Strong storytelling plays a vital role in the work of Klára Šumová. Through her interior objects of various typologies and scales, the designer explores poetry and stories in design. Šumová debuted several years ago with her…
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Dezeen Watch Store: a selection of men’s watches from the new military-inspired collection by Nixon are now available at Dezeen Watch Store.
The new collection includes The Corporal SS, a hardwearing, stainless steel timepiece with bold, military-inspired indices that are designed to be read at a glance. The large 48-millimetre case is finished with a raised bezel and a hardened mineral crystal lens.
Designed with everyday wear in mind, The Sentry SS has a solid stainless steel case with a screw-down case back and spring pin lugs. Other features include a day and date window, applied hour indices and printed second markers.
The final watch in our collection is The Qutaro, which has a distinctive brushed stainless steel checkerboard strap. The motif is repeated on the 36-millimetre square dial; the alternating textured finish adds depth to the timepiece. A stainless steel case, applied hour indices and a gasket crown complete the watch.
Each watch comes with removable links, allowing the strap to be adjusted to fit the wearer.
Nixon is a California-based lifestyle brand specialising in watches, accessories and audio products and was founded by Andy Laats and Chad DiNenna in 1997. The duo wanted to create durable watches that could be worn during active outdoor pursuits, including skating, skiing and surfing.
Shop the full Nixon collection.
You can buy all of our watches online, and you can also visit our watch shop in Stoke Newington, north London – contact us to book an appointment.
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A flat-pack wooden bicycle that can be assembled in less than an hour has gone into production (+ slideshow).
PedalFactory claims the Sandwichbike can be unpacked and put together in just 45 minutes. “If you can make a sandwich, you can make a Sandwichbike,” the company declares.
The single-speed bike is constructed from 19 parts that are packaged and delivered in a box along with the tools required to assemble it.
The frame is made from panels of weatherproofed beech plywood and is held together by milled aluminium cylinders.
Stainless steel spokes sit within the 26-inch tyres. The completed model weighs 17 kilograms.
Pedalfactory was co-founded by designer Basten Leijh, who originally developed the bike with his Amsterdam design studio Bleijh for the 2006 International Bicycle Design Competition in Taiwan.
The bikes are now available to order and the first deliveries in Europe will coincide with the official launch event, taking place in Amsterdam on Sunday. International orders will be dispatched early next year.
Read on for more details from the designers:
Product launch Sandwichbike: innovative designer bike now in production
The Sandwichbike will be launched in Amsterdam on Sunday 1 December 2013. This innovative wooden bicycle that already drew unprecedented attention worldwide in the design stage is now being shipped.
After a period of extensive research and development the bicycle has now gone into production. The Sandwichbike can be delivered worldwide from December 1, 2013 onwards. The prototype was recently exhibited at various fairs and websites and was an instant hit among bicycle lovers and design.
The Sandwichbike is a unique product on all fronts: material, design and production method. Its distinctive frame is composed of two weatherproof beech wood panels. Its advanced production technology makes self-assembly easy while a high quality standard is maintained.
Postal package
The bicycle is flat packed in a box containing the parts as well as all the tools needed. This creates a great unpacking experience. For enthusiasts, putting the bicycle together is part of the charm and the logistical benefits are huge as this enables worldwide delivery. Anyone from Amsterdam to Honolulu can receive a Sandwichbike by post.
Assembling a Sandwichbike is easy and takes less than an hour. “If you can make a sandwich, you can make a Sandwichbike.”
Pedalfactory
The Sandwichbike is a Pedalfactory B.V. product. Co-founder Basten Leijh (also: Bleijh Industrial Design Studio) designed and developed this bicycle. Leijh is an expert on bicycle design and innovation. Among many other product innovations Leijh developed a city-bicycle that could be locked by twisting the handlebars.
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Designer Ross Lovegrove will present a series of 3D-printed 18 carat gold rings at Design Miami next week.
Lovegrove has created six rings, each of which will be produced in an edition of ten. The series, called Foliates, will be presented by the Louisa Guinness Gallery at Design Miami.
“These rings and this collection appear is as if the very last virgin leaves of a tree or plant have unfurled from one’s hand so that there is a relationship between the finger and the leaf, the gold appearing from the delicate void that I find so feminine and sensual and unattended,” said Lovegrove.
The flat rounded forms that flow from the bands are indented with digitally created patterns designed to mimic those found in nature. Lovegrove experimented with processes such as direct metal laser sintering and combining 3D-printing in wax with lost-wax casting to achieve these intricate surface details.
Half of the designs in the range have a single leaf-shaped element, while the others each include a symmetrical pair.
“They sit lightly, exploring the dynamics of space and the digital realm, converging organic design with the nature of naturalness that underlines my life’s commitment to sourcing the trinity that can exist so succinctly when technology, materials and form converge in the advanced times in which we live,” Lovegrove continued.
A few days ago we featured 3D monograms for necklace pendants that are printed in silver and stainless steel.
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Dezeen Watch Store: we’re setting up a Christmas pop-up watch store in our north London showroom on two weekends next month.
The pop-up will be open 14-15 and 21-22 December, just in time to choose the perfect watch gifts for Christmas.
You’ll be able to browse the full watch collection and try-before-you-buy on a variety of popular brands including Uniform Wares, Mondaine, Tom Dixon and VOID.
There will also be the opportunity to view some of the most recent additions to the Dezeen Watch Store collection, including squarestreet, Kitmen Keung and MMT.
Our watch shop was featured in Wallpaper* magazine and if you want to visit during the week, just contact us to book an appointment. Of course, all our watches are available to buy online – don’t forget to check the shipping dates before you buy.
We’ve also extended our normal 28-day returns policy, meaning that all Christmas items purchased up until 24 December can be returned until 31 January 2014.
Dezeen Watch Store Christmas pop-up
Place: The Surgery, 100a Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, London, N16 0AP
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Date: 14-15 and 21-22 December
Opening hours: 10am-6pm (Saturday), 11am-5pm (Sunday)
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Blood appears to drip from display units and garments hang from meat hooks in this installation at the London flagship store of French fashion house Hermès by designers Studio Toogood (+ slideshow).
The installation was completed by designer Faye Toogood’s studio for the petit h division of Hermès, taking up the ground floor of the shop on London’s Bond Street.
Hermès petit h was established in 2010 as a series of products using the brand’s offcuts and rejected stock.
Running with this notion, Studio Toogood created red structures for the space using a blown-up template of a Hermès bag that the designers saw while visiting the brand’s atelier.
“The piece that caught my eye was a leather off cut of a signature Hermès bag pattern,” said Faye Toogood. “The hide was a skeleton of the negative shapes left after the pattern cutters had cut the intricate shapes. It was so inspiring to see a person working within such an established house, finding beauty in the unexpected.”
Despite looking like an abattoir, the studio insists that the ideas for the installation came from the craftsmanship that goes into creating the petit h products: “It goes without saying that this brand is truly inspiring in the way it relentlessly pushes the boundaries of craftsmanship and materials,” said Toogood.
The blood red colour used throughout the store is a reference to Hermès’ previous branding.
Dripping pigmented resin creates the effect of blood oozing from the display units and garments hanging from meat hooks are tinted darker red to look as though they are smeared with dried blood.
“[Items] are set against drapes assembled from offcuts and remnants of the house’s iconic silk scarves, each dipped in red dye and bound together with scarlet-pigmented resin,” Toogood said.
Staff wear uniforms of aprons, gloves and hats made from scrapped Hermès leather accessories and scarves, also coloured red to match the decor.
Grey knives, pliers and other equipment that wouldn’t look out of place in an abattoir are mounted on the wall above metal counters.
In the shop windows, neon lights depicting blown-up shapes of tools used to create the brand’s products are set against red curtains.
The installation will remain in place until 7 December.
Read on for more text sent to us by Studio Toogood:
Studio Toogood has teamed up with the house of Hermès to launch petit h – a creative and poetic new take on the iconic Hermès brand that finds recreation in re-creation.
The entire ground floor of the flagship Bond Street store will be dedicated to a custom-designed Studio Toogood interior that acts as an antidote to West End slickness.
In keeping with petit h’s theme of exuberant reinvention, the utilitarian white space repurposes the distinctive shapes and templates of signature Hermès bags for a series of sculptural displays in glossy leather and resin.
Meanwhile, the windows are a homage to the petit h craftsmen. A tool from each of the trades scaled up in linear neon and set against dramatic drapes assembled from offcuts and remnants of the house’s iconic silk scarves and bound together with scarlet-pigmented resin.
The staff too will be getting involved in the spirit of upcycling, delving into a special Studio Toogood dressing-up box filled with aprons, hats and other accessories – all fashioned from discarded Hermès scarves and leather goods.
From November 20th to December the 7th, at Hermès, 155 New Bond Street,W1
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Zach Raven, de la marque rvnDSGN, nous propose de découvrir des montres en titanium qu’il va imaginer et produire grâce à une imprimante 3D. Vendue 600 dollars, ce joli objet à découvrir dans la suite est vendu avec un bracelet pensé par New York City’s Worn & Wound. Plus d’images du concept dans la suite.
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