May 11
Naked
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An acrylic bathtub, to be installed and positioned in different contexts.
May 11
Designed in Hackney: Donna Wilson‘s Frank, Ernest and Henry Pouffes conclude our week focussed on designs that were developed in studios above SCP‘s Shoreditch shop.
Top: Frank, Ernest and Henry in Treecloud
Above: Frank, Ernest and Henry in Nos Da
The three different sized pouffes are filled with calico bags, hand stuffed with 100% recycled PET fibre and upholstered with knitted panels in Wilson’s distinctive patterns.
Above: Frank, Ernest and Henry in Braid
The Braid patterned covers use a traditional Fair Isle knitting technique and were made in Scotland, while the Nos Da designs are produced in Wales.
Above: Frank, Ernest and Henry in Nos Da
Donna Wilson is based just outside of Hackney in Tower Hamlets. She has designed various products for SCP including furniture, rugs and cushions featuring her knitted textile designs. See all our stories on her work here.
Above: Frank, Ernest and Henry in Nos Da
All this week we have been featuring designs from SCP, a design brand that has been based in Hackney since 1985, working with some of the best designers in the industry. We have included the Josiah pendant light by Terence Woodgate, Tom Tom & Tam Tam by Konstantin Grcic, the Balzac armchair by Matthew Hilton and Side Table by Jasper Morrison.
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Here is some more information on the Frank, Ernest & Henry Pouffe from SCP:
In 2009 Donna Wilson came up with a playful response to the problem of occasional seating with a range of three low-lying pouffes, designed to bring a little softness, intimacy and colour into the home. Each pouffe is made by hand stuffing Calico bags with 100% recycled PET fibre and upholstering them with the knitted panels, reminiscent of segments of an orange.
The Braid upholstery is also designed by Donna Wilson and knitted in Scotland from 100% lamb’s wool using a traditional Fairisle knitting technique. Also available in Nos Da, Bora Da, Zig Zag and Treecloud fabric. The pouffes are one of the many designs by Donna Wilson for SCP. Other designs include the Nos Da and Bora Da collection, Bertha armchair, Motley ottoman, Munro sofa and Sprig bone china collection. Designed in Hackney, made in Norfolk.
Key:
Blue = designers
Red = architects
Yellow = brands
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Designed in Hackney is a Dezeen initiative to showcase world-class architecture and design created in the borough, which is one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as being home to Dezeen’s offices. We’ll publish buildings, interiors and objects that have been designed in Hackney each day until the games this summer.
More information and details of how to get involved can be found at www.designedinhackney.com.
May 11
Mod Squad: Inside Herman Miller’s NYC Pop-Up Shop
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At the Herman Miller pop-up shop, a family of Alexander Girard figures implore visitors to peruse Todd Oldham and Kiera Coffee’s mega-monograph on the designer. At right, an Eames lounge and ottoman with pedestal tables and an asterisk clock designed by George Nelson. (Photos: UnBeige)
The International Contemporary Furniture Fair doesn’t kick off until next Saturday, but Herman Miller is getting a jump on New York design week with a pop-up shop in Soho. The 6,000-square-foot showroom, open to the public through July 1, is arranged as a series of vignettes sprinkled with whimsical objects and designer-friendly books as well as art from Portland’s PDX gallery. It’s also the first place to see the Herman Miller Collection, a mix of classic pieces (Eames chairs, Noguchi tables, George Nelson‘s enduringly endearing Marshmallow sofa) and the work of contemporary designers such as Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison, and Naoto Fukasawa. The portfolio of freestanding furniture for home and office is a revival of sorts. Ben Watson, executive creative director of Herman Miller, looked to heed Nelson’s 1948 call for “the continuing creation of a permanent collection designed to meet the requirements for modern living.” And so Ward Bennett credenzas mix with Stefano Giovannoni‘s swooping Paso Doble chairs, and BassamFellows’ elegant Tuxedo sofas cozy up to Nelson’s own mod tables. Watson has lined up future Collection pieces from the likes of Leon Ransmeier and Ayse Birsel and Bibi Seck.
Wooden bears by David Weeks prowl a table of books and accessories. At right, Grcic’s new Medici chair, produced by Mattiazzi, has a mod Adirondack vibe.
A rainbow of Eames molded plastic chairs around a Nelson X-Leg table.
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May 10
Pi-furniture
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Just a stool characterized by a clear and simple form language. Inspired on the mathematic π-sign. Use it as a stool, a small table or as a night s..
May 10
Milan 2012: London designers Doshi Levien presented this dressing table for BD Barcelona Design at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April.
Named Chandlo, it was originally created for their Das Haus installation at imm cologne in January, where Doshi Levien were invited to imagine their ideal house – read more in our earlier story.
It’s designed to be seen from all sides and appears as though the circular mirror is merely balanced between other geometric elements, ready to roll away at any moment.
There’s also a coordinating stool and banquette.
Last year BD Barcelona Design showed a dressing table by Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu of NHDRO – take a look at it here.
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Here’s some more information from Doshi Levien:
‘Chandlo’ by Doshi Levien for BD Barcelona Design.
‘Chandlo’ was designed as a special prototype made by BD Barcelona for Das Haus 2012. This was an installation by Doshi Levien for IMM Cologne that explored their vision of a perfect home. Das Haus consisted of interconnected spaces opening up to a central courtyard. The different areas of the home depended mainly on objects and furniture to define space.
‘Chandlo’ was situated in the dressing space with an architectural juxtaposition of forms and planes to be viewed from all sides.’Chandlo’ means moon shape and also Bindi that is the coloured dot worn by Indian women on the forehead to which the circular mirror makes reference.
The seemingly abstract composition of the mirrors, cabinet and surface is based on the gestures and daily ritual of dressing up and grooming, celebrating the enjoyment of getting dressed and the importance of personal grooming as part of our daily well being ritual. Our intention was to create a composition in which the elements are holding each other in position without actually touching. To maintain the simplicity of this deconstructed arrangement, we had to conceal the production methods and this presented many technical challenges overcome masterfully by BD Barcelona. The dressing table is accompanied by a rotating stool with silver embroidered lines on leather cushions.
Chandlo Materials:
Circular mirror with Metal rim and printed grid on the back.
Jewellery box in Laminated wood with walnut and blue lacquered trays.
Square mirror with tinted glass and peach lacquer on the back
Grey lacquered table surface.
Black stained solid ash frame, powder coated tubular legs
Chandlo Dimensions: Length 165cm, Depth 65cm, Height 146cm
Stool and Banquette:
Solid wood frame with tubular steel legs.
Rotating circular stool with silver embroidered leather cushion.
Banquette Dimensions: Length 92cm, Depth 42cm, Height 45cm
Stool Dimensions: Diameter 42cm, Height 45cm
May 10
KENNEDY
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Based on the same root diagram logic. KENNEDY is a classy brunette, elegant, poised and perfectly finished.The ideal partner for a dearly loved armcha..
May 10
LIV Sideboard
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LIV SIDEBOARD design by Ana RibeiroAlmost suspended supported by foundations five different legs crosses and divides the space inside the sideboard an..
May 09
Snickeriet
Posted in: artisan, cabinetsThe new Swedish furniture line bears its own interpretation of Scandinavian design
The Scandinavian obsession with hallmarks of quality, attention to detail and hand-craft is embedded in the psyche of the region’s people. Recent years have seen a return to the core ideals of its design-minded countries—Finland, Denmark and Sweden—as each redevelops its own distinct national identity. For interpretations of its native style, Sweden can now look to Stockholm-based furniture brand Snickeriet, an offshoot of the carpentry workshop of the same name. Much like fellow Swedish company Zweed, the Snickeriet collection aims to bring its designers and craftsman closer together. While the original Snickeriet will continue its existing commission business, the new venture opens up a higher level of craftsmanship to a younger audience with a zesty, provocative visual aesthetic and an unusual stand-alone approach to building a design collection.
“As a designer or woodsman you’re always looking for projects outside your comfort zone,” explains founder Karl-Johan Hjerling. “The workshop is at the center of everything we plan to do with the new enterprise—from concept to production, all kept in the hands of pure craft. We can let each idea develop in a very pure form, seeking solutions as the need arises and solve them in-house.”
Production is handled by artisans Gunnar Dahl and Karolina Stenfelt, who have already been significantly recognized in Sweden for notable pieces for TAF architects, Byredo perfumes and Note Design’s jawdropping Soot. Rounding out the Snickeriet team are Hjerling and his design partner Karin Wallenbeck, who have cropped up recently with work for the likes of Swedish stalwarts Svenskt Tenn and Acne.
In keeping with the one-off approach to its commission work, Snickeriet will create each piece as a single unit, rather than as part of a series or ongoing collection. “Advanced cabinet-making is often associated with ‘older’ furniture and classical aesthetics. We want to preserve this of course but also develop it and apply it to new forms of expression,” says Dahl.
The initial four pieces—Havet, Frank, Verk and Fä (Sea, Frank, Work and Beast)—make expressive statements in this vein, boasting the kind of workmanship that pays homage to the roots of Swedish craft and exemplary skill while infusing each piece with an exciting, adventurous design narrative.
An undulating, tactile piece, Havet’s dark exterior hides a contrasting, clean inlay demonstrating perfectly Snickeriet’s old-meets-new approach. The hacked, waved exterior is as painterly as it is sculptural.
Frank offers a slightly humorous take on the cupboard, certainly not a piece for the fainthearted but one which, like the brand itself, is not afraid to wear a sleeve of hearts. Laser-cut and etched plexiglass with brass detailing straddles a clean oiled maple frame.
Slim and athletic, the suspended Verk desk plays on proportional form. Poised on sharp steel legs the Verk also shows off a contrasting inlay.
Rounding off the initial offering is Fä, the Beast lamp, which perhaps takes its name from the leather used in its construction. The richly lacquered pendant manages to convey simplicity and opulence at once.
Snickeriet launches 10 May 2012 at Nitty Gritty, which will show the pieces through the end of the month.
May 09
Designed in Hackney: next up in our series of stories on Shoreditch design brand SCP is Tom Tom & Tam Tam by Konstantin Grcic, the first of his designs to be put into production back in 1992.
The tables were reissued in 2009 in chocolate brown, blue and purple with steel bases, beech uprights and MDF tops.
All this week we’re focussing on classic design from SCP, a brand that’s been working with the best designers in the industry from its Hackney base since 1985. Pieces highlighted so far include the Balzac armchair by Matthew Hilton and Side Table by Jasper Morrison.
The information below is from SCP:
SCP launched the Tam Tam and Tom Tom adjustable tables by Konstantin Grcic (his first designs to be produced) at Orgatec, Cologne in 1992 and relaunched them in 2009.
The new versions have mild steel bases finished in chocolate brown lacquer, solid beech columns finished in matt lacquer and MDF tops finished in light green and purple lacquer.
This classical design by Konstantin Grcic is fluent in both its design language and its pragmatism. His eloquent use of the square and the circle evokes the spirit of the Bauhaus. Designed in Hackney, made in EU.
Key:
Blue = designers
Red = architects
Yellow = brands
See a larger version of this map
Designed in Hackney is a Dezeen initiative to showcase world-class architecture and design created in the borough, which is one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as being home to Dezeen’s offices. We’ll publish buildings, interiors and objects that have been designed in Hackney each day until the games this summer.
More information and details of how to get involved can be found at www.designedinhackney.com.
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