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posted on January 26 by DesignAddict.
For the third year, Muuto hosted the annual design competition for Nordic design students. This year’s Muuto Talent Award has received more than 400 contributions by design students. This year’s winner is David Geckeler and his Nerd Chair.
David Geckeler: “It’s an honor and achievement for a young designer like me to win a design award like this. The Nerd chair is my attempt to develop a current and personal attitude towards Danish design and Muuto as a leading contemporary design company seems to be a perfect match for the chair’s design”
David created his Nerd chair while studying at the Danish Design School in Copenhagen as part of a project exploring Danish ways of designing objects. The intuitive yet innovative design and some interesting Scandinavian references were among the jury’s primary reasons for picking Nerd.
In the fall of 2011, students of more than 20 design schools in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland were invited to participate in Muuto’s annual design contest Muuto Talent Award. Hundreds of students decided to submit their best designs within furniture, lighting and accessories.
2nd prize: Caroline Olsson, Akershus University, Norway - Bambi Table
3rd prize: Marte Straalberg, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway - Sprinkle Lamp
tags: furniture, awards, project, lighting, wood
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posted on October 18 by DesignAddict.
The City of Charleroi (Belgium), initiated "Label Charleroi" an encounter between companies from the city and Belgian designers.
So far, six collaborations were successful and the result is shown in an exhibition called « Quand Charleroi pointe la technique » hosted by the Museum of Glass on the site of a former coal mine "Le Bois du Cazier".
Caterpillar, the well-known construction company for civil engineering machines, applied its techniques of cutting and bending metal to build a very versatile lamp designed by Sylvain Busine + ADA.
This lamp can be placed in a multitude of positions that allow it to be used as a desk lamp, a table lamp, an ambiant lamp, or even a book-end lamp. It can also be hung on the wall to free the space of a desk or become a bed side table lamp, small shelf, etc.. The wooden lighting module clings to any edge of the lamp with two small but very strong magnets.
Following the inspiration of designer Damien Gernay, Plastiservice, a company working with plastics, has crushed and melted vinyl records to create a new material to be manufactured as a vase for the occasion.
During its collaboration with Trans'Form, a work training company specialised in the repair of appliances, ADA (Atelier Design Addict) focused on residual waste materials and turned them into useful objects. The lamps are build from washing machine and dishwasher parts. The candleholders are made from different types of gas burners.
Amazed by the possibility to "print" transparent 3D objects, Raphaël Charles, product designer, designed a bonbonniere that Sirris, an accredited collective center in thechnological industry, achieved through the stereolithography technique.
GVK, a company in the steel sector, and Atelier Blink, an interior and product design office, focused on the development of steel production in different countries in 1910, 1960 and 2010. They present the results of their research as a "three-dimensional mapping."
A chocolate bar in the shape of a tire called "Royal United" is the result of the meeting between the technical work of ceramist Hugo Meert and Belgian chocolate factory Bruyerre.
Exhibition: Label Charleroi
From October 1 to November 27 2011
Musée du Verre - Site du Bois du Cazier - Marcinelle - Belgium
tags: food, sustainable, project, lighting, exhibitions, ceramic, plastic, new products, wood
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posted on October 13 by DesignAddict.
What happens when you take 10 designers based in London and you leave them for one week inside an empty furniture factory in the Dutch countryside?
Dutch furniture manufacturer Arco recently organised a workshop with the designers of the London Okay Studio. This was a logical continuation of the Arco 12 project, which took place in 2005 to celebrate the company’s 100 year anniversary. At the time, 12 young Dutch designers were asked to respond to the
company’s collection with a design of their own. A number of the results were later included in the Arco furniture range, including the famous Slim Table, designed by Bertjan Pot. It was an extremely successful project, which made a significant contribution to Arco’s development. This is why the company actively keeps in touch with new generations of designers.
After his degree at the Royal College of Art in London, Arco’s new creative director Jorre van Ast (born in 1980) was part of Okay Studio himself for a number of years.
"Okay Studio is a collective that shares a studio in an old piano factory in North East London. It’s a creative hotbed, where a number of collaborative presentations were brought to life. Even though the designers work independently, as a group they really bring out the best in each other. They are all former fellow students, and setting up this workshop with them was a logical step for me. Of course, I’m in an exceptional position, since I am a member of the group and also work for Arco," says Jorre.
Ten Okay Studio designers were challenged to create something out of wood that is completely different from the products in the existing collection - so not tables, cupboards or chairs - taking Arco’s production facilities into account. The group got together in Winterswijk for two long weekends to develop ideas and then execute them in Arco’s furniture factory.
Jorre: "These days were fun, and, above all, productive. Our craftsmen and women were also very enthusiastic about helping us out. Everyone had to work very hard, but the atmosphere was excellent and we ended up with fourteen new designs."
The participants were:
Tomás Alonso
Oscar Narud
Mathias Hahn
Peter Marigold
Shay Alkalay & Yael Mer
Andrew Haythornthwaite
Shai Akram
Hiroko Shiratori
Eelko Moorer
Jorre van Ast
tags: furniture, workshop, project, wood
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posted on September 15 by DesignAddict.
'Korea Design' is an exhibition showcasing the best in contemporary Korean furniture, lighting, product and textile design through the work of fifteen companies and designers.
Stool for Child by Kyunglae KIM
The Stool for Child is designed using natural materials. The legs are made of natural oak or hard maple with a seat in sustainable anti-bacterial coconut foam.
In the past, Korean design has too often been associated with electronic goods, TV's, mobile phones and other ephemeral consumer products, but is now starting to gain international recognition for a booming design and craft sector.
Lion Penseur lamp by i-Clue Design
The Lion Penseur lamp was designed as an accent light to provide light against a wall or
ceiling. This type of indirect lighting tends to be hidden away out of sight, but the Lion Penseur is specifically designed to turn the lighting fixture into a design statement.
Lion Penseur is made of leather.
The exhibition, which includes product, furniture, lighting and textile design, gives insight into what Korean design means today. Whilst countries like Sweden, Spain, Italy etc have well established design scenes of global repute, other countries, like Korea, are proving to have vibrant creative industries that are starting to reach international audiences.
Crack Bowl Pendant Lamp by Jaemin KWON
Jaemin Kwon was trained as a fine artist. His Crack Bowl Pendant Lamp uses unprocessed elm which is dried and split, showing off the natural characteristics of the wood.
Looking through the work of these different companies, one can identify a number of common themes, the most prevalent of which is the driving force that design isn't just about aesthetics, it's about a desire to re-evaluate the role it plays in our lives and to create products that are sustainable, skilful, beautiful and individual.
Tension Bentwood Chair by Dohoon KIM
The Tension Bentwood Chair is made using wood's inherent tension and features a series of curvilinear shapes. Made of ash, the chair is available in three different designs, including a side chair, wing chair or with a wide back as shown above.
Ta-rae Lighting by Design Virus
Ta-rae Lighting is inspired by the spool of threads on industrial sewing machines.The lamps can be clustered in groups to create a bold statement.
Hanji-plastic Chair by Design Taiho SHIN
The Hanji-plastic Chair is made of 'Hanji' paper, a traditional Korean paper made from mulberry tree fibres that have a lifespan of over 1000 years. As the co-founder of Design Studio Maezm, he collaborated with artisans to produce this new material to replace toxic plastics in furniture manufacturing. The paper gives the chair its structure while a carbon fibre surface gives it its 'skin'.
Antler Stool by Minho LEE
The Antler Stool is part of the Antler Series, a range of furniture that explores the habits we display in everyday life, like throwing a jacket on the back of a chair. Each work in the series combines two functions in one product.
Exhibition 'Korea Design'
From September 22 to 25 2011
100% Design - London - Stand B60
tags: furniture, sustainable, project, exhibitions, leather, wood
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posted on July 12 by DesignAddict.
With Now! Le Off, a space open to young design and the avant-garde, Paris Design Week will make 1200 m2 of the Docks en Seine available to designers, to provide a 180 degree overview of the new French and international generation.
Bina Baitel 'Operio'
The young Parisian designer, associated with the Next Level gallery, will present a series of new furniture pieces. The Operio sideboard is a piece where the material’s fluidity draws on a solid an functional form.
Lamp by Jean Couvreur
In all, more than 60 designers will present their vision of the domestic world, from the most arty-ficial of Frederique Morel’s scenic incarnations, to the realism of free art projects, such as Pauline Deltour’s office accessories, the chinese designer Chenzu Sun’s seating system, lights by Jean Couvreur, Pool discovered at the Nouvelle Vague exhibition in Milan, or the surprising geometric Bistable shelves by Charles Kalpakian, who plays around with our blurred vision.
eliumstudio table 'Do it Yourself'
Initially conceived for L’Express magazine at the request of Marion Vignal, this series of simple tables will finally meet its public after having been put on hold. A table-top, lampshade support and colored cord to unify the whole, it can all be put together yourself! Eliumstudio, too often labelled as "designers of industrial products", demonstrates here a talent and sensitivity towards furniture with elegance and humour.
Glitch Fiction
A collective founded at the Royal College of Art, Glitch Fiction proposes scenery objects for an activist design. It is a border between fiction and reality as enjoyable as it is experimental, which enables the designers to explore fields such as genetic manipulation, biopolitics and the artificiality of nature. During Paris Design Week, Glitch will exhibit all their new projects by Austin Houldsworth, David Benque, Nicolas Myers, Facet, Thomas Thwaites, Nitipak Samsen, The Workers, Nelly Ben Hayoun et Good Wives and Warriors.
Pauline Deltour office accessories in aluminium
A young designer who went through the studios of Konstantin Grcic, Pauline Deltour is currently working with extruded aluminium to create a range of office accessories. Extrusion is the thermo-mechanical fabrication process through which a compressed material is forced through a mold of the piece being created. One can continuously produce a product of uniform shape, with no limitation of length or signs of deformity. She uses this process to obtain different elements from one form. Once the shape is extruded, it is cut on specific angles producing objects with very distinct silhouettes and configurations.
Paris Design Week
Now! Le Off
Docks on the Seine - 34 quai d’Austerlitz - 75013 Paris
September 12 to 18 2011
tags: furniture, project, lighting, events, exhibitions, new products
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posted on May 3 by DesignAddict.
In the collection designed especially for Galerie Gosserez, Piergil Fourquié explores the concept of balance, applied to the design of everyday objects. Through about ten objects, Piergil demonstrates: cantilever balance through the ‘Big Boss’ desk - dynamic balance with the ‘Partition’ shelf - group balance through the infinite number of ‘Totems’ compositions - balance of the suspended membrane in the ‘Bulles’ collection, etc.
‘Partition’ shelf
This shelf looks like a musical score; the lacquered metal crosspieces punctuate and give rhythm to the entire piece of furniture, graphically and sculpturally. The way to fix it provides great flexibility and gives each user the possibility of forming their own score depending on the interior dimensions and the objects that are to be put on it. The light oak shelves are superimposed one above the other and give the impression of levitating, an effect accentuated by the contrast of the delicate and multiple bars. Materials: oak and metal
Les Bulles (Bubbles)
Suspended glass balls weighted with marble ballast, this individual case will form a precious and transparent cocoon for personal objects. It can also be changed rapidly into an original and very elegant vase. ‘Les Bulles’ collection drew inspiration from laboratory glassware. They also explore the themes of landscape and micro-architecture, around the notions of balance, stability and space. Combining simple volumes, they stage fascinating microcosms which play on the contrasts between glass and stone. Materials: blown glass and Carrara marble.
‘Totem’ hall elements
Totem is a series of six objects that are usually found in the hall: a mirror, a set of occasional tables, a flower pot holder and a coat stand. This set welcomes visitors to a simple and refined environment, punctuated by the solid cast concrete pedestals which support very fine structures. The concrete base is the weight which holds each of the totems in equilibrium at different heights. Materials: oak and concrete.
The ‘Big Boss’ Desk
Drawing inspiration from architectural constructions using the cantilever principal, the lacquered metal skirt gives a solid volume on which the entire desk depends. This support contrasts with the light oak suspended top which juts out over an empty space. The choice of material is a metaphor for a ‘sports coupe’ car: the metallic exterior reflects the immediate environment and hides the user’s legs. The refined topstitched leather interior creates a warm protective cocoon. The elegance of the lines hides all that is to be hidden: computer cables, electric wires, drawer. Materials: oak; topstitched leather and metal.
Photos credit Maxime Champion
Exhibition: "Equilibres" by Piergil Fourquié
From April 28 to June 4 2011
Galerie Gosserez
Paris, France
tags: furniture, project, glass, exhibitions, wood
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posted on April 15 by DesignAddict.
"Nouvelle vague, the new French domestic landscape" is an exhibition with A+A Cooren, Ionna Vautrin, Pierre Favresse, Studio Nocc and Pool at the Milan Design Furniture Fair 'off'.
"Entitled Petite Friture, Moustache, Superette, Specimen and Goodbye
Edison. Punchy and easy to remember names chosen to stand out from the
plethora of new French furniture and objects producers. France has never
known such an entrepreneurial frenzy in the design world. In barely
three years, the French design market has seen more producers emerge,
but also design galleries (YMER & MALTA, Next Level Galerie, Fat
Galerie, Galerie BSL, Galerie Gosserez, etc...) than over the last ten
years.
'Rush' Chair by Studio Nocc - 'Hippo' Lamp by A+A Cooren (Vertigo Bird, 2011)
'Rush' is a chair that is entirely covered with straw using a traditional rushing technique. This technique, strongly associated in popular culture with traditional peasant furniture, is used here to trigger the memory of the childhood chair. The straw is transposed and expanded on the Rush chair to the point where it becomes the main element. Through this process, the memory is transformed into the essence of the chair. Thanks to the inner steel structure, the chair's overall shape is no longer restricted to the bulky aesthetic of the past; it appears light and aerial, maintaining the stiffness that the rushing technique affords. Photo credit : Benjamin Ledu
The 'Hippo' is a series of lamps attached on a magnetic spindle. The rounded glass volume with the reflective metal calyx stays stable by the pull of magnetism. Hippo is easy to set and change as desired by the user. It possesses a sculptural and modern presence with its soft and cozy diffused light. Photo credit : A+A Cooren
'Wryneck' side table by Pool
Borrowed from the forest, the trunk "Wryneck" uses both the craftsmanship of the veneer and industrial technology of the digital cutting to find its place in a domestic space,without renouncing its original state. Photo credit : Benjamin Ledu
"In very little time, their pioneering work, production,
and commercialisation of new object and furniture collections has
permitted a new generation of designers to stand out and become visible.
Their work has also given this new wave confidence. Now uninhibited,
polyglot and entrepreneurial, they take risks, auto-produce and are
opening out to the world. From amongst these numerous new faces, five
obviously outstanding are presented at this exhibition: A+A Cooren,
Ionna Vautrin, Pierre Favresse, Studio Nocc and Pool."
Floor lamp 'Forêt illuminée' by Ionna Vautrin
Two trees intertwined, an imaginary animal, a cloud hugging the ground ...
Composed of a luminous cocoon wearing two trunks of wood, this light awakens the imagination.
Two simple wooden cylinders extend as light masts on which lies a misty lampshade in tyvek. Photo credit : Ionna Vautrin
'Torii' stool by A+A Cooren
Inspired by the traditional Japanese Shrine gate, Torii is a comfortable stool made in Ash and Oak wood. The Torii can fit in any small space, and can also be used as an ottoman.
The shelf under the comfortable curved seat can be used as a useful storage space for magazines or books. Photo credit : Anthony Girardi
'Metal band' shelves by A+A Cooren
Inspired by a children's rubber-band toy gun, the wooden shelves are affixed to vertical tube legs by a large metal band. By combining the module elements, the height and width are easily customizable.
The vertical protruding part of shelf prevents books from falling sideways. Photo credit : A+A Cooren
Collection 'Perch' by Pierre Favresse
The Perch Collection consists of several pieces based on the same construction: a reading chair, coat rack, rocking chair, chair and desk with integrated light. With this collection I wanted to show a large family of functionalities working off the same principle. Colour scheme harmony was also an important part of the project with each colour “coded” for a different function, or specific place you would typically find the piece of furniture in your home. Photo credit : Benjamin Ledu
Exhibition: "Nouvelle vague, the new French domestic landscape "
Curator: Cédric Morisset
Centre Culturel Français
Palazzo delle Stelline
Corso Magenta 63
20123 Milano - Italy
From 12th to 17th April 2011 - from 10am to 7pm
tags: furniture, project, lighting, exhibitions, new products, wood
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posted on March 18 by DesignAddict.
'Tower of Nests' was the project presented by Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture for Evolo Skyscraper Competition. KKA presented a vision of a tower where humans and animals coexist. A building that aims to be a symbol; not of power nor wealth, but of a new era of harmony and interplay between nature and mankind.
Creating habitats for animals that have been driven out of their natural environments as a result of development. Creating vertical density within the city to reduce sprawl and commuting distances.
The development trend of contemporary metropolises is to increase the population density. This leads to developing cities vertically instead of horizontally. Although increasing the population per unit area of the city may reduce the daily commutes, it reduces the daily interaction of people with green spaces, animals and insects. This creates a gray, dull city and may increase stress and depression among the inhabitants. Moreover, the diversity of animals and insects will be reduced significantly. On the other hand, building parks, as a suitable place for animals, may not be economically feasible due to the land price. In the era of Green Architecture, where building sustainable is becoming commonplace, what if the collection of green buildings could go a step further and actually become a functional habitat for birds and wildlife?
To address all of these issues, we developed a new high-rise typology which is essentially integrating human and animal inhabitants in high-rise buildings. The design further elaborates a combination of rational, man-made apartments and natural, organic-formed bird nests on the facade of a skyscraper. Birds and insects are nature's premier architects, using a disarranged form to build functional homes in which to live, reproduce and care for their young ones. Recycling sticks, branches, grass and mud to construct their shelters, they are undoubtedly the first creators of Green Architecture.
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tags: sustainable, outdoor, contemporary architecture, project, competitions
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posted on March 9 by DesignAddict.
Belgian designer Arnaud Eubelen is presenting 'Try2Cycle' his new project of a progressive bicycle.
The object is designed for 2 to 5 years old children. The aim of the project is to learn to children, in a progressive way, how to ride a bicycle. It is to build at home by parents and their child.
At first, T2C is built in the tricycle mode. The child learns to move freely without having to balance. When he acquires insurance on his vehicule and begins to have more balance, T2C is transformed in the bicycle mode. A higher position, more suitable for his legs, is obtained by increasing the height of the saddle.
The piece which allows the conversion of tricycle to bicycle mode is
very easy to move. Once in bicycle mode, that piece is reused to keep
the bike fixed right once put away.
You can contact Arnaud Eubelen for more information: [email protected]
tags: toys, project, transportation, kids, wood
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posted on March 2 by DesignAddict.
The Chicago Clean Air Design Challenge is a regional design contest to address issues of air quality in two of Chicago's most affected neighborhoods- Pilsen and Little Village. Residents of Pilsen and Little Village live below two coal powered plants that regularly emit lead and other toxins into the air. High rates of asthma and other air-quality illnesses are pressing concerns for the residents of these neighborhoods and for much of Chicago. This is the critical environmental concern of the moment in your city and you are a designer.
What will you do about it?
They want to find out what designers in industrial design, graphic design, interior architecture, architecture, and public space design will envision to address issues of respiratory health, raising awareness, and improving overall quality of life for the people who live (and breathe) in neighborhoods nestled amongst the coal burning power plants.
They encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and submissions can come from a class, a group, a partnership, or an individual.
Goals of the contest:
• Use design to empower individuals through information, tools, spaces, etc to help them protect themselves while Fisk and Crawford continue to operate and until they are forced to shut down.
• Use design to raise awareness and mobilize individuals to take action.
• Use design to better educate people in the Pilsen and Little Village communities about the health effects of airborne contaminants caused by the coal plants.
• Use the contest and the exhibition/awards ceremony as a media event to raise awareness throughout Chicago about the negative impacts of the coal plants in Pilsen and Little Village.
The Air We Breathe will culminate in an exhibition of outstanding submissions and awards ceremony at a gallery in Pilsen.
More details at DesignMakesChange.com
Deadline: April 18 2011
tags: outdoor, project, competitions
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posted on January 25 by DesignAddict.
Korean designer Seongyong Lee presented his Plytube stool at imm Cologne.
Plytube is a new way of tubing wood using the same principal of making paper tube but with a process to harden the wooden tube. Plytube is very light (the weight of the stool is 820g) but strong and long lasting.
It is acceptable with all kinds of tooling and finishing for wood. The
diameter, thickness, colour, type of wood and even the section of the
shape can be customized.
tags: furniture, project, new products, wood
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