into your life<\/strong>. From the observation <strong>into the interaction<\/strong>. I trust that value is not created by locking things away, but by <strong>through proximity<\/strong>. That is why the work <strong>signed by hand<\/strong> and as <strong>1\/1<\/strong> marked with a corresponding number on the object and canvas - so that it is clear that the two belong together, even if they are on the move. <strong>separate experiences<\/strong> make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/smile-please-luxury-can-be-fun\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_015-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Smile, please - luxury can be fun!\" class=\"wp-image-992\" style=\"width:460px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_015-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_015-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_015-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_015.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smile, please - luxury can be fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emoji &amp; crown - joy and icon status in dialog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>laughing emoji<\/strong> is not a gimmick. It is a decision against conceit. It says: luxury is allowed <strong>light<\/strong> be. May <strong>Make fun<\/strong>. May <strong>Don't take yourself too seriously<\/strong>. This face opens up conversations - with strangers, with friends, with yourself. You are approached, not about the price, but about the <strong>Story<\/strong>. Right there begins <strong><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/store\/\" title=\"Store\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51053\">BrandArt<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Crown<\/strong> (my recurring sign) whispers in the meantime: Icon, yes - but <strong>without base<\/strong>. It emphasizes the object and <strong>dethroned<\/strong> at the same time the idea of untouchable status. Together, emoji and crown are <strong>Dignity &amp; wit<\/strong>. Two forces that balance each other out so that possession <strong>Meaning<\/strong> can be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haptics, light, rhythm - when surface tells a story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Rose petals<\/strong> are set rhythmically. Each one throws a <strong>own shadow<\/strong>each refracts the light a little differently. Up close, the field becomes <strong>sculptural<\/strong>; from a distance it looks like a <strong>floating texture<\/strong>. This surface does what good art does: <strong>It moves you even before you think about it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in the middle of it all: the wallet. The <strong>Monogram<\/strong> loses its severity, becomes <strong>Material<\/strong> under a new voice. The yellow brings warmth into play, the frame gives calm, the emoji loosens the forehead. This creates the tone I am looking for: <strong>undisguised, lively, approachable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interaction as a value driver - patina is biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\"But doesn't it wear out?\" - <strong>Yes.<\/strong> And that is precisely the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patina is not a defect. Patina is <strong>Reminder<\/strong>. A tiny scratch on the press stud, an edge on the leather - <strong>real traces<\/strong>no fashion effects. You write with, without brushes, <strong>with time<\/strong>. What remains is not a sterile collector's item, but a <strong>charged unique item<\/strong>. That is why this work does not remain in the price list, but is <strong>in the store<\/strong> for exactly what it is: <strong><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/what-is-wearable-art\/\" title=\"What is wearable art?\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49355\">wearable art<\/a><\/strong> - <strong>In stock<\/strong>when you are ready for the dialog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" data-product-id=\"928\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;productId&quot;:928,&quot;variationId&quot;:null}\" data-wp-interactive=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-single-product woocommerce\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/product-image\" data-is-descendent-of-single-product-block=\"true\" data-show-sale-badge=\"false\" class=\"wc-block-components-product-image wc-block-grid__product-image wc-block-components-product-image--aspect-ratio-auto wp-block-woocommerce-product-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/laecheln-bitte-luxus-darf-spass-machen\/\" style=\"\" data-wp-on--click=\"woocommerce\/product-collection::actions.viewProduct\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_005-1000x725.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single\" alt=\"Smile, please - luxury can be fun!\" data-testid=\"product-image\" data-image-id=\"940\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_005-1000x725.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_005-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_005-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_005-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_005-1536x1113.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrandArt_by_List_005.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" title=\"\"><div class=\"wc-block-components-product-image__inner-container\">\n\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/laecheln-bitte-luxus-darf-spass-machen\/\" target=\"_self\" >Smile, please - luxury can be fun!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/product-price\" data-is-descendent-of-single-product-block=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-product-price\" ><div class=\"wc-block-components-product-price wc-block-grid__product-price\" >\n <span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi>1.790,00&nbsp;<span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">\u20ac<\/span><\/bdi><\/span>\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/add-to-cart-form\" class=\"wp-block-add-to-cart-form wc-block-add-to-cart-form wc-block-add-to-cart-form--input wp-block-woocommerce-add-to-cart-form\" ><p class=\"stock in-stock\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">In stock<\/p>\n\n\t\n\t<form class=\"cart\" action=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/smile-please-luxury-can-be-fun\/\" method=\"post\" enctype='multipart\/form-data' data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/laecheln-bitte-luxus-darf-spass-machen\/\">\n \n <div class=\"quantity\">\n <label class=\"screen-reader-text\" for=\"quantity_69e50538885d8\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">L\u00e4cheln, bitte &#8211; Luxus darf Spa\u00df machen! 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I paint against <strong>Luxury without a voice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This yellow, this face - they remind me why I started: <strong>Art can bring joy.<\/strong> Not banal, but <strong>true<\/strong>. A good laugh draws the air into the room. It opens doors. It makes you <strong>open<\/strong> for encounters. And that is precisely why <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/brandartbylist.com\/en\/product\/love-to-touch-and-take-away\/\" title=\"Love you can touch - and take away.\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51051\">love<\/a> this work: it is not a monument. It is a <strong>Impetus for discussion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you wear them, you wear <strong>Proximity<\/strong>. When you hang it back, it hangs there <strong>your day<\/strong>. And tomorrow it all starts again - with a <strong>Smile<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ein Sonnengelb, das dich anstrahlt Ich wollte ein Bild, das nicht nur den Raum heller macht &#8211; sondern auch die Laune. Darum beginnt dieses Werk mit einem Feld aus strahlendem Sonnengelb: eine Leinwand, bespr\u00fcht, leuchtend, 50\u00d770 cm, dicht best\u00fcckt mit zarten Seidenrosenbl\u00e4ttern. Relief statt Fl\u00e4che. Haptik statt Distanz. 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