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Milan 2011: artists Studio Job will present this cabinet with an enormous bronze key in Milan next week.

Called Job Cabinet, the design is the first in a collection of office furniture by the artists for Dutch brand Lensvelt.

The cabinet will be on show as part of an exhibition of Lensvelt furniture curated by Studio Job at Spazio AG22, Via Alserio 22, Milan, from 13-17 April.

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The information below is from Lensvelt:

LENSVELT PRESENTS “JUST SOLUTIONS”

50th Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011

For the first time at the Milan Design Week, Lensvelt, the Dutch brand for contract furniture, is pleased to announce the FuoriSalone event “Just solutions” at spazio AG22, in Via Alserio 22, Milan.

The installation curated by Studio Job, presents the new “Job Office”, together with a selection of iconic pieces from Lensvelt collection, including the “Skull” by Atelier Van Lieshout and the “Krattenkast” by Mark van der Gronden.

Cabinets, lamps, tables and seatings perfect for home or office. Non-conventional solutions suitable for work, play, relax and creative spaces.

For the brand new collaboration with Lensvelt, Studio Job has developed “Job Office”: a concept solution for a new office furniture collection. The first piece, “Job Cabinet”, is ready to be unveiled in Milan.

The cabinet represents the perfect alchemy between the industrial product and the personal object: a standard metal cabinet, icon of mass production for office furniture, enhanced with a giant, polished bronze key!

From now on, you can keep your valuables in a “Job Cabinet”. To celebrate the debut of the new partnership between Lensvelt and Studio Job, “Job Cabinet” the first 35 pieces will be featured in a smart colorful edition with keys signed and numbered by Studio Job.

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Firmship 42 by Studio Job	Industry Series by Studio Job	The Last Supper by Studio Job

Milan 2011: Dezeen is supporting #milanuncut: an experimental, collaborative journalism project that aims to lift the lid on the design world to coincide with next week’s Milan furniture fair.

#milanuncut wants designers, journalists, manufacturers to engage in an honest discussion about the industry and answer questions such as: Do designers get a raw deal from brands? Are royalty deals unfair? Is the design world a slave to the media? Who makes all the real money? Are there better ways for designers to do business? Has design lost its idealism?

#milanuncut began last week as a hashtag on Twitter; journalists including Kieran Long, Max Fraser, Justin McGuirk, Julie Taraska and Dezeen’s Marcus Fairs started debating the kind of issues around design that rarely get spoken about; soon others including designers Yves Behar and Sebastian Bergne and many more joined in.

Since then London designers Zerofee have created a logo (actually two logos: a negative above and a positive below) that people can use when discussing #milanuncut online, print out and use as posters or stickers etc.

Dezeen is not the organiser of #milanuncut but we’re happy to act as a channel to disseminate people’s thoughts and questions.

Everyone can contribute to #milanuncut and follow the debate by:

* Using and following the #milanuncut Twitter hashtag

* Using the comments form at the bottom of this story

* Keeping an eye on our #milanuncut category, where we’ll post updates and links

* Posting material on your own blogs, social media etc

* Email us stuff you want us to publish. Use #milanuncut in the subject line; we can’t promise to publish everything sent in though

* Doing anything else you can think of!

We hope that after Milan, there’ll be plenty of fresh material that everyone can use in their follow-up articles, reviews and post-Milan conversations.

Milan 2011: Furniture designers BarberOsgerby will present this tilting chair for design brand Vitra in at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week.

Called Tip Ton, the polypropylene chair features a kinked bottom rail that allows the user to tilt it forward nine degrees.

The London designers will also present an office table called Map for Vitra.

Above image is by Marc Eggimann

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Here are some more details from BarberOsgerby:

Tip Ton

Tip Ton, a new chair designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and developed by Vitra in Switzerland will be unveiled at Milan’s Salone del Mobile Internazionale in April.

The name ‘Tip Ton’ hints at the characteristic dual-function seating experience which defines the chair. From a resting position it tilts forward until the sitter reaches a defined point in the forward position. The key element of this seemingly simple action lies in a 9 degree tilt created by the shape of the chair’s floor skids.

Above image is by Marc Eggimann

In the forward position the sitter moves closer to a table or desk while their spine remains straight. This sitting position, which until now has only been offered by office chairs, straightens the pelvis and spine and improves blood flow.

“We realised that creating dynamic movement in a chair can actually help a person’s concentration,” says Jay Osgerby. Research * shows that increased muscular activity in the abdomen and back regions can be beneficial to health because movement increases the flow of oxygen around the body which can aid concentration.

Above image is by Marc Eggimann

Tip Ton is made from 100% recyclable polypropylene and weighs just 4.5kg. “Durability, longevity and zero maintenance are key aspects,” says Edward Barber. “The chair is stackable and makes very little noise when moved around.”

“It is also virtually indestructible which makes it suitable for any environment,” adds Jay Osgerby.

Tip Ton’s qualities, including the forward tilt and stackability, are not obvious at first glance. However it is from these inherent characteristics that the chair derives its design credentials, energy and individual character.

“TipTon offers a new way of sitting – almost a new typology,” says Eckart Maise, Vitra’s chief design officer. “It’s a very dynamic way of sitting, which has proven physical and mental benefits, but it’s also fun because your movement occurs in an intuitive way.”

“It was very challenging to make because the design is much more complex than it appears,” he adds. “At Vitra we think it has turned out well because it’s an expressive chair, with a strong personality, yet it’s also very democratic because it is made in low- cost plastic.”

“The issue with chairs is that there are many ways to sit,” says Rolf Fehlbaum, Vitra’s chairman. “TipTon approaches the problem differently and, to my knowledge, is the first chair to do so. It offers two positions – a forward-leaning position and a relax position. All this happens without a mechanism – just with the ‘intelligence’ of a simple distortion built into the base.”

Hall 20 C05 / D04, Milan Fairgrounds
Exhibition open: 12 – 17 April 2011, 9:30am – 6:30pm

DezeenTV: Tip Ton and Map Table by BarberOsgerby

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Contemplating Monolithic Design by BarberOsgerby	Lanterne Marine by BarberOsgerby for Venini	IRIS by BarberOsgerby

Milan 2011: Vienna designer Marco Dessí will present a collection of furniture made from folded and tubular steel in Milan next week.

Called Dakar, the design for Italian brand Skitsch has a chair backrest made from one piece of sheet steel, curled round the tubular structure.

Table legs are constructed in a similar way, while the edges of the chair seat and table top are folded to appear draped over their frames.

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The information below is from Dessí:

Dakar

Marco Dessí’s new stackable aluminium chair Dakar is not just fun and ultra light, but also somewhat of a lesson in thoughtful construction. The design of the backrest which is made out of only one metal sheet demonstrates both, the stability and at the same time flexibility of the material when cleverly applied: Covering the tube metal legs of the chair like a dress, the bent metal sheet results in a backrest of grand stability, and still it gives way like a spring when you lean back. This all-metal chair is comfortable! And it comes in five well-selected colors or in combinations between these, thus leaving lots of room for individual taste.

The choice of material makes Dakar a light but extremely durable piece of furniture suitable for outdoors just as much as indoors. Like other designs by Dessí, it creates the impression as if it could be taken apart into its basic components within seconds. His constructive approach once more reminds us of earlier and more transparent stages of mechanization while being totally contemporary.

Manufacturer: Skitsch
Material: folded aluminium on tubular steel, powder coated

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Basket by Marco Dessí for Lobmeyr	Prater Chair by Marco Dessí	Alpha Blast by Marco Dessi

Italian lighting brand Fabbian will present a collection of pendant lamps covered in silicone tiles by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next month.

Called Roofer, the design comprises a series of wire frames over which users hang modular grooved components in graduated colours.

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Photographs are by Giulio Favotto.

Here are some more details from Hubert:

Roofer

Roofer starts from a production brief of creating a flexible module that can create the surface of a range of shaped pendant lamp structures.

Inspired by roof tiles found in Marrakesh a single ‘tile’ is used to clad various steel frame works. This allows for different shaped lamps to be created from a single tile. The consumer can build their own lamp from a framework and selection of different coloured tiles, allowing for customisation as the end user becomes part of the design process.

The tile is manufactured from a flexible silicon polymer which both allows the module to be formed around a compound curvature framework as well as allowing some light through its translucent structure.

The selection of a polymer is also inline with the high volume production involved in this type of repetitive element scheme.

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Paddle by Benjamin Hubert for Fabbian	Heavy Desk Light by Benjamin Hubert for Decode	Crane by Benjamin Hubert