By conducting research and experiments the Invertuals have transposed the theme of vulnerability onto contemporary designs. Balance, delicacy, curiosity and transience were sources of inspiration.
By conducting research and experiments the Invertuals have transposed the theme of vulnerability onto contemporary designs. Balance, delicacy, curiosity and transience were sources of inspiration.
“Almost unnoticed we have shaped a society without danger. Nevertheless things happen to us we can’t control. ‘Untouchables Retouched’ is a visual dialogue about re-balancing and re-valuating the beauty of vulnerability.” Dutch Invertuals is a collective of individual designers who are always in search of the limits of their profession.
They present pieces that reflect their contemporary viewpoints in images, objects, materials, insights and stories.
Participants: Daphna Laurens, Edhv, Mieke Meijer, Raw Color, Jetske Visser, Jeroen Wand, Maurizio Montalti, Kirstie van Noort, Susana Camara & Mike Thompson, Adrien Petrucci, Paul Heijnen.
What happens when you take 10 designers based in London and you leave them for one week…
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?
Arco presented the result of a weeklong workshop in the netherlands. The designers were challenged to create something out of wood that is completely different from the products in the existing collection. Even though the designers usually work individually, as a group they really bring out the best in each other.
more info on www.okaystudio.org/arcookay
Enlightened waste showcases the work of Thierry Jeannot and Gisela Stiegler. Both artists use waste packaging material…
Enlightened waste showcases the work of Thierry Jeannot and Gisela Stiegler. Both artists use waste packaging material to create unique light sculptures. By re-staging our unwanted material the designers demonstrate pure and genuine upcycling, reminding us to value and respect our resources and look at the possibilities for raw material afresh.
www.marionfriedmann.com
As part of the London Design festival the Vyner studio hosted the Barcelona meets London exhibition in the east of the town.
As part of the London Design festival the Vyner studio hosted the Barcelona meets London exhibition in the east of the town.
Recently designguide.tv was invited to cover the dmy berlin festival. We’d like to share the opening day impressions with you, and much more to follow the next few days.
Recently designguide.tv was invited to cover the dmy berlin festival. We’d like to share the opening day impressions with you, and much more to follow the next few days.
Charles Bukowski: ‘Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.’ Design as a creative discipline always floats between…
Charles Bukowski: ‘Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.’
Design as a creative discipline always floats between pure culture and an applied profession that fulfills industrial needs.
Our exhibition project emphasizes the experimental ‘making’-oriented cultural path of design. As every year, Milan is the best place to showcase these new concepts and researches. Our exhibition POETRY HAPPENS displays authentic, archetypal projects, prototypes and installations with a narrative design quality. Poetry as a headline gives every invited designer, architect and artist the freedom of his / her personal approach and interpretation of his / her work related to poetry.
Poetry transferred into the world of design can be:
The poetry of making by emphasizing the personality of the maker or the unique and individual strategy of the creator behind an object.
The poetry of collages combines readymades or parts, principles and mechanics of existing ‘everyday’-products into hybrid objects with a new life-cycle that, unlike standard industrial production, also shows signs of usage. The poetry of prototyping: process models, mock-ups and regular prototypes generate the story and evolution of creating – a narrative quality with often a bigger impact than the final product.
The poetry of materials and technology experiments is the engine of the continuous evolution of design. The history of design would be blank and just a formal discipline without the quantum leaps in materials and technologies.
The poetry of spaces and installations expands the pure object’s existence into space and environments which finally every object has to deal with.
The poetry of sustainability begins when design objects tend to achieve an archetypal long lasting quality with a maximal visual continuity: classic pieces and long runners in the market won’t absorb new resources.
text via www.poetry-happens.com
Creative director of Bocci, Omer Arbel, designed this bowl called Series 19. It’s produced by using an…
Creative director of Bocci, Omer Arbel, designed this bowl called Series 19. It’s produced by using an old technique called sand casting using recycled copper. Because it’s a quite rough method of casting metal, it creates an almost volcanic stone look to the outer edges whilst the center is carefully polished to a mirror like shine. The project launched in Milan at Rossana Orlandi.
Bocci commissioned this movie to show the making of series 19.
The other hemisphere was a great looking exhibition curated by Sarah K. The works were inspired by…
The other hemisphere was a great looking exhibition curated by Sarah K. The works were inspired by the other hemisphere theme, and to really understand the works you needed to touch, look and think, putting your mindset in another place as it were. But of course the ‘make it look pretty’ appeal is the first thing to draw you in.
We do a brief talk with Flynn Talbot who created a simple looking-glass ball of light, half in darkness. He’s actually a furniture designer turned lighting designer and is now working from Berlin. Watch the video to see what X+Y is all about.
And of course, more info on theotherhemisphere.com
Can craftmanship go together with design? Thats a question many have asked and this exhibition explores it…
Can craftmanship go together with design? Thats a question many have asked and this exhibition explores it by combining six international designers with Italian artisans. This limited edition of pieces took a closer look at craft traditions, materials and care of high-quality finishings combined with the talents of the designers.
Featuring work by Giorgio Biscaro, Oscar Diaz, Takuya Matsuda, Pedrita, Zaven, Matteo Zorzenoni with the artisans: Carbu, La veneta, Sartori Marmi, Vanzo Ferro Battuto, Pietro Viero.
more info on www.editionofsix.com
Dave Keune presented his Standard Primitives collection at Ventura Lambrate in Milan. The main idea behind the…
Dave Keune presented his Standard Primitives collection at Ventura Lambrate in Milan. The main idea behind the collection is that parts such as the lamp head are interchangable with other pieces of the collection. Standard Primitives brings a more personal approach to furniture while keeping its shapes strong and well, primitive.
Dave also made a wonderful newspaper to explain his new collection but unfortunately Ryan air told me it was just too heavy to bring on the plane (at least they saved a few liters on fuel).
This renaissance inspired, pendulum drawing machine was on display at Mindcraft 11, the Danish crafts exhibit at…
This renaissance inspired, pendulum drawing machine was on display at Mindcraft 11, the Danish crafts exhibit at ventura lambrate. The machine has a installation type appeal that will draw (in the right artistic hands) the most amazing rhythmic pen drawings.
Drawingmachine is a construction involving two pendulums, each suspended from a tower construction and connected through “drawing arms” and moveable joints. A ballpoint pen resting on a drawing surface covered with paper is mounted at the point where the pendulums come together. The pendulums are set in motion by hand, and their movements are represented on the paper. The movements of the pendulums affect the entire room, and the experience engages the beholder’s body. While the rhythmic repetitions cause the beholder to pause, the drawing emerges on the paper.
The technique of using weights and pendulums was invented in the Renaissance and applied in the so- called Harmonograph. Eske Rex is interested in the machine as a sculpture in space, a constantly changing mobile. In addition, the universe in the drawings is interesting by virtue of their spatial, textural, temporal qualities – a never-ending experiment where it is impossible to produce two identical drawings.
More information on the artist can be found on: www.eskerex.com
Cars served as bar tables while guests enjoyed the Duvel beer and the emotional objects on display…
Cars served as bar tables while guests enjoyed the Duvel beer and the emotional objects on display at the Achilles is watching us exhibition. A video of the story behind the exhibition will follow soon. But we thought it would be nice to share the party pics today.
more info on the exhibit: http://www.aiwu.eu
Established and Sons launch their new collection at a new space here in Milan.
Established and Sons launch their new collection at a new space here in Milan.
In a reaction to the digital landscape of our lives, Li Edelkoort curated the exhibition Talking Textiles…
In a reaction to the digital landscape of our lives, Li Edelkoort curated the exhibition Talking Textiles at the Gianfranco Ferre showroom in Milan. With works by Maarten Baas, BCXSY, BLESS, Bokja, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Nacho Carbonell, Kiki van Eijk, Ora-ïto for Stepevi, Studio Job in collaboration with the Audax Textielmuseum Tilburg,Hella Jongerius for Maharam, Claudy Jongstra, Dominique Kieffer for Rubelli, Maarten Kolk and Guus Kusters, David Lynch in collaboration with Raphael Navot, Christien Meindertsma, Ulf Moritz for Sahco, Raw Edges, Scholten & Baijings, Inga Sempé for Moustache, and Paul Smith for Maharam, among many others.
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more info on http://www.trendtablet.com/?p=4155
A video about the collection Ready-Made; a series of shots to show how the fabrics react while…
A video about the collection Ready-Made; a series of shots to show how the fabrics react while moving.
Ready-Made is a collection of materials in basic shapes. It’s a concept that’s all about the production process; a new way of making filled clothing using the production technique that has been used to produce mattresses. Using this technique in a different way makes it possible to create pattern pieces for garments that will come out of the machines filled, thick and with sewing allowance ready to be put together.
Director & Creations: Borre Akkersdijk
Camera & Light: Robert Andriessen
Assistant Camera & Grip: Steven willemsen
Production: Robert Andriessen
Make-up & Hair: Ben Lingen
Models: Loraine, Sander, Leila, Irene, Eveliene & Steven
music: Gonzales – Manifesto, Moriarty – Jimmy
Special thanks to: Textiellab Tilburg, Innofa, De Buffel, Horka, MLY, Kop & Staart, Mounttec, First impression.
