'101i bicycle' by Vesa Jääskö for Helkama Velox (2005)
'Aki Choklat for Lahtiset' by Aki Choklat for Huopaliike Lahtinen (2009)
What is luxury today? Design Forum Finland’s summer exhibition studies modern varieties and phenomena of luxury. “Luxury” has traditionally referred to opulence, abundance and rare expensive products and designer brands. Today's luxury products emphasize above all good design and their focus is shifting from the objects as such to their different, and even surprising, contexts.
'Nokia Ltd Edition city rubber boots' by Nina Auren & Nokian Jalkineet team for Nokia (2007-2008)
'Puro bathtub' by Arup Product Design for Durat (2007)
'Sense Light Swing' by Alexander Lervik for Saas Instruments (2005)
'Suunto Lumi Florette wristop computer' by Elizabeth Salonen for Suunto (2006)
The concept of luxury has become enmeshed in our everyday lives, while at the same time it is continuously changing. Luxury is being associated more and more with personal choices and traditional, time-consuming skills of the hand and natural, ecological materials but also with new technological applications. Information on the designer and maker, and the working process, makes products unique and desirable.
'X-Frame coffee table' by Tapio Wirkkala for Artek (1958, relaunch 2008)
'Koti dining table' by Saara Renvall for Lundia
Luksus 09 Exhibition from June 12 to - August 30 2009 Design Forum Finland, Erottajankatu 7, Helsinki
Not all digital watches are the same, especially not this one: Michael
Young's PXR-6. By mixing simple utility and good design, Michael Young
has unveiled one of the most stylish no-nonsense digital watches of our
time.
Unhappy with what was out there, Michael wanted to make available something modern that would adjust to user's moods and appeal to both sexes. The PXR-6's functions are simple, displays date & time, designed to be attached with quick velcro bracelets. The time and date are set in a black background, encased in your choice of polished/brushed stainless steel, black or gold setting.
To celebrate the ending of his 'Glow in the Dark' tour, Nooka gave 15 Zub watches in a special glow-in-the dark finish to rap artist Kanye West. There will also be a limited edition of the glow version available for purchase in August.
Nooka is the brainchild of artist and designer, Matthew Waldman. Initially licensed to Seiko in 1999, the Nooka Zoo enjoyed critical acclaim in the select markets it was released. No longer associated with Seiko, Nooka Inc. now produces the line truthful to Matthew's original vision.
The linear and graphic representation of time with Nooka watches presents a more intuitive way to view time. The Nooka watches display hours and minutes as a progression of dots or rows.
Denis Guidone is the winner of the international design competition Adamo Eva.
'Ora Unica' wishes to be a provocative clock; its aesthetical principle is inaccuracy. Lack of discipline, a childish and irrational gesture to define time, which is precision and rationality. The hour and minute hands are represented by a single line drawn on two circular faces, which turn one inside the other. Both faces together resemble a graphical gesture, a doodle that changes as time passes.
The jury was composed by Alessandro Mendini, Arnaldo Pomodoo, James Wines, Ed Carpenter, Carmelo Strano and Philippe Samyn.
British manufacturing company Established & Sons has become renowned for its original approach since its first launching during the Milan Furniture Fair in 2005. They are constantly looking to innovate and their intention remains today just the same as it was then - to produce the highest quality furniture designs and work with the very best emerging design talents as well as established contemporary designers.
Here are some of the new designs that have been launched at this year's Milan fair.
'Crate series' by Jasper Morrisson
'Torch' by Sylvain Willenz
'Frame' by Wouter Scheublin 'Pole Light' by Paul Cocksedge
The variations are a popular exercise in all forms of art, visual as much as musical. In the field of design, the clocks by George Nelson and the designers from his studio are one of the rare examples of a line of products that seems infinite.
Some brilliant hunters in our Forum decided to gather a maximum documentation about them. As passion doesn't have any limits, they overflowed this initial subject by digging out clocks created by other talented designers.
The contents is so rich that it was divided into different threads... and the quest is not over.
What will be the next subject of research? Jens H. Quistgaard's pepper mills? It would be a beautiful homage to this great designer who recently disappeared.
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