eindhoven

this work is a chest of drawers and a bookshelf in one piece. guy keulemans, who did his masters in humanitarian design at the design academy, wanted to ‘presents an inversion of aesthetic function’ in his research project. his project is also on exhibition at the graduation galleries 2009 till October 25th.

eindhoven

just got back from the dutch design week. on saturday I joined the press tour and went to the graduation galleries of the design academy. here is something from the man and well-being department:

yoeri treffers’ inflatable void, a blow-up space made of tyvek, comes in first. the ‘void’ is inflated within 20 seconds by a fan hanging from the ceiling. the fabric adapts to the surrounded objects and can be used in various rooms. basically it allows you to create your own private space, in any space.

outside

inside

yoeri treffers helps the man to get out

eindhoven

this weekend is all about dutch design. I am going to eindhoven to spend some time with rose etherington from dezeen and robert andriessen from designguide.tv. a quote from robert: ‘we go for the freebies’. yes, we like the free nibbles and refreshments.

london design festival

‘three yet one’ is an exhibition by london-based parallel projects. the idea was to show how the media affects our understanding of design. a writer and a photographer were invited to demonstrate the work from their personal point of view. the text and the image were displayed during the london design festival as an addition to the product.

this is a clever idea which dezeen shows in detail. I just present my usual suspects without showing the picture + text of the invited writer and a photographer.

table/bench/plinth by jonathan legge

cappello della luce by henny van nistelrooy

fast track light by oscar diaz

paper-pulp by debbie wijskamp

london

london-based gallery fumi placed a competition this year with two design schools, rca london and ecal lausanne/haute école d’art et de design.

the intention was to design a mirror, defined in the brief as ‘an object which enables reflection’. one of the winners was anurag etchepareborda, ma product design student at ecal.