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posted on April 15 by DesignAddict.
'Medici' designed by Konstantin Grcic and launched in 2012 by Mattiazzi is a low chair with a comfortably reclined posture.
"Designing for Mattiazzi was like a personal time travel. It took me all the way back to my professional roots. At the very beginning of my career, I was trained a cabinet-maker. Working with wood is what I learnt from scratch. It is where it all started for me."
"Mattiazzi make furniture in wood, using both traditional means of production and the newest digital production technologies. 'Medici' was born on Mattiazzi’s factory floor. The chair was inspired by the material, the machinery and, of course, the skill and craftsmanship of the people we worked with."
"Right from the beginning, I was looking for a distinct grammar for my design, a language that would express the characteristics of wood. I liked the idea of working with planks. They signify the very beginning of the production process – a tree trunk that is cut into slices. I like the way in which a carpenter joins wood. It is immediate and direct. The construction remains visible and easy to read. Structure turns into form."
Since 2013, the 'Medici' chair is accompanied by a round side table and (foot) stool.
Project assistant: Sami Ayadi (KGID)
All photos: Gerhardt Kellermann
tags: furniture, Konstantin Grcic, new products, wood
designers: Konstantin Grcic
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posted on March 7 by DesignAddict.
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“Rolha”, (Portuguese for the cork stopper used in wine bottles), is a
side table, inspired by the uncorking of a fine wine, designed by
Gonçalo Campos.
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This table is composed by very simple elements. A solid, turned cork top and 3 turned wood legs, fitted with a screw, similar to the ones used to uncork traditional wine bottles.
Cork is a very special material with qualities that make it perfect for a wide range of technical applications, while being environmentally sustainable, reason why it has seen a great appreciation in the last few years.
By simply twisting the legs in the cork top (in a very familiar motion), this table can easily be assembled without any tools. Thanks to the amazing mechanical properties of cork, this elementary action is enough to keep the table sturdy and stable.
Most of its harvesting and production is also based in Portugal, because of the particularly favourable climate to it's growth, and the deep tradition in using cork in the most incredible applications; inspiring rituals and tools that have been kept through generations.
tags: furniture, sustainable, new products, wood
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posted on January 14 by DesignAddict.
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In the spring of 2013, the Kunsthal Rotterdam will be presenting 'Like
Pastoe, 100 years of design innovation' a comprehensive exhibition to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Pastoe, the Dutch furniture brand
which stands for simplicity, timelessness, quality and craftsmanship.
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Birch series, design by Cees Braakman, 1951 - © Furniture Love
Since it was founded in 1913, Pastoe has grown to become an internationally recognised designer label. Over the past years, Pastoe has acquired an excellent circle of designers including Maarten Van Severen, Shigeru Uchida and Scholten & Baijings.
A’dammer, design by Aldo van den Nieuwelaar, 1978 - © Pastoe
The exhibition has been organised around the following themes: 'Archives', 'Environments' and 'Visions'. In the 'Archives' theme, Krijn de Koning presents the history of Pastoe using exceptional designs, advertising material, sketches, photographs and trade fair presentations. Within the 'Environments' section, Anne Holtrop projects Pastoe’s vision on the architectonic space. The exhibition’s installations represent an environment in which living, working, learning and creating are defined in a new way. 'Visions' highlights the search for new perspectives on product development and includes work by various designers such as Naoto Fukasawa, Claudio Silvestrin and Scheltens & Abbenes.
Made to measure, Pastoe - © Ed Suister, 1959
Umbrella stand, design Shiro Kuramata, 1986 - © Pastoe
Factory Pastoe 1952 - © Cas Oorthuys
Exhibition 'Like Pastoe, 100 years of design innovation'
From February 23 2013 to June 2 2013
Kunsthal Rotterdam, Westzeedijk 341, the Netherland
tags: furniture, exhibitions, Pastoe, wood
producers: Pastoe
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posted on September 10 by DesignAddict.
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On the occasion of Design September in Brussels, our Premium Partner 20ème Siècle invites us to discover their new
exhibition that highlights the co-operation they had with the textile
designer Christine Hermans.
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A wider reflection opens thus, a reflection on the connections between contemporary design and vintage design, between past and present and between art and functional furniture.
This exhibition will present iconic production pieces of the 20th century revisited by Christine Hermans. A « design » meeting. Objects steeped in history that tell a whole different story: fabric, lace, buttons, feathers,... all those elements feed the imagination of this textile designer, the raw materials of a universe filled with poetry, delicacy and elegance.
When a 50s day bed by Cees Braakman meets that imagination, the result is surprising: a perfect balance between the object, its history and textile creation. It then seems that the object has always patiently waited to wear haute couture to truly exist.
What is better than an intimate loft to welcome this exhibition and reflection on art that is subtly introduced in daily life ? To see and discover: among others, Pierre Guariche, Cees Braakman, Friso Kramer, 50s geniuses & textile creations by Christine Hermans - Silencio Silencio ! Spread the word !
Exhibition: Art Meets Furniture
Christine Hermans & 20ème Siècle
Textile Design on furniture
@ Loft 2ememain.be
7 Place du Samedi, 1000 Brussels - Belgium
On Friday September 14 2012 from 6 pm to 9pm
and Saturday September 15 2012 from 11 am to 7 pm
Tel. +32 (0) 2 20 32 700
tags: furniture, fabric, textile, exhibitions, wood
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posted on August 22 by DesignAddict.
Koichi Suzuno and Shinya Kamuro from Torafu Architects designed the 'Clopen' shelf, manufactured by Tanseisha. When pulled, a secret drawer appears, to store your valuables such as jewelry, stamps and passbooks.
The shelf panel is constructed from elaborate aluminum parts, and at 34mm thick, it looks as if it's made of natural wood.
Attaching sliced veneer to a thin structure, they made space between two boards which can be opened using magnetic keys.
The impression of the shelf completely changes when its hidden aluminum space is revealed from within the sliced veneer surface.
tags: furniture, new products, wood
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posted on July 12 by DesignAddict.
Teaching materials commissioned by Maria Montessori. 1920s. Manufactured by Baroni e Marangon, Gonzaga, Italy (est. 1911). Collection of Maurizio Marzadori, Bologna
MoMA is presenting the first large-scale overview of the modernist preoccupation with children and childhood. The exhibition brings together areas underrepresented in design history and often considered separately, including school architecture, clothing, playgrounds, toys and games, children’s hospitals and safety equipment, nurseries, furniture, and books.
Ladislav Sutnar (American, born Bohemia [now Czech Republic]. 1897–1976). Build the Town building blocks. 1940–43. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Ctislav Sutnar and Radoslav Sutnar.
The exhibition examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the “citizens of the future” to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation. In this period children have been central to the concerns, ambitions, and activities of modern architects and designers both famous and unsung, and working specifically for children has often provided unique freedom and creativity to the avant-garde.
Jean Prouvé (French, 1901–1984). School desk. 1946. Manufactured by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Dorothy Cullman Purchase Fund
The exhibition brings together over 500 items, ranging from urban-planning projects to small design objects by celebrated designers and lesser-known figures, Century of the Child brings together a number of areas underrepresented in design history: school architecture, playgrounds, toys and games, animation, clothing, safety equipment and therapeutic products, nurseries, furniture, and books.
Gerrit Rietveld (Dutch, 1888–1964). Child’s wheelbarrow. 1923. Manufactured by Gerard van de Groenekan IN 1958. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Beeldrecht, Amsterdam
Ford convertible toy car with original box. c. 1956. Manufactured by Marusan Shoten Ltd., Tokyo (est. 1947). Subaru 360 toy car with original box. c. 1963. Manufactured by Bandai, Tokyo (est. 1950). Bruce Sterling Collection, New York
Minka Podhájská (Czechoslovak, born Moravia [now Czech Republic], 1881–1963). Series of Personifications of Childhood Misdeeds. 1930. Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague
Froebel Gift No. 2: Sphere, Cylinder, and Cube. c. 1890. Manufactured by J. L. Hammett Co., Braintree, Massachusetts (est. 1863). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Lawrence Benenson, 2011
Exhibition: Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000
From July 29 to November 5, 2012
The Museum of Modern Art, The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor
New York, NY 10019, USA
tags: furniture, graphic, toys, exhibitions, kids, wood
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posted on July 3 by DesignAddict.
Carlo Scarpa © Svegliado and his son Tobia Scarpa © Riccardo Crosetta
Since 2003, the Museum of Decorative Arts of Bordeaux organizes regularly exhibitions of design. This year, the museum presents the work of the venetian architect Tobia Scarpa and the work of his father, Carlo, who died in 1978 and with whom he was first an apprendice, then a business partner. Tobia took an active role in the organization of this exhibition which gathers, for the first time, the work of both creators.
Carlo Scarpa - Monumental Complexe Brion, 1969-1978, San Vito © Alberto Vendrame, Studio Scarpa
More than thirty years after his death, Carlo Scarpa (1906 Venice–1978 Sendai, Japan) is still considered one of Italy’s more important architects. During his long career from the 20’s until the 70’s, most of his work is settled in Venetia. His name is renown due to the restaurations of historical buidings such as the Correr museum, the Castelvecchio museum, and the Querini fondation among others.
Carlo Scarpa - Sculpture Crescita © Alberto Vendrame, Studio Scarpa
One of his last projects, left incomplete at the time of his death, was completed in 2006 by his son Tobia: the Villa Palazzetto in Monselice. Besides the mentioned projects, Scarpa’s most significant works are the Gipsoteca Canoviana at the Canova Museum in Possagno (1955-1957), the Castelvecchio museum in Verona (1954-1956), and the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (1961-1963) where his great awareness of the city’s history provides a new dimension. One of the most ambitious landscape and garden projects of his career is the Brion Sanctuary at San Vito d’Altivole in Veneto, realized between 1969 and 1978.
Tobia Scarpa - Carafe Moretta, 1990 © Tobia Scarpa
Tobia Scarpa, Carlo Scarpa’s son, has been working in architecture and design for almost 40 years. First with Afra Bianchin, then alone, he has designed objects, furniture, lamps, office buildings, houses, factories, museums, and showrooms –more than 400 realizations–. In all his work we find beautiful experiments of the potential of the materials, the change of the relationships between forms and functions, and a new understanding of the space where they reside.
The first design pieces of Tobia Scarpa dates back to 1957 at the Paolo Venini's glass factory in which his father worked during years. In 1957, he meets Afra Bianchin (Montebelluna, on 1937 - Trevignano, on 2011) at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia. For a test at the Istituto, he designs a prototype of a wooden chair, the armchair Pigreco, an example of simplicity, that is edited first by Santabona, then by Gavina. During almost 40 years, they imagined design objects: furniture, lamps edited by big manufacturers (Knoll, Molteni, Maxalto, Flos), while leading at the same time architect's activity.
Tobia Scarpa - Pigreco, 1959, for Santabona © Giorgio Furla
In 1970, their armchair Soriana was rewarded with the Compasso d'Oro. Generally Tobia Scarpa's seats are made by elements such as construction sets. The chair Libertà from 1989 is an assembly of two parts folded and screwed. Afra Bianchin and Tobia Scarpa drew tens of lamps, most for a new brand: Flos. Thanks to the manufacturing process Cocoon, they created the lamp Fantasma, then the lamp Jucker. In 1968, they designed the table lamp, Biagio, made of Carrara marble; they also designed the floor lamp Papillona, and created a large collection of silversmith objects for San Lorenzo.
Exhibition: Carlo Scarpa & Tobia Scarpa - Dialogo sospeso
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Bordeaux, France
From September 14 2012 to December 31 2012
tags: furniture, sculpture, Tobia Scarpa, exhibitions, modern architecture, Carlo Scarpa
designers: Tobia Scarpa, Carlo Scarpa
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posted on June 12 by DesignAddict.
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The Museum of Architecture and Design presents the exhibition 'Silent
Revolutions', a selection of design that marks the first two decades of
this young European country.
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Black Cherry Lamp
by Nika Zupanc - for La Femme et la Maison by Nika Zupanc, 2010
Rather than showing a sweeping overall view the show focuses on outstanding individual cases. The selected design exhibits embody the passion and obsession of individual artists, the drive, innovative development and high-quality production, ranging from the filigree turn-tables by Franc Kuzma and the seductive Black Cherry Lamps by designer Nika Zupanc to Seaway’s Greenline 33 Hybrid, the world’s first large hybrid boat, and Trimo’s Qbiss One with ArtMe modular façade systems.
Lajt Chair
by Janez Suhadolc, 1991
The exhibition also presents certain key productions from the country’s largest actors in the industry, including Elan's revolutionary series of WaveFlex skis designed in cooperation with Gigodesign studio, Alpina's Racing Elite cross-country ski boots developed in cooperation with Jure Miklavc studio, and Gorenje's Simplicity home appliance line by Gorenje Design Studio.
Waveflex Skis Series
by Gigodesign and Elan Development Department - for Elan, 2007/2011
Stabi S Turntable and Stabi XL Turntable
by Franc Kuzma; for Kuzma, 1998, 1999
Sitty Folding Chair
by Gigodesign, 2009
Kawasaki ZX-10R Evolution Exhaust System
by Igor Akrapovič and team; for Akrapovič, 2008
Krpan Postman’s Bicycle
by Matevž Fortuna; for Vizija Sport, 2002
Exhibition
Silent Revolutions / Contemporary Design in Slovenia
From June 16 to July 15 2012
Maribor Art Gallery
Strossmayerjeva ulica 6, Maribor
Slovenia
tags: furniture, exhibitions, new products, wood
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posted on May 24 by DesignAddict.
Stonenwater is the name of Korean designer Jaebeom Jeong's studio. Stone and water means origin and fundamental of nature. After graduating Jaebeom Jeong worked as a chair engineer for chair manufacturer SIDIZ in Korea. There he learned the process of chair manufacturing and various industrial materials. Jeong was attracted by chair design because the chair is an effective object to communicate immediately with people.
The 'Fake Shaker' chair
The Shakers were one of a few religious groups that formed in eighteenth-century England. They created pieces of furniture that were simple in beauty but highly durable and would function in the capacity they were designed for.
With the increase of urban farming, people are starting to engage in farming practice in the cities to produce healthy food. Urban farmer's self-sufficient life reminded Jeong of the Shaker community; this was the main starting point for the 'Fake Shaker' chair.
The 'Fake Shaker' is the restored version of the original Shaker chair for the urban farmers. It's an assembly kit of the original Shaker chair consisting of various pieces of wood randomly - rose, walnut, oak and beech. Each piece of the kit is carefully handcrafted for easy assembly and durable strength applying traditional joint technique. People can complete their own Shaker chair by different combinations of various pieces.
tags: furniture, wood
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posted on May 10 by DesignAddict.
As part of the Milan design week 2012 in April, SPD Scuola Politecnica di Design presented the exhibition 'OUT NOW. Stories of Ideas and Matter'.
The exhibition brought together different ideas and views on the subject of design and production, and intersected these with the work of eleven international designers trained in the school in recent years.
How can we interpret the role of designers? The exhibition allowed us to follow the paths of a young generation of designers who have left the classroom and experienced the possibilities of the field as creative apprentices.
'Voi' design by Kostantia Manthou and Manuel Torres, modular storage container, prototype Poliform, 2011
A small architecture that grows in space as it transforms. Voi reinterprets a classic Poliform piece of the late eighties, the IO wardrobe by Paolo Piva.
'Tab' design by Isaac Piñeiro, Nadadora Studio, collection of stools and coffee tables, production Sancal, 2011
Family of stools and low tables inspired by the beehives made from hollow logs, called trobos, very typical of northern Spain. All the pieces are hand made from a bent sheet of natural chestnut veneer.
'Mariù' design by Luis Arrivillaga, suspension lamp, production Made a Mano, 2012
Ceramic lamp with cold enamel coating. It creates an interplay between positive and negative surfaces which is more evident when illuminated. Mariù interprets the space according to a principle of creative disorder generated by the disk of the diffuser.
'Wired' design by Alessandro Stabile with Alessandro Gnocchi, stackable chair with tubular metal frame, production Belca, 2012
The product doesn’t require any investment in industrial equipment and uses accessible technologies.
'Lateira' design by Rui Pereira, decorated clayware, production Show Me, 2011
An homage to the nearly extinct canned fish industry via another traditional Portuguese handicraft: decorated pottery. The sardine can is transformed into a proud, ready for serving delicacy: a manifesto of the craftsman/designer dichotomy.
'Scooby Doo' design by Giorgio Bonaguro, table lamp, production La Lampe, 2012
The piece chooses a classic language and a minimalistic architecture in tubular metal that supports the glass diffuser. A study in contrasts between the rich material palette and the simplicity of its lightweight structure.
'Tweety' design by Giorgio Bonaguro, table lamp, self production, 2011
A simple and intuitive design made up of two parts, the lampholder and an ecofriendly polycarbonate sheet bent into a loop. Without using screws or joints for easy assembly, the bulb is suspended, like a bird in a cage.
tags: furniture, project, lighting, glass, exhibitions, ceramic, plastic, new products, wood
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posted on April 20 by DesignAddict.
Lampshade Bulb for Booo
Front was inspired by the long life of a LED lamp. Its burning time of almost ten years makes it possible to create a lamp you never need to change the bulb of. The inner dome softens the light and creates the illusion of a lamp without a bulb, blurring the boundary between lightsource and lampshade.
Chameleon Cupboard for Porro
A colour changing cupboard. The new Chameleon unit is a magic volume, constantly opening on itself like the game of the Chinese boxes, changing appearance and revealing new finishes. To be used as a container for the bedroom or the living, it consists of a central wooden crate, covered by leather layers, which used as hinges, allows it to turn and be revolved, changing its colour and look according to the specific mood.
Surface Tension Lamp for Booo
A bubble is brief, and bursts at your touch. But while it lasts, it catches the light and reflects the room like a multi-coloured temporary structure. Front wanted to create a constantly changing lamp that combines the most ephemeral of lampshades with a LED light source that will last for 50000 hours. In the time it takes the LED to burn out, the lamp will have had 3 million different globe shades.
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Gentle Chair for Porro
A chair in the shape of two joined arches. Made of wood and upholstered leather.
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Doodle Sofa for Moroso
We doodle absent mindedly - doodling is a kind of half-conscious creative work. It is both a distraction, and also thought to help you concentrate on whatever you are doing at the same time. All three members of Front used doodles they had made during design meetings to create the sofa's pattern. The decoration is a kind of by-product of Front's creative process, inscribed onto the folded half circle of the sofa's form.
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tags: furniture, lighting, glass, exhibitions, ceramic, Front, new products, wood
designers: Front
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