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German designer Samuel Treindl has made a clock, lamp and other products from shapes cut out of existing furniture (+ slideshow).

Samuel Treindl from Münster in Germany used what he called a “parasite strategy” to create new products from existing furniture items and intends for the final pieces to reflect the manufacturing process.

In the collection – called Parasite Production – Treindl created a clock from material cut from a peach cabinet and a desk lamp from shapes cut out of an Ikea PS cabinet.

More recently the designer cut a range of components such as a hooks and hinges from a brass book shelf.

His process means that the original cabinets can still be used. “In order to work in a more economic way, I superimpose different objects on a single metal sheet,” said Treindl. “So the same material would be used twice.”

All of the objects have been produced in Germany as limited editions. Triendl’s work will be exhibited at London’s Mint Shop during London Design Festival next month.

Parasite Production was first shown as a prototype at the SaloneSatellite showcase for young designers at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan in April, that also featured squishy lamps made out of rubber by Thomas Schnur.

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Photographs are by the designer.

Here’s a full project description from Treindl:

Parasite Production

This work is based on a parasitic strategy. The cabinets and other products are produced simultaneously. The results therefore reflect the manufacturing process and history of the production.

As a producer and designer I have to pay attention to the manufacturing of a product, but also to offcuts and loss of material.

In order to work in a more economic way, I superimpose different objects on a single metal sheet. So the same material would be double used. And the question is, where is here the rest? According to which other objects are currently produced, the obtained ornaments as well as the thickness of the material of the shelf can differ.

Example: If an industrial company produces spoons and forks, I will make a spoon shelf. If lamps are produced, I make a lamp cabinet. That way, I don’t want to design furniture, but I create a process which uses industrial production for generating and designing objects.

Material: brass steel, aluminum, powder-coated, laser cutting method.  The IKEA PS cabinet/lamp was hand-cut.

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Jake Evill è un giovane neozelandese fresco di laurea in design che ha immaginato una nuova tipologia di gessi da usare in caso di frattura, sfruttando le possibilità offerte dalla tecnologia di stampa in tre dimensioni. Da molto tempo si usa il gesso per immobilizzare gli arti fratturati, ma questo procedimento presenta delle controindicazioni che aumentano il disagio provocato dall’infortunio perché la fasciatura è pesante, produce cattivo odore e non si può bagnare.

La proposta di Jake è tecnologicamente più raffinata; Cortex è una struttura in polimeri ottenuta da una stampante 3D dopo aver scansionato l’arto fratturato del paziente. I vantaggi principali sono la leggerezza e la traspirabilità dell’oggetto, il cui materiale oltretutto può essere riciclato alla fine del suo utilizzo. Si tratta quindi di un concetto di “gesso” completamente nuovo, meno intrusivo e molto più piacevole alla vista, anche se in questo caso non ci si può scrivere sopra come si usa di solito…

Onestamente non so dire quanto questa idea sia fattibile dal punto di vista dei costi e della semplicità d’uso (non mi sono nemmeno mai rotto un osso in vita mia) e l’autore avvisa che la stampa 3D è ancora un procedimento molto lento, ma la mia impressione è che in un futuro non tanto prossimo potremo vedere le persone uscire dagli ospedali con addosso qualcosa del genere.

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Dezeen and MINI World Tour: San Francisco designer Yves Behar, who recently launched a keyless lock controlled by a smartphone, discusses his vision for how technology can be successfully integrated into the home in this movie filmed in Milan. 

Speaking at our Dezeen and MINI World Tour Studio at the MINI Paceman Garage during Milan design week, Behar says that design for the home has been slow to embrace technology.

“What we see here [in Milan] from the Italian manufacturers is very safe,” he explains. “On the other hand, you have a world of technology that’s very dynamic. What I’m missing is for those two worlds to come together more.”

“It’s not about putting a speaker in a chair, or putting a TV in a bed. That’s not how technology and the home intersect. For me, it’s about sensors, about the home knowing where you are.”

In May this year, shortly after we filmed this interview, Behar launched a new company and product called August Smart Lock, which replaces physical keys with a smartphone app and opens automatically as you approach the door.

“Cars have been like this for years,” Behar says in the movie. “Keyless entry in a car is something that we’re used to. Somehow, the home has been very resistant to this. Some of it has to do with security, but today we know that technology, when things are invisible, is actually safer than physical artefacts.”

Looking to the future, Behar believes that wearable technologies, such as the Up wristband he designed for San Fransisco company Jawbone, provide an exciting opportunity for integrating technology into the home.

“The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home,” he says. “It’s an object that can tell the home where I am and what I’m doing. Am I tired from a long day so the lighting should be really mellow and calm, or do I need to be energised so the ambience is going to be rocking? Am I about to get home, so maybe the temperature should go up?”

He concludes: “There are all kinds of new intuitive ways that these technologies that we’re wearing can interface with the technologies in our home. For reasons of efficiency, but also for having a home that responds to you in ways that are going to be magical.”

See all our stories about Milan 2013.

The music featured is a track called Divisive by We Have Band, a UK-based electronic act who played at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan on Friday. You can listen to the full track on Dezeen Music Project.

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Danish designer Trine Kjaer has created a chair with a backrest and seat wrapped in thick lengths of cord intertwined with thin strands of copper.

Trine Kjaer upholstered the Haptic chair with foam under the threads on the seat and backrest. The oak arms and legs resembe slender tree branches.

Kjaer is based in Værløse north of Copenhagen and said the project is the result of an extensive process of analysing, experimenting and interpreting tactile surfaces in nature. “The project focuses on the haptic processes of the sense of touch as well as how we are drawn towards the object wanting to explore it by hand, activating the sense of touch and feeling the tactile differences of the chair,” said the designer.

“The chair is designed to stimulate the hands with fine and detailed craftsmanship, while the areas touching the back and the seat have a rougher and more tactile character,” she said.

Other seating on Dezeen includes a group with seats and backs moulded from lightweight 3D plywood, a chair designed in the shape of a tongue and brightly coloured angular lounges and ottomans.

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Dopo lunghi mesi di viaggio e detox dal mondo del design, il duo Mathery è approdato prepotentemente a Melbourne con un nuovo progetto. Fruit Ninja è infatti una collezione di oggetti che trasferisce la funzione labile della buccia di frutta da contenitore naturale a quella di contenitore senza tempo, ogni oggetto quindi è un’ attenta riproduzione in resina di un precedente modello realizzato con bucce di frutta selezionate e riassemblate. Attualmente sono disponibili sullo store online.