Hasta La Ideas

Il designer inglese Max Lamb è una delle più belle scoperte che ho fatto durante il 2012. Max costruisce elementi di arredo di grandissima personalità; uso il termine costruire perché nel suo caso il designer è anche l’artigiano che realizza gli oggetti, utilizzando tecniche costruttive che connotano in maniera decisiva il risultato finale. Tutti i prodotti pubblicati nel sito di Max Lamb sono accompagnati da un’ampia galleria fotografica che mostra le fasi di lavorazione, così che diventa facile capire come, e perché, l’oggetto ha tale aspetto.
Un progetto che esemplifica bene questo solido approccio progettuale è la serie di tavoli triangolari Pewter, fabbricati con una lega metallica a base di stagno. I tavoli sono fabbricati in spiaggia perché il metallo allo stato liquido è versato in una cassaforma scavata a mano tra la sabbia da Max Lamb stesso. Per capire meglio il procedimento consiglio di guardare questo time-lapse video pubblicato su Youtube. Di solito le persone perdono le loro cose nella sabbia ma a volte, invece, si possono scovare dei tesori.

Octfalls est le nom de cette installation audiovisuelle réalisée par l’artiste japonais Ryoichi Kurokawa. Dans le cadre de la 54ème Biennale de Venise, il a imaginé l’insertion de 8 écrans à l’intérieur de l’Arsenale Novissimo sur lequel apparaissent des cascades d’eau. Un rendu très réussi à découvrir en vidéo.

Gotto love this gesture controlled Touch-speaker set. Just like fumbling through a jar full of candies, the interaction with the RAFL Wireless Speaker, brings home similar emotions. Pick through your favorite music through touch or the flick of your finger, the possibilities are endless.

RAFL Wireless Speaker is a 2013 iF Design award – concept design entry.

Designers: Studio Zebi & Kihwan Joo

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Stockholm’s Konstfack is among the university design departments that occupy the removed North Building of the Javits Center this ICFF, a more manageable—albeit somewhat sparsely populated—exhibition hall in contrast to the main floor of ICFF. Despite—or perhaps because of—the largely theoretical curriculum of graduate programs in Industrial Design, the 11 first-year Master’s candidates at Konstfack undertook a self-initiated project to actually make objects, which they first exhibited during Stockholm Design Week back in February. According to the Negative Space website:

What is a negative space?
Can it be framed by something other than matter?
Can a negative space be made tangible?

Ten explorations on the possible meanings of negative space showcasing new and intriguing perspectives. By shifting focus from matter to the space that it occupies, the designers have found new ways of working by investigating the relationship between objects and the surrounding space. Presented here are a series of individual interpretations of negative space, culminating in a fascinating interplay between form, memory, movement, light and time.

Insofar as the theme itself is intangible, the students took a broad range of approaches; even in the case of light, which might be considered an easy metaphor for space, the inspiration and execution varied significantly. Nevertheless, the overall aesthetic of the work is quite minimal, in keeping with both the theme and Scandinavian design language in general.

Unfortunately, the logistics of overseas travel and the tradeshow setting made for a somewhat attenuated exhibition—i.e. the convention center simply isn’t the ideal context for exhibiting the highly conceptual work. (I find that the Javits Center, for all its cavernous, harshly-lit real estate, is something of a ‘negative space,’ if you’ll excuse the pun.) In any case, the students were excited to be in New York—a first for many of them—and they were eager to share their work.

Daphne Zuilhof‘s “Spin” stool inspired friendly jealousy amongst her peers for it’s packability. It takes it name not from the English verb but for the Dutch word for ‘spider,’ where its collapsible legs delimit a volume that is a usable space.

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The Nenfa lamp takes inspiration from the shape of the lotus flower. The light structure grows from the ceiling, with each “leaf” suspended at a different height. The leaves are spread at random from the core, imitating the flowering pads. Composed of an impressive 21 discs, the lamp illuminates the space by reflecting light from one disc to another, creating multiple shadows. Flat LEDs are hidden in the upper part of the leaves, creating a visual illusion with regards to the source of the light.

Designer: Kutarq Studio

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