CERAMIC ASHTRAY

 

 

 

    
 
                               

 
 
 
In 2006 the Scottish Executive introduced legislation banning smoking within public places. Overnight the introverted world of the public house was pushed out onto city streets across the country. A new kind of public activity and street culture has emerged. Against this backdrop NORD have taken the ceramic ashtray, a ubiquitous element of interior architecture, and given it a new form specific to it’s new habitat; the building facade.