Oct 24
…all you need is thread
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old chairs repaired with thread
Oct 23
Kids’ Furniture by Bo Reudler Studio
Posted in: Bo Reudler, childrens furniture, Dutch Design Week 2011
Dutch Design Week 2011: best known for his grown-up furniture that would be quite at home in a fairy tale, Amsterdam designer Bo Reudler presents a collection of children’s furniture in Eindhoven as part of Dutch Design Week this week.
The series is made of solid Dutch oak from a traditional wind-powered saw mill.
It comprises a table, chair, rocking horse, wheelbarrow and doll’s cradle, constructed from basic shapes that retain the curve of each raw board.
The collection will be auctioned on Ebay and at the Klokgebouw exhibition at Strijp-s this week, to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund.
Dutch Design Week continues until 30 October.
See more work by Bo Reudler here and more furniture for children here.
Photographs courtesy of Bo Reudler Studio.
Here are some more details from Bo Reudler:
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2011
Kids’ Furniture by Bo Reudler Studio
World Wildlife Fund Design Auction
Bo Reudler Studio presents the Kids’ Furniture series during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven 22-30 October 2011. The furniture will be exhibited at a design auction and exhibition organised by the World Wildlife Fund to held in the Klokgebouw, Strijp-S.
A wooden furniture series for children. The collection is composed from elemental shapes and basic materials, built in an intuitive, playful way.
The series comprises a table and chair, rocking horse, wheelbarrow and doll’s cradle.
The objects are hand made from solid oak finished with a coating of natural oil and soft colorful footings of woollen felt. The edges of the furniture retain the original curves of the trunk or branch enabling every piece to be unique.
The wood originates from fallen Dutch trees that are sawn in the traditional wind-powered sawmill Het Jonge Schaap situated in the Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad.
The collection was realized with the generous support of Het Jonge Schaap and Jantien Ranzijn & vdr.
Bo Reudler Studio is a product and interior design studio led by Bo Reudler, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Bo graduated from the ArtEZ Academy of Art and Design and is also co-founder of Asylum Collection. The work of the studio aims to charge objects with imagination and meaning,working as storytellers through matter, experimenting with materials, following their hidden qualities to bring out their natural beauty.
World Wildlife Fund Design Auction
The design exhibition and auction organized by the World Wildlife Fund will be held from 22-30 October 2011 in the Klokgebouw on the Strijp-s terrain. Buyers can bid for the products online via e-bay or via auction forms at the exhibition. The proceeds of each sale will be donated to a WWF project as nominated by the buyer. The exhibition is open daily from 12-18:00pm.
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| Haute Bamboo by Bo Reudler and Olav Bruin | Slow White Series by Bo Reudler | More Slow White furniture by Bo Reudler |
Oct 21
Little Ben
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Little Ben is an occasion table for beverages, newspapers and books. Inspired by the shape of an old English tea table, Little Ben has a surface suita..
Oct 20
Comequandofuoripiove
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ComeQuandoFuoriPiove is a stool made up of six cards of metal what representing a house of cards; it’s also a magazine rack because under the se..
Oct 19
Zpine Lounge Chair
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The Zpine Lounge Chair is hand made to order in Great Britain. Each piece is individually named and numbered for the client. The lead time based on on..
Oct 19
Bulky Armchair
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the main idea for the “Bulky” armchair came from altering the well-known shape of a classic upholstered armchair, and changing the materia..
Oct 18
Led Zeppelin by Arthur Analts
Posted in: Arthur Analts, ladders
This step ladder by Latvian designer Arthur Analts can rest flat against the wall, fit into a corner at 45 degrees or rest securely in a corner at 25 degrees, thanks to the shape of its top and bottom rungs.
The treads are extended either side of the uprights to form hooks and loops, so users can hang items on the side rather than make several trips with one arm laden.
The steps are made of aluminium and named after rock band Led Zeppelin in reference to their 1971 track Stairway to Heaven.
Analts is currently studying at Central Saint Martins in London and was awarded Best New Designer 2011 for the Led Zeppelin steps at Latvian Design Awards of the Year in Riga this month.
The details below are from Arthur Analts:
Project name ‘Led Zeppelin’ is due to the hard rock bands one of the most recognised tracks ‘Stairway to heaven’.
Using usual ladder, there are difficulties to put them in the room corners, because there is a great possibility to fall down, but sometimes you need to place ladder in corners, because a shelf or a window can interfere you to lean them against the wall, however, Led Zeppelin ladder can be placed in 3 different positions in the room.
It can be leaned straight against the wall or placed 45° against the room corner or 25° against the corner – not allowing to fall down while climbing.
So you can choose which one of three positions best suits you in the incurred situation and just feel safe while using them.
Special cuts are made at the end of the ladder steps. Those are made to hang cloth or put instruments, so it solves ceaseless up-and-down climbing for some instrument. And when Led Zeppelin ladder is not in use – it can be used as a hanger.
Led Zeppelin ladder is easy and fast to manufacture, and there is almost no material loss. It is designed to be good for manufacturing.
Specially designed details are cut from 8mm aluminium sheet, they are put together and they are meld for extra safety. Some details are engraved with logotypes.
There are rubber slices added at the both ends of the ladder to add extra safety and to prevent ladder from slipping.
Led Zeppelin looks good in the interior even when no one is using it, so it shouldn’t be hidden in the storage room.
Latvian designer Arthur Analts graduated Riga School of Design and Arts in 2011 in Latvia. Now Arthur Analts has accepted an offer and in September 2011 will move to London, UK to study at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, BA Product Design course.
Meanwhile, Arthur Analts is working on freelance projects and he stands for aesthetically pleasing and smart designs.
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| Rocking Platforms by Constantinos Economides | Wooden Carpet by Elisa Stroyzk | Burden Chair by Apirak Leenharattanarak |
Oct 18
Luso Lounger
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The Luso Lounger is modern reinterpretation of the chais lounge. It is a result of an investigation into the reinvention of redundant furniture to sui..
Oct 18
Coffee Table Fruits by Paulsberg
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Opposites attract! Making use of this, the coffee table »fruits« combines the different features of concrete and wood, creating a new qual..
Oct 17
This chaise designed by Brodie Neill is cast from 135 litres of clear glass and has to be cooled very slowly inside the mould over the course of 80 days.
Caller Glacier, the piece is the first in a limited run of ten and weighs 300kg.
It’s on show at annual show SuperDesign in London, which is open at 7aWakefield Street, London WC1N 1PG until 7pm today.
Brodie Neill is a SuperDesign regular, having presented a bench carved from laminated plastic, plywood, chipboard and fibreboard in 2008 and a wire-frame chair in 2010. See all our stories about his work here.
Here are some more details from Brodie Neill:
Designer Brodie Neill launches his latest limited-edition creation, Glacier, during SuperDesign in London this October.
This lucid chaise longue has a smooth, fluid-like shape consisting of a single, swopping gesture, an energy captured in pure, optically transparent glass.
The once-fluid material flows from the central core and counterbalances the outstretched planes of the overall piece. Edition one of only ten ever made, Glacier is the perfect synergy of design and craftsmanship.
Glacier’s graceful form is hand-cast from 135 litres of molten clear glass that fills the 7ft-long mould. Once the liquid glass has filled the mould cavity, the temperature is slowly reduced over an 80-day period allowing the glass to anneal and strengthen to certified standards. The monolithic form is fused with a total weight of 300kg.
SuperDesign emphasizes the current synergy between design and the visual arts with inventive ground-breaking displays that present contemporary design in a fresh and invigorating light. Yearly, this exclusive show now brings together collections from leading galleries and pioneering international designers at a crucial time in the art calendar, during the Frieze Art.
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| Brodie Neill at SuperDesign 2008 | Clover by Brodie Neill | Brodie Neill at SuperDesign 2010 |
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