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Contrastând prin finisajul de pin alb, cu brațele brune de nuc, înclin să cred că fotoliul Knock Down creat de duo-ul Inoda + Sveje a fost highlight-ul expoziției. Și asta nu numai prin postură, modul de îmbinare al materialelor și confort, ci și datorită faptului că am reușit cu greu să prind un moment de “liniște” pentru a-i face câteva poze. Curioșii cereau informații despre obiect și fiecare vizitator îi dădea târcoale, atingându-l și privindu-l cu jind. Cu toții ni l-am imaginat la noi în living.

Sub semnătura japonezului Murasawa Kazuteru, pe fotoliul M l-aș putea descrie ca fiind generos și surprinzător de confortabil pentru un somn de după-amiază. Fără a avea prea multe de ascuns, designerul a lăsat intenționat la vedere îmbinările metalice. Un detaliu ce diferențiază fotoliul M față de toate celalalte piese produse sub egida Miyazaki…

Poate cunoscătorii au constatat o subtilă asemănare cu scaunul Colombo creat de Matthew Hilton pentru De La Espada și inspirat de stilul anilor ’50. Reputația designerilor Kyoko Inoda și Nils Sveje a crescut odată ce piesa DC09 a câștigat premiul IF product design în 2011. Contemporan și tradițional ca și producție și design, scaunul DC09 combină iscusința prelucrării materialelor și metoda contemporană de producție cu ergonomia și estetica impecabilă.

Încă din 1969, compania Miyazaki (cu sediul în Tokushima, Japonia) produce piese de mobilier realizate din lemn de cea mai bună calitate.

“We use good quality timbers for chairs. They are dehydrated by artificial drier after a few years natural dryness. After that, we wait till the woods’ moisture restores to 12% naturally for prevention of the wood bend and twist. You can choose your favorite wood type from oak, maple, walnut, black cherry, teak, etc. We use beeswax made with 100% natural ingredients for finishing every wooden chair. This wax makes the wood breathe, so that you can enjoy the touch of natural wood.”

Nici noi nu am fi putut să descriem mai bine metoda de lucru…

Link — Miyazaki Chair Factory

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Raftul Plug semnat Steffen Kehrle are un sistem foarte interesant de îmbinare a elementelor verticale cu polițele prin inserare. Datorită fineții detaliilor de îmbinare, elementele raftului se pot asambla și dezambla cu ușurință, fără scule, șuruburi sau clei. Realizat din lemn masiv de frasin sau stejar.

Unit Shelf este un raft aproape simplist desenat de către talentatul designer belgian Marina Bautier. Reprezintă un soi de kit de construcție, asemeni unui set Lego, ce consistă din elemente verticale de perete, polițe, elemente de fixare și alte accesorii pentru agățat haine sau pentru birou. Totul construit perfect din lemn masiv.

Frame Seat este un fotoliu ultra-ușor și confortabil, imaginat de către Florian Hauswirth și care beneficiază de o construcție neobisnuită: se pornește de la îmbinarea a trei profile care se stabilizează reciproc. Totul este asamblat manual.

Am lăsat la urmă modelul meu preferat, creația belgianului Sylvain Willenz: Profile Chair. În ciuda aparenței, coloanele verticale ce formează picioarele și spătarul nu sunt construite din lemn masiv, ci din tuburi de bumbac îmbibat cu rășini (tehnică folosită în producția de echipamente sportive) ce sunt furniruite cu un strat subțire de frasin. Elementele conectoare sunt din lemn masiv iar șezutul și spătarul din placaj curbat. Rezultatul este un scaun ultra-lejer, stivuibil și disponibil în patru finisaje diferite.

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“This led us on to the idea of co-operating with craftsmen in poorer parts of the world, thus highlighting their handicraft and their cultural tradition and perhaps, in the long run, contribute to creating more work for the local craftsmen. When design and craftsmanship meet, we hope to create more attractive products for which you can charge more reasonable prices so that the local craftsmen get a fairer share than what is often the case.”

Without lingering anymore, they managed to get in contact with Furntech, South Africa’s Centre of excellence for the furniture industry, and their project, Forbidden Fruit, was accepted. To have a better knowledge and image of what they would have encountered in South Africa, they studied the wealth of traditional handicraft. Furthermore, they established contact to a ceramics studio called The Potter’s Workshop, whose work they found highly inspiring, and met different metal workers who really enjoyed the idea of working with them.

You can see the final outcome in the picture below, really fresh from head to toe…

As for the Superheroes – not an action movie, nor a Marvel comic book – the things flew much easier. Desiring to continue exploring the culture and craftsmanship of other countries, this time, Mattias and Tor headed to Vietnam. With the support of a Vietnamese furniture company called UMA, they were able to visit various artisans.


Observing the craftsman method to create small bowls by fixing paper thread around rolls of seagrass, 
the designers decided to personalize and scale-up the dimensions of this craft technique into furniture pieces.

And so, with the help from seagrass and plastic weavers in Ho Chi Minh city in Southern Vietnam, they have produced the collection Superheroes.

Presented for the first time at DMY Berlin 2011, the shade and the stool series are in production and available at UMA in Vietnam.

While most of the world is still wondering whether the design is all about conceptualizing and creating products for a consumer society without involvement at a deeper level, the Swedish duo is getting on with mixing up traditional craft techniques with contemporary design. Mattias Rask and Tor Palm strive to work with exotic artisans, this way creating objects with a story behind them, objects to remember and fall in love with. And now, all we have to do is wait and see what is their next check-point on the world’s map.

Forbidden Fruit, South Africa

The pendant lights feature ceramic shades that have been painted with tiny details representing strawberry pips. Above them, the cords are fitted with layers of colorful discs made out of lacquered wood.

Last Fruit Standing is the name of the adjustable floor lamp, which presents the same hand-decorated ceramic shade and a massive wooden rear. Its foot is also made out of wood and the cord is stitched to its length.

The Forbidden Fruit sideboard presents a yellow-painted drawer with massive wooden front.The legs are fixed in some grooves underneath the drawer, which make the mounting easier and the sideboard stable

The stool is made out of the same materials as the sideboard, and it has four metal legs that slot into grooves on the bottom side of the seat. Therefore, there is no need for screws and fittings.

Superheroes, Vietnam

The stools have an internal metal frame in which rolls of dried seagrass are wrapped to create the structural form.

The pendant lamp, a vibrant design that merges Vietnamese crafts with Scandinavian design.

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The Potter’s Workshop
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Take into consideration the fact that the oak is the only used material. No matter how traditional and reminiscent of the past this collection can look, the pieces’ design is the thing that stands-out of the crowd.
Every single item of the Oak. collection deals with the design of the furniture piece with a hint of humor while considering, the function, the form and the usage of each of them.
The whopping cookie drawer with the tall legs, and a small drawer for its size tries to restrain us from our sugar-tooth temptations.

The bench, on the other hand invites the lonely, with the linear back seat, yet supports the many which can sit and share the bench.

The wardrobe is designed in such manner so that it leaves the clothes exposed, it allows each user to create his/her style and be inspired. The versatile wardrobe will change as the seasons change: the density of the wardrobe, the materials will be different, and so will the colors. It truly reflects the personality of its ‘master’.

The sideboard is defined by space and the context which it will enclose. More precisely, it includes a drawer, far too deep to reach its back. A metaphor of the classic traditional sideboard, the length that it presents when opened greatly limits its placement within a room.

The grandfather clock is there, overlooking upon us to remind us that time flies as the clock ticks and that we should make wise usage of it!

Last but not least, the small chair and the frame encased desk acts as the ‘framework’ for our thoughts and ideas.

The project was presented at Designersblock Milano 2011, Ventura Lambrate. All seven items of the Oak. collection are shaped of American oak sponsored by WBP Trading AB, finished with Herdins AV wax oil and executed by cabinetmaker Ali Atie.

The participants are 
Amanda Österlin La Mont, DeeDee Kim, Elin Stavenow, Filip von Hauswolff, Gregory Hayter, Hanna Johansson, Jesper Nord, Karl Jönsson, Karl-Otto Saarman, Matthijs Braakman, Moses Kang, Mirko Ihrig, Olli Hirvonen, Patrik Eriksson, Piotr Szpryngwald, Rami Santala, Sandra Lundberg, Wang Huilong. Good job, all 18 of you!

Lund University, School of Industrial Design

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The “Accordion Cabinet” is the result of collaboration between designer Elisa Strozyk and artist Sebastian Neeb. The piece of storage furniture is composed of an exterior layer of wooden textile, 
made from lamellas of various veneers that have been folded in a manner similar 
to that of an accordion. Each of the laser cut pieces of wood are fixed to a textile base (such as lycra) by hand. The combination of materials presents the wood as having 
a flexibility similar to that of a piece of fabric. The accordion wraps around a rectangular base and hides shelves within when pulled shut. Combining slim legs with a voluminous body the two designers created a piece of furniture with its very own character, something you can emotionally relate to. This way, they aim for a longer lasting relationship between object and user.

The product fits nicely whether in a minimalist or a traditional interior. Its dimensions (163 x 100 x 43 cm) are definitely to be considered when planning the decorating elements for your room. With its unique shape, it is surely a furniture piece that stands out. Furthermore, it has been awarded first place in the 2011 Premio Salone Satellite Awards as part of Milan Design week.

Elisa Strozyk
Sebastian Neeb

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Stool represents a stackable stool made in turned metal and ash legs.

Layer is a stackable chair made from solid wood and lasercut aluminum sheets in different warm colours.

Sliced, an easy chair inspired by a classic Windsor Chair.It is made out of bended wood and solid ash.

Workshop, a beautiful table lamp made of untreated ash, where the cord is hidden inside the steam bended arm. The base is in metal and shade in aluminum. With the brass screw you can adjust the height on the arm. The shade is easy to be moved along the arm with the leatherband.

The Finnish Blood in Me represents “a collection where material and detail are in focus. Nothing strange or conceptual, just memories and function…” claims the designer.

Sami grew up in Finland and, now, he works as a freelance designer in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sami Kallio Studio

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Trap Light proposes a radical new approach to lighting design. The lamp makes use of the high-quality Murano glass and it utilizes photoluminescent pigments to capture escaping light, this way converting waste energy back into visible light.

“It becomes both shade and light source, emitting, absorbing, and re-emitting light. 30 minutes ‘charge’ of recycled light from a traditional incandescent or LED light bulb provides up to 8 hours of ambient lighting.”

The designers want to illustrate the fact that, by combining traditional production methods with some fresh modern ideas and a drop of creativity, they can create “a new lightning experience whilst making the most of energy”.

Finally, when the lights are off and ambient darkness occurs, let Trap do its magic and freely glow.

Trap Light Save Energy
Gionata Gatto
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The designs by Kirsti Taiviola have a detailed and sophisticated touch. The optics and the liquid nature of glass are the main sources of inspiration in her designs.

“Transparency and optics are the most inspiring qualities of glass material. I enjoy working with clear glass because it has a fascinating illusion of immateriality in it. When working with glass I merely work with light as the shape of an object forms out of reflections and refractions on the object’s surface. The biggest challenge was trying not to repeat the reflection patterns.”

“Although there is a pre-mould used in the manufacturing process, it’s hard to control the exact texture on the glass surface. When the texture changes a little, the projection changes more. I had to study which type of mold to use and how to control the glass blowing process so that it’s possible to create exactly the right texture on the glass surface every time.”

Taiviola always wants to develop a selection of different textures that would add variety to the projected patterns. When talking about previous projects based on the same technique, Aarre and Illusia are two other masterpieces of the Swedish designer.

Kirsti Taiviola graduated from The University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2001. Before starting her company SULA design in 2004 she has worked with glass as a freelance designer, craftsman and a research assistant. Currently, she is also a lecturer, teaching at The University of Art and Design in Helsinki.

Kirsti Taiviola
SULA

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Aro is a centerpiece as well as a statement, designed by Miguel Vieira Baptista

Bote is a water floater designed by Big- Game for bathtub fun time

Created by Fernando Brízio, Furo is not fulfilled being just a bowl. It also becomes a drawing device once you slide it over a sheet of paper

The Gelo ice bucket was designed by Filipe Alarcão and its materials, cork and plastic, are totally sustainable and recyclable

Lasca, a collection of cork and laquered MDF tables designed by Marco Sousa Santos

Par, the salt & pepper shakers with a design signed by Nendo

Impermeable to liquids, these two bowls are named Parte and are another creation of Nendo

Pinha, a lamp designed by Raw Edges, which consists of a cork outer shell to which one or more ultra resistant Tyvek paper shades are fastened

Designed by Daniel Caramelo, Pino is a freestanding, dual-purpose object: memo board and voodoo doll, to strike back at those on your hit list

Rufo, a collection of silent drums, was designed by Studio Pedrita especially for young percussionists to entertain them, but in the mean time keeping the peace with parents and neighbours

Senta, by Fernando Brízio, is a pack and carry stool you can assemble and use anywhere

With a fixation system thats is both straightforward and flexible, Torno is a detachable shelf created by Inga Sempé

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