Hasta La Ideas

100% Design has opened yesterday and I had a good look around (still counting the blisters on my feet). A very nice little show within this big one is, as every year, the work of the TEN collective. This year they present TEN XYZ – an exploration of their varied perspectives on the complex issues of sustainability within design using digital manufacturing technologies.

Pictured above is Tomoko Azumi’s Rooftop Tile Birdhouse and Chris Jackson’s plant watering warm bottle from his series of Digital Readymades.

Shown above are Steve Breadland’s Fruit Bowl and Salad Server (looking like robot arms in the attempt to make children eat more salad) as well as Gitta Gschwendtner’s wooden Off-Cut Seats.

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