Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

Milan 2011: Vienna designer Marco Dessí will present a collection of furniture made from folded and tubular steel in Milan next week.

Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

Called Dakar, the design for Italian brand Skitsch has a chair backrest made from one piece of sheet steel, curled round the tubular structure.
Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

Table legs are constructed in a similar way, while the edges of the chair seat and table top are folded to appear draped over their frames.

Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

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Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

The information below is from Dessí:


Dakar

Marco Dessí’s new stackable aluminium chair Dakar is not just fun and ultra light, but also somewhat of a lesson in thoughtful construction. The design of the backrest which is made out of only one metal sheet demonstrates both, the stability and at the same time flexibility of the material when cleverly applied: Covering the tube metal legs of the chair like a dress, the bent metal sheet results in a backrest of grand stability, and still it gives way like a spring when you lean back. This all-metal chair is comfortable! And it comes in five well-selected colors or in combinations between these, thus leaving lots of room for individual taste.

Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

The choice of material makes Dakar a light but extremely durable piece of furniture suitable for outdoors just as much as indoors. Like other designs by Dessí, it creates the impression as if it could be taken apart into its basic components within seconds. His constructive approach once more reminds us of earlier and more transparent stages of mechanization while being totally contemporary.

Dakar by Marco Dessí for Skitsch

Manufacturer: Skitsch
Material: folded aluminium on tubular steel, powder coated


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The Invisibles Light by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell

The Invisibles Light by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a series of clear acrylic furniture for Italian brand Kartell in Milan next week.

The Invisibles Light by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell

Called The Invisibles Light, the project is a thinned-down development of the Invisibles series of furniture that Yoshioka presented last year (see our earlier story).

The Invisibles Light by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell

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The Invisibles Light by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell

The following information is from Kartell:


Tokujin Yoshioka x Kartell
The Invisibles Light−Disappearing into the air
2011

In 2010, the exhibition “The Invisibles” was taken place at Kartell Gallery.

The series of chairs and tables, “The Invisibles,” was presented in the event. They were an exceptionally experimental pieces made out of the transparent blocks of acrylic.

The poetic, yet dynamical presences reveal the essence of the pieces, and leave a mysterious scenery. “The Invisibles” goes beyond the concept of the products, and holds the quality as an art piece.

This year, 2011, I am presenting “The Invisibles Light”.

“The Invisibles Light” is as if hiding its appearance to escape from this material world. It melts into people’s daily lives like the air.


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Carousel by Adam Goodrum

Carousel by Adam Goodrum

Australian designer Adam Goodrem has designed this console table with colourful lacquered-steel legs that pierce  the table top.

Carousel by Adam Goodrum

Called Carousel, the table features three circles of coloured dots where the ends of the steel rods emerge from the table’s surface.

Carousel by Adam Goodrum

The console will be on show at the Galerie Gossarez during the Pavillon des Arts et du Design in Paris this month.

Carousel by Adam Goodrum

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The following is from the gallery:


Famous Australian designer Adam Goodrum gives us a contemporary restyling of the period Louis XVI console, by revisiting its codes for our greatest pleasure:

  • Corian, the early 21st century noble material par excellence replaces mahogany
  • The table top takes the form of the characteristic half moon shape
  • The fluted legs are figured by multicoloured lacquered steel rods.

These rods project joyful spots onto the immaculate tabletop and form three elegant and colourful rounds that evoke the Carousels of our childhood, thereby giving their name to our console.

According to Adam Goodrum, Carousel uses the juxtaposition of the colourful vertical elements with the planar geometry of the tabletop to show the transition from the playfulness of childhood to the practicality necessary in everyday life.

Edition galerie Gosserez limitée à 12 exemplaires + 1 prototype

H : 76 cm -W : 110 cm -D : 48 cm


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