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Designer Tom Dixon launches a flexible new chair for the contract market during the London Design Festival next week. It’s made of glass-reinforced nylon and has a faceted back resembling bunny ears.

The one-piece seat and back of Y Chair is made of nylon strengthened with overlapping glass fibres, giving it strength and flexibility. The chair comes in black and white versions with the option of sled, swivel or wooden bases.

Dixon will launch the chair at The Dock in London next week during the London Design Festival, which runs from 14-22 September. See our online World Design Guide map of the London Design Festival 2013 for more details about this and over events across the city.

Here’s some info from Dixon:

Y Chair – A new silhouette. Super Ergonomic. Hyper-flexible, and Ultra-robust

Our recent adventures in hotel, restaurants, bar and office design got us looking for a chair to withstand heavy use, constant knocks and the daily abuse of the professional world. But we also wanted a recognisable silhouette, an ergonomic shape and a modern attitude.

Not too much to ask we thought. But after much fruitless searching we decided it was time to make our own.

Two years of complex engineering, significant tooling investment and intense shape-making later we think we may have got it.

The Y Chair’s expressive form is injection moulded in glass-reinforced nylon which is extremely fatigue resistant – absorbing shock and load through its flexibility. Tested to contract level it will withstand the most demanding environments.

The shape of the Y chair is prompted by ergonomics – with lumbar support, space for the spine and a generous brace for the shoulder blades. All adding to its instantly recognisable silhouette.

Product Information:

Available in two shell colour options; Black and White. Also available with upholstered felt seat and back pads. Three base options: Sled, Swivel and Wood.

Sled: Black or White Powder Coat base; Stackable up to 8 high; 100% recyclable; Suitable for outdoors.

Swivel: Sand Blasted Die Cast Aluminium base; Clear lacquered and Black Powder Coat options.

Wood: Oak base; clear lacquer or black stain; Copper cross brace.

Further information:

Most chairs seen in the contract market are made from Polypropylene but Glass Reinforced Nylon has short overlapping strands of glass fibre in the plastic which provides a much higher degree of strength.

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People are dunked in a pool of wax to create sculptural dresses by Dutch fashion designer Bart Hess as part of a futuristic city on show at this year’s Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which kicked off yesterday in the Portuguese capital.

Bart Hess created the installation to explore ways in which humans can augment and extend the shapes of their bodies, creating a kind of prosthetic that is unique each time.

To create the garment, individuals are strapped to a robotic harness then lowered into a pool of water and wax. As the wax moves in the water it begins to set, bonding itself around the body.

The person is then lifted out of the water, encased inside a cocoon of wax that can then be cut or broken.

Speaking to Dezeen, Bart Hess explained that temperature affects the end result.  “More complex shapes require hotter temperatures, so you need to build up a tolerance to the heat,” he explained. “But it only hurts on the surface for a few seconds.”

The Garment District is one of five zones in the Future Perfect exhibition, which was conceived by curator Liam Young as an exploration into how technology will shape future cities.

“Telling stories about the future is a way of thinking about ideas,” said Young. “It’s about opening up a a discourse of what a city could be. Architects need to be operating beyond the now, developing strategies and tactics that will connect people with the future.”

The Lisbon Architecture Triennale continues until 15 December. Follow Dezeen’s coverage of the event »

Earlier this year Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen creates a dress modelled on splashing water. See more stories about fashion »

Here’s a short project description from the exhibition organisers:

The Garment District

Our bodies are end­lessly photographed, monitored and laser scanned with millimetre precision. From this context of surveillance, facial recognition, avatars and virtual ghosts, we imagine a near future where digital static, distortions and glitches become a new form of ornament.

For the youth tribes of Future Perfect the body is a site for adaption, augmentation and experimentation. They celebrate the corrup­tion of the body data by moulding within their costumery all the imperfections of a decaying scan file. Shimmering in the exhibition landscape is a network of geometric reflec­tive pools of molten wax. Their mirrored surface is broken by a body, suspended from a robotic harness, plunging into the liquid. A crust of wax crystallises around its curves and folds, growing architectural forms, layer by layer, like a 3d printer drawing directly onto the skin. Slowly the body emerges, encased in a dripping wet readymade prosthetic. It is a physical glitch, a manifestation of corrupt data in motion, a digital artefact. They hang from hooks like a collection of strange beasts and frozen avatars. Body prints, imperfect and distorted and always utterly unique.

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Dezeen is now selling the latest edition of writer and editor Max Fraser’s London Design Guide, and we’ve also got five copies to give away.

Released today, this third edition of Max Fraser‘s 208-page guide to design in the British capital features reviews of more than 150 new and established retailers, galleries, museums and bookshops, including our Dezeen Watch Store retail space on page 191.

The book is divided into ten neighbourhood chapters, each accompanied by detailed maps and listings for specific streets that feature copious design venues.

A selection of restaurant, bar and café recommendations for each area are picked for interior design credentials as well as food and service quality.

This issue also includes essays about the state of retail and the future of physical shops, written by a series of experts.

You can buy the London Design Guide 2014-2015 here for £12, or in combination with our Dezeen Book of Ideas for just £18.

We’re also giving readers the chance to win one of five copies. See details of how to enter below.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “London Design Guide 2014-2015” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers. Read our privacy policy here.

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Competition closes 10 October 2013. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

Read on for more information about the London Design Guide 2014-2015:

London design guide 2014-2015 edition, edited by Max Fraser

London’s only comprehensive design guide returns with new content and contributors in this totally updated and rewritten third edition.

For fans of contemporary and vintage design and those looking to access it, London Design Guide gives a fresh insight into the city’s design retailers, galleries, museums and bookshops. More than 150 new and established hotspots are compiled and reviewed, providing a tantalising viewpoint of the design capital of the world.

Each entry is categorised by neighbourhood and accompanied by detailed maps to help navigate the best that the city has to offer. In each of the ten neighbourhood chapters, we’ve honed in on streets that demonstrate a healthy mix of independent shops and services and asked selected business owners to comment on their evolution and attributes, with contributors including Stephen Webster, Ally Capellino, Sam & Sam Clarke and Michael Anastassiades. Furthermore, restaurant, bar and café recommendations are featured for each area, selected as much for their design credentials as for the quality of food and service.

Every edition of London Design Guide includes themed essays from a variety of design experts and commentators. In this edition, we’ve examined the state of retail during a period when shops are undoubtedly struggling with a weak economy, tapered footfall, high rents and the great might of internet shopping. We ask retailers and analysts, including Sheridan Coakley (scp), Simon Alderson (twentytwentyone), Lina Kanafani (Mint) and Magnus Englund (Skandium), what’s the future trajectory of bricks-and-mortar shops?

The 208-page London Design Guide is a snapshot of the design scene today, a celebration of creativity and a practical tool for Londoners and tourists alike. There’s no better incentive for exploring the wealth of design in the capital.

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Blending minimalism with a touch of whimsy, Swedish designer Naim Josefi has broken new ground on the runway. Drawing comparisons…

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Le créatif Sebastian Strasser a réalisé cette superbe publicité pour l’opérateur Vodafone. Intitulée « Add Power to your life » et pensée par l’agence allemande Jung von Matt/Alste, cette production Stink propose des effets spéciaux de grande qualité signée Time Based Arts sur un titre de Woodkid – Run Boy Run.