Hasta La Ideas

This year Designersblock is at Earls Court alongside 100% Design, which will be opening this Thursday. Here a little preview of what to expect from Designersblock this year. Pictured above:

Sustainable and energy preservation become a global issue, however consumption is incalculable, saving is often neglected through daily consumption. Rather than forcing people to consume less, thus depressing the using experience, Yan LU offers with his Poor Little Fish basin an emotional way to persuade consumers to think about saving water, by making consumption tangible. There is a traditional shaped fish bowl in the Poor Little Fish basin. While using, the level of water in the bowl gradually falls; it will go back to the same level once the water stops. Hence the consumer needs to consider the fish while using. Due to separated pipelines, the water that comes from the tap is pure and clean while the one in the bowl is not actually changing; no more water is wasted in this process.

One of the projects that KithKin is presenting is Whistle while you Wait by Celene Mcdowell: Tired of waiting for your tea to cool down? When you blow on your tea these ceramic cups will sing to you. The double walled design provides insulation and a crafty way of introducing sound as a fun diversion until your tea reaches its optimum drinking temperature.

Matthew Coombes will show his Non-therapeutic Tools of Grieving, aiming to encourage a discourse around the ‘awkward’ subject of grief. They are all based based on individual grieving experiences that he gathered through public engagement. From the process of collation and interpretation of this valuable information derived three final products. Featured above are the Single Tear Catcher and the Husband Stilts. The Single Tear Catcher came from the experience of shedding a solitary tear at a funeral. “My brother and father died when I was sixteen.Throughout the whole funeral shed a single tear. I guess that’s how I coped.” The Husband Stilts represents the physical loss of a loved one, the practical implications. “My husband always helped me reach things that were too high and lift things that were too heavy for me.”

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