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Yearly Archives: 2009
peter marigold: particular woodworker
okaystudio: the studio
okaystudio is a design collective of former royal college of art students. all of them were studying design products at the college and after graduating they still wanted to share the same workspace. I had the chance to go and see their london-based studio in stoke newington and meet some of the members. more about 2 of the members and their assistant ;-) in the upcoming days.
the collective consists of:
tomás alonso/spanish
jordi canudas/spanish,
peter marigold/british
ed swan/british
oscar narud/norwegian
yael mer and shay alkalay/Israeli
mathias hahn/german
hiroko shiratori/japanese
jorre van ast/dutch
main hall in the old factory building
office area
entry to office area
‘table objects’ for the dinner of the design musem london
‘table objects’ for the dinner of the design musem london
tord boontje: speakers
if I wouldn’t know what technical approach is hidden behind this ‘thing’ I would just say that it looks awful. but the ‘allegro crescendo’ (means lively and becoming louder) speakers by studio tord boontje are a scan of micro-scale objects put together to a functional cover. they are on display at the metropolitan works, creative industries centre in london, exhibition called ‘digital explorers’.
studio tord boontje has scanned real flowers, leaves and insects by using 3d scanning technology like non-invasive 3d scanning to capture the form of the original objects and direct metal laser sintering (dmls) to manufacture the pieces. for all that I still have an aversion to flower ornaments but I give them my credits for the diversity of innovative processes.
nickel plated nylon, stainless steel
some more pictures here
atelier nl: clayorama
matthew plummer-fernandez:
let it drop
young royal college design student matthew plummer-fernandez has made another installation for the selfridges window display in london.
4 containers with coloured ink are hanging at the ceiling and droping the fluid on the white rods. I have been listening to portishead‘s roads while standing in front of the window. it gave me peace of mind.
unfortunately there was not much ink
on the columns when I took the pictures
see more about matthew here
see more pictures here
rolf sachs: case-cage
oh, I forgot to put in my favourite from the ‘prototypes and experiments’ show at london’s aram gallery. its an quite old project by london-based designer rolf sachs – an likeble concept of bags.
suit-cage and lug-cage by rolf sachs, 1997
maple leaf and merino felt
aram gallery: show me how you made it
‘prototypes and experiments’ (2nd edition) is the name of a current exhibition at london’s aram gallery the show features prototypes from various designers. there were also some drawings and sketches from the designs but unfortunately not so many than I expected. I mean, an exhibition called ‘prototypes and experiments’ should show more about the process of the design, shouldn’t it?
table lamp by tomas kral, 2008
cnc milled aggolomerated cork with hand blown glass
cassette table by fran santos and caterina fadda, 2006
mdf for the top and solid-wood planks for the base