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October 15th, 2012 — Design
Inspired by the fact that porcelain shrinks when you bake it, Eindhoven-based designer Dave Hakkens decided to explore the material with his Shrinking Jug project. What began as a jug made out of various kinds of materials such as pulp, foam, and plaster, ended with a set of thirteen porcelain jugs and one interesting process to get there. The idea From the original jug, he made a mold, filled it with porcelain, and baked it. It shrank 14% in the process
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Shrinking Jug by Dave Hakkens
October 14th, 2012 — Design
The two Italian designers, Francesca Bonfrate and Alessandra Bove, that make up Bubble Design created an at-home gardening collection called Green Kit. The kit is made up of four separate components that include miniature greenhouses, climbing plant supports, and a folding surface to collect loose soil.
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Get Out! Green Kit Gardening Collection by Bubble Design
October 14th, 2012 — Design
Stuck Chair is a minimal design created by Netherlands-based designers Oato Design Studio . The firm was established by Stefan Tervoort and Pim Snijdoodt, both of whom are product designers that bring different aspects of their expertise into the field. The company stands for “one and the other,” which represents a focus on the expression of design and aesthetics, while maintaining a holistic approach to the actual process of design. The inspiration behind the chair was to take apart all of the basic elements of a chair, and then put them back as if they were simply stuck together. The resulting form is a design that makes every element of the chair have a leading role in the total structure. The designers love the fact that when people closely inspect the chair to look for additional supports, they won’t find any. The chairs are products with oak wood and powder coated steel.
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Skim Milk: Stuck Chair by Oato Design Studio
October 13th, 2012 — Design
.PSLAB was borne in Beirut in 2004 out of a desire to provide unique lighting solutions. As lighting designers and manufacturers of site-specific lighting products, .PSLAB follows a tailored approach, collaborating with architects to create customized lighting concepts that takes every element of the space into account. Products are manufactured in their own factory using high-end materials, and assembled by their team of artisans using hand executed techniques, imprinting the products with an artisanal feel. In addition to its Beirut headquarters, the company has offices in Bologna, Stuttgart, and Helsinki, with plans to expand into Singapore next. Let’s look at the team’s Friday Five to learn about their philosophy and inspirations
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Friday Five with .PSLAB
October 13th, 2012 — Design
Inspired by the lines of Shaker writing desks and the mid-century classic Swag desk by George Nelson, Ben Klebba of Phloem Studio designed the Laura Desk. The made-to-order desk has beautiful clean lines and handmade craftsmanship you won’t find with most companies. Built in your choice of the finest hardwoods, the design features three open cubbies to organize your papers, as well as two drawers that have fun shapes carved out of them to hold your various office supplies. There are even two cord ports hidden in the cubbies so you can hide your unsightly cords away.
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Mid-Century Nelson-Inspired Laura Desk by Phloem Studio
October 12th, 2012 — Design
Brompton Design District boasts a thriving community of independent creative businesses who come together for events like London Design Festival and offer some of the grass roots events that the festival wouldn’t be complete without. Squint have taken up residence at 1 North Terrace in the heart of Brompton and created what they describe as their “flagship emporium.” It was the explosion of color and pattern that you can always rely on founder Lisa Whatmough for. 4 Cromwell Place was a new venue for 2012; a 19th century double-fronted townhouse curated by Jane Withers. The first exhibition on entering the building was Vera Chapter Two , an interdisciplinary installation orchestrated by Kirsty Minns & Érika Muller, in which designers responded to the photo above and then creative writers responded to the resulting designs
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London Design Festival 2012: Brompton Design District
October 12th, 2012 — Design
Part of Singularité’s new releases, Watching The Ships Roll In is a beautiful sofa/bench designed by Marie Dessuant made of beech wood and removable cushions. Included in “The Bay” collection, this seating piece is Dessuant’s “personal interpretation of a seaside resort’s collective memory… Influenced by memories of touch such as the salt crackling on the skin, and by memories of states of mind like the strange distance holidays induce during the dense year of hard work.” Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2012 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime Derringer in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments
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Watching The Ships Roll In by Marie Dessuant for Singularité
October 11th, 2012 — Design
One of the highlights of designjunction was the Designers in Residence stand. Designers in Residence is a Northumbria University scheme for graduates that provides workspace, equipment and mentoring to selected alumni of the BA(hons) 3D Design course there. Graduates use the program to develop their professional practice before fully going it alone – and get the opportunity to exhibit at places like designjunction. There were three stand-out pieces; the first was Submariner, by Neil Conley , which launched at the show. The dim-able lamp was inspired by port holes, diving helmets and periscopes. It’s made from two pieces of bead-rolled steel held in place by two clamps.
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London Design Festival 2012: Designers in Residence at designjunction
October 11th, 2012 — Design
The London-based duo of CoWorks combined their architecture (Tom Brooksbank) and art (Allan Collins) backgrounds to create the DoReyMeFarSoLaaTiDoe collection of four geometric objects, one being the Me-Far Bowls . The eight, waxed copper bowls can nest together or be displayed apart. They can also be stacked in a variety of ways to create all kinds of neat configurations. Each bowl starts with the same triangular base and they gradually begin to close up the smaller the bowls go in sequence – they also get smaller in size. Each piece reflects off the others to make some seriously beautiful reflections.
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Me-Far Geometric Copper Nesting Bowls by CoWorks
October 10th, 2012 — Design
Polish design firm Melounge Studio has some pretty nifty stuff. Started by Marcin Laskowski, Melounge Studio creates furniture and also offers interior design services. Flow chair Crust table LRG chair Vector chair Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2012 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime Derringer in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments
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Angular Furniture from Poland by Melounge Studio