Hasta La Ideas

Food service in-flights have its own set of hiccups, the narrow aisle doesn’t allow passengers to pass through and the trolley design has forever been the same. Flying Trolley brings in a new perspective by utilizing the aircraft ceiling as the trolley ramp. Only an aviation specialist will be able to give us a better idea about its feasibility, but for the moment I can imagine this idea being used in other spaces like a train. What do you think?

Designers: Seongjoo JOH & Lee Min – Joo

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Milan 2013: a map of genetic code generated the forms of a table and sculpture on show at Dutch studio Tjep.’s stand at Ventura Lambrate in Milan.

Produced with Netherlands-based company Dutch DNA, Tjep. has utilised gene mapping to create patterns that can be manipulated with specially designed software, producing forms that can be translated into furniture pieces.

To create the DNA map, a sample was taken from the saliva of Dutch contemporary dancer Giulia Wolthuis, whose father Eric founded Dutch DNA. “The process starts with a simple and very established genetic profiling test, the same that’s used by the police or in parental tests,” Tjep. founder Frank Tjepkema told Dezeen.

Analysis completed at a laboratory in Holland is fed into a program that charts the data, then the lines are built up into 3D forms. “The mapping process is based on a designated design map that we put together ourselves,” said Tjepkema. “We map the unique genetic markers, which are essentially numbers, against design points and then can use a range of modelling tools to visualise the patterns and create the final forms.”

As everyone’s DNA is unique, the patterns created by mapping the genes of individuals will each be slightly different and could be used to create personal furniture pieces. Wolthuis’ sample was used for the sculptural glass-topped Darwin table, which was milled on a CNC router, and the Torus sculpture, which was 3D printed from resin. Both pieces are finished in lacquer: the table in white and the sculpture in pink.

Tjep. is also showing a dining booth inspired by old train compartments and a chair with legs like ice skates at Ventura Lambrate, which continues until Sunday.

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Read on for more information from Tjep.:

Tjep. introduces DutchDNA and the world’s first DNA driven furniture designs.

Dutch design house Tjep. introduces Dutch DNA and the launch of the world’s first DNA furniture and jewellery collection at Milan’s International Furniture Fair in April.

DNA is the life code, representing every unique aspect of mankind and the living world. This pattern is what enables everyone to become the people they are. Dutch DNA enables people to capture this life essence in a timeless mode. Offering people the opportunity to visualize this individual expression of life, this most unique of patterns, through exclusive jewelry, furniture and home accessories.

Above: Giulia Wolthuis with the Darwin table and Torus sculpture created using her DNA

Tjep., who are exhibiting in the Ventura Lambrate area of Milan, will crown their new collection with this ultimate expression of design individualism. “There is no limit to the extent of personal expression that can be modeled through our own DNA – it is the unique record of who we are, but also where we came from and connects us to our past,” says Tjep. founder and lead designer Frank Tjepkema. “Your home is a personal reflection of self, now we can offer people the most intimate reflection of our innate identity to embellish and decorate this environment.”

The first display pieces are made from Giulia Wolthuis’s DNA. Giulia is a Dutch contemporary dance performer and model, and daughter of Eric Wolthuis, the founder of Dutch DNA. Dance sits at the pinnacle of human achievement, a resplendent art form showcasing human endeavor: a fusion of will, passion, and pure physical ability. To capture and express Giulia’s life, Dutch DNA samples her life code and through the language of design translates Giulia’s distinguishing genetic characteristics into visual forms. Based on Dutch design house Tjep.’s compositions, these beautiful and haunting forms capture the organic, dynamic and eloquent essence of human life. This is then expressed through jewelry, home accessories, sculptures and furniture. The Darwin table is crafted through precision 3D milling and hand-finished in the Netherlands by the same artisans that create Joris Laarman’s furniture.

Eric Wolthuis initiated the investigation into how genetic patterns could augment design. “I first looked at jewelry, which is very personal, but knew there was more. Furniture is a natural extension of our desire to create original and personal habitats; what is more personal than modeling your home through your own DNA?”

The DNA patterns used to form designs can be anyone’s. Just like nature, combinations can also be used to create a unique articulation of a couple’s love or a family’s remembrance. “I see two lovers creating unique artefacts for their shared home that is truly a conjoint reflection of both individuals,” notes Frank Tjepkema.

Eric, who has commissioned designs based on his daughter’s, his wife’s and his own genetic patterns, states “Seeing yourself and your family visualized in this way is very powerful, it’s a deeply emotional way of embodying everything that they represent to you.”

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Milan 2013: patterned rolling pins that make edible plates and a meat grinder that squeezes out biodegradable bowls are among a set of kitchen products on show at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week (+ movies).

Altered Appliances is a collection of four projects by students from Rotterdam’s Piet Zwart Institute, all of which introduce low-tech, hand-powered appliances and ideas to the kitchen.

Rollware is a set of laser-cut rolling pins designed by Joanne Choueiri, Giulia Cosenza and Povilas Raskevicius to produce edible plates and dishes from dough.

One set of four rolling pins is used to imprint patterns on the dough.

Above: Rollware movie

Another set cuts the dough into four different plate sizes before they are baked into tableware.

Extrudough is a collection of biodegradable tableware made with a meat grinder, which designers Bo Baalman and Kine Solberg describe as an “analogue, human-powered 3D printer”.

A soft dough is extruded through the meat grinder in thin tubes onto various shaped moulds and then dried at room temperature.

As well as being cheap to produce, the products have a shorter decomposing time than other temporary tableware such as paper plates.

Above: Extrudough movie

The Flip Food lunch box by Ilias Markolefas and Nathalia Martinez Saavedra is inspired by the brown paper bags often used for carrying lunch to school or work.

The designers used stencils to cut a brown paper surface into a flat template, which is then folded and assembled to form a geometric lunchbox with six compartments.

The printed patterns visible on the outside vary depending on the lunchbox’s rotation, so they can be used to indicate the type of food held inside.

Reusable plastic protective containers can also be inserted into the compartments to protect certain foods.

Above: Flipfood movie

Finally Maddalena Gioglio and Egle Tuleikyte created the CONEformation measuring set from mounds of salt poured out of a contraption holding various sizes of measuring funnels.

The salt mounds are hardened by spraying water onto them and then covered with a layer of runny clay. The salt is then removed to reveal a set of ceramic measuring vessels.

The four projects emerged from a studio led by Alex Suarez – whose installation in a salt factory we featured in 2010 – and Brian Peters at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Other food designs we’ve featured include a collection of tableware made from baked dough and prototypes for 3D-printed hamburgers and pasta – see all projects involving food.

Above: CONEformation movie

Also at Ventura Lambrate this week are a seating booth inspired by an old train carriage and dining chairs with legs that flick out like ice skates, both designed by Tjep. – see all news about Ventura Lambrate.

Dezeen is in Milan covering the highlights of the design week – see our round-up from the Salone yesterday, browse all news from Milan or check out our interactive map of the week’s best talks, exhibitions and parties.

Photographs are by the designers.

Here’s some more information from Piet Zwart Institute:

Altered Appliances is an exhibition presenting projects that investigate the retooling of industrial low-tech appliances and gadgets to offer alternative design solutions and experiences for today’s kitchen. The exhibition is staged as a live demonstration presenting the process of making. The kitchen was the inspiration for the design projects. Historically, the kitchen as a domestic room grew from the need to house a variety of activities related to consumption. It is a story of the making of the modern home and its components, and on the shifting place and development of the most technological, equipment-laden and factory-like room of the home.

For the projects, the designers researched historical examples of appliances/apparatus, particularly low-tech, hand powered devices to become experts in a particular appliance, use and its effect. From this initial investigation, design parameters, fabrication techniques and material experimentations were developed to define the project, its application and explore new “altered” design opportunities for the kitchen.

The projects were made during a thematic design studio by design students in the Master of Interior Architecture & Retail Design (MIARD) program at the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL.

Rollware: Edible Dishware
Designers: Joanne Choueiri, Giulia Cosenza, Povilas Raskevicius

Rollware is a set of laser-cut rolling pins designed as a tool for the production of bread-based edible dishware, which are adorned with customised and useful patterns. The sustainable products merge traditional crafts, tableware production and cooking with digital technology.

Extrudough: Biodegradable Tableware
Designers: Bo Baalman, Kine Solberg

Extrudough is a collection of biodegradable tableware fabricated using an altered meat grinder that operates as an analogue, human powered 3D printer. The product line consists of five biodegradable containers, each with a unique pattern, colour and density.

Flip Food: Lunch Box
Designers: Ilias Markolefas, Nathalia Martinez Saavedra

Flip Food is a lunch box designed to store and carry food in a playful way. It is a self-standing rotating object with six compartments to store different types of food in each section. Inspired by the classic brown paper bag used by many to carry lunch to work or school.

CONEformation: A Measuring Set
Designers: Maddalena Gioglio, Egle Tuleikyte

CONEformation is a set of measuring cones for cooking, designed for mixing ingredients and serving food. The organic shapes of the cones are an unexpected yet a practical addition to the task of measuring for recipes in the kitchen.

Instructors: Alex Suarez, Brian Peters

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Piet Zwart Institute students appeared first on Dezeen.

Milan 2013: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé presents a tall outdoor heater shaped like a factory chimney in the Tortona district of Milan this week.

Frederik Roijé’s SmokeStack is made from Corten steel, a weathered metal that provides a protective layer around the heater

“The shape of Smokestack refers to memories from the past, being a landmark and symbol of progress,” said the designer.

The heater is on show at Torneria, Via Tortona 32, not far from Dezeen’s base at the MINI Paceman Garage where we’ve set up a movie studio as part of our Dezeen and MINI World Tour.

Roijé also recently unveiled a piece of furniture for children combining a chair, table and lamp and a candle holder that resembles a piece of pipe sticking through the wall – see all design by Frederik Roijé.

We’ll be in Milan all week hunting out the best design on show, including Studio Job’s desk with a golden nose for a drawer handle and a skeletal chair by Nendo inspired by a stiletto heel.

See all news and products from Milan 2013 or take a look at our interactive map featuring the highlights of the week’s exhibitions, parties and talks.

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Visto su Swiss Miss, questa mini bancarella per bimbi in cartone faciliterà il loro business di limonate. Non ho idea se si trova già in Italia, nel caso fatemi un fischio quando passate dagli svedesi.