Incompleted Bench

Incomplete process – I choose the ‘leg’ from various parts of furniture for this project. I create various types of new furniture by using the ‘glued ..

Rubber Table by Thomas Schnur

Rubber Table by Thomas Schnur

Cologne 2011: German designer Thomas Schnur presented this table with suction cups on the legs as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne last week.

Rubber Table by Thomas Schnur

Called Rubber Table, each product has five legs and an irregularly shaped top, moulded from dyed foam rubber.

Rubber Table by Thomas Schnur

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Rubber Table by Thomas Schnur

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Rubber Table

The drain or toilet plunger is an item, which, though it receives little attention, is actually extremely useful. Rubber Table adopts its idiosyncratic aesthetics and transfers them to a new environment. The rubber plunger has become a table leg – setting in motion a new way of looking at this ambivalent object. Manufacturing it from dyed foam rubber preserves the color and the feel of the original object.

Rubber Table by Thomas Schnur

In my projects I always attempt to negotiate with the product I am to design. I negotiate on the weighting of materials, manufacturing, appearance, meaning and function. I break down this task into its characteristics and meanings. I then analyze, assess and construct the idea.

Rubber Table by Thomas Schnur

In this, it is important to me that despite their cross-references, the products, which are often created from familiar fragments, are able to development the greatest possible degree of autonomy. In this way, they allow for associations but, beyond this, develop their own potential for becoming autonomous products.”


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Rubber Stool
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Rubber Candlesticks
by Yen-Wen Tseng
Rubber House by
Zeinstra van Gelderen

Upside down

This chair is made of a (inverted) willow tree. The legs have been obtained by twisting and splinting its branches and letting it dry into the final s..

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

Dutch designers designer Atelier Van Lieshout have created a sofa system with sliding backrests for furniture brand Lensvelt of Breda in the Netherlands.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

Called AVL Glyder, the collection comprises a small, medium and large sofa and two footstools.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

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AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

Photographs are by Frans Strous.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

The information below is from Lensvelt:


AVL GLYDER. The new dynamic and versatile seating system by Atelier Van Lieshout.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

The AVL Glyder is a new and innovative family of products developed with Joep van Lieshout, whose main characteristic is the extreme versatility.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

“Glyder” is a seating system which can be placed in various environments, both public and private, whereas people meet to chat, work, learn or just relax.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

The seating part is a dynamic element that can give rise to different settings and different atmospheres: in fact the backrest slides from left to right, basically “glides”.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

A couple of poufs complete the range: they can be used individually or combined with others, extending the sitting space.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

The formal principle is simple, every seating element is separated into its components; base, seat, back and armrest are solid volumes easily recognizable, relying on each other.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

The chance to play with different colors in the lining of the individual elements, makes the system yet more flexible and ready to satisfy customer needs.

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

AVL Glyder by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt


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Vostok Cabin by
Atelier Van Lieshout
Cascade by Atelier
van Lieshout
Atelier Van Lieshout at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

Rubber Table

The drain or toilet plunger is an item, which, though it receives little attention, is actually extremely useful. Rubber Table adopts its idiosyncrati..

Natural Indigo by Osko+Deichmann

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

Designers Osko+Deichmann of Berlin have covered a series of domestic objects in a coating normally applied to street furniture in order to prevent vandalism.

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

The collection of 19 pieces includes a clock, lamps, vases, a piggy bank, a bird house and a set of garden gnomes.

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

The project is on display at Gallery S. Bensimon in Paris from tomorrow as part of an exhibition called Natural Indigo.

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

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Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

Here’s a little text from the designers:


Natural Indigo

The Inspiration for this series of 19 vases, accessories and lights derives from a phenomenon we have noticed in Paris and London.

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

In the city center a lot of street furniture, like junction boxes, lamp posts and bollards are covered with a extraordinary stucco-like coating.

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

We instantly liked the visual and haptic quality and later found out, that it was a special anti-fly-poster-coating to prevent people from putting stickers and posters everywhere.

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann

We did some experiments with the coating and transfered it to design.

Natural Indigo by Osko and Deichmann


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STRAW by Osko+Deichmann
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Kink by
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Pebble by
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Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Cologne 2011: Italian brand Cassina present a collection of wooden furniture originally designed by architect Le Corbusier in the 1950s at imm cologne in Germany this week.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Called Authentic Wood, the series is part of the Cassina I Maestri collection and draws on furniture Le Corbusier created specifically for his architecture projects, including his own holiday home, the Cabanon, and his iconic Unité d’Habitation housing project in Marseille.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

The range features two stools, one created for Le Corbusier’s summer home and the other for a university accommodation project, each comprising a rectangular box with dovetail joints at the corners and slots in each side for easy mobility.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Other pieces include a conference table where a network of steel rods support the round oak top, a modular writing desk with open shelves and a coat rack with mushroom-shaped pegs on a black board.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

See a 1:1 replica of Le Corbusier’s Cabanon holiday home, designed by the architect for his own use, in our earlier story.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

imm Cologne takes place 18-23 January 2011. See all our coverage of the event »

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Here are some more details from Cassina:


CASSINA AND LE CORBUSIER: THE CULTURE OF WOOD CRAFTING Cassina presents Authentic Wood: four new projects in wood for the “Cassina I Maestri” Collection.

Paris, 19th October, 2010. Cassina continues its exploration and research of Le Corbusier’s vast collection of work with a study of creations by the great architect and designer during the 1950s. The company presents an exclusive world preview of four new projects for its “Cassina I Maestri” Collection, which join the Le Corbusier Collection originally introduced in 1964.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Philological research has been carried out on each piece, as always working in close collaboration with the Le Corbusier Foundation, with an exacting study of original drawings, sketches and prototypes. Wood is the underlying theme, a material which Le Corbusier – after many years of experimenting with tubular metal – began to use once he had reached full artistic maturity, rediscovering nature and turning his work towards elementary and archetypical items. Cassina takes this opportunity to demonstrate its well-established heritage and experience in carpentry and woodwork, at the heart of the company since its foundation, and to offer an exciting and authentic interpretation of this period in the great master’s design career. These new pieces unite a lucid design approach with a harmonious structure of shapes and surfaces.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

The technological and artisanal challenge. Tabouret, Table de Conférence, Table de Travail avec Rayonnages and Portemanteau. These four fascinating items of home living have been painstakingly examined by Cassina in both detail and structural solutions to convey the simplicity and understated elegance of Le Corbusier’s original design. For Cassina, the use of wood as a material has always been synonymous with top quality cabinet making. In the case of these re-editions, such excellence in quality is the result of close attention paid to every stage of production. Cassina selects only the finest wood, which is subject to a careful aging process in the factory’s specialist plant. In this collection, high quality wood such as solid oak and walnut have been used. The minimalism and simplicity of each piece of furniture is emphasised and embellished by intricate workmanship. For example, the dovetail joints on the Tabouret are the result of extremely precise building efforts and a representation of the very best workmanship. Similarly the mushroom-shaped knobs on the Portemanteau coat rack highlight Cassina’s ability to “mould” wood. These results are obtained due to a company structure of industrial scale production built on artisanal expertise. A place in which wood is processed with the help of the most sophisticated machinery, but where the manual skills of each craftsman – developed during a lengthy apprenticeship – are what give true dynamism to every stage of production.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Tailor-made furniture for the contemporary world

The revisited furniture from the archives of Le Corbusier adorns the interiors of some of the designer’s most renowned architectural works; the Maison du Brésil in Paris, l’Unité de Habitation in Nantes-Rezé, l’Unité de Camping and the Cabanon in Roquebrune. Notably, Cassina presented a flawless reconstruction of the Cabanon interiors at the Triennale di Milano in 2006 – an exhibition which was later displayed in Tokyo, Zurich and London. In this series of interior spaces, there is an encounter between Le Corbusier the designer and architect and Le Corbusier the artist, painter and sculptor. As opposed to the extreme rationalism and irreverence of his early work, every piece of furniture here expresses a new and more fluid – even lyrical – sensitivity towards design; a mix of simplicity, severity and emotion.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

The Tabouret coffee table /bedside table /stool is inspired by a wooden whisky crate abandoned on the beach and also the boxes used by painters and glass crafters. This is typical of Le Corbusier’s poetic expression in using objet trouvé, which became a dearly retained concept for the designer as years went by. The plasticity of the Escargot and Brésil lamps by Nemo, Cassina’s Lighting Division, gives another example of this creative period and completes the collection.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

Le Corbusier’s works during the 1950s, show furniture design as focused more than ever before on fulfilling the needs and desires of the people. Accordingly, Cassina brings these models back to life in total harmony with today’s demands, updating their utility through the use of the most advanced technological solutions. The company’s quest for authenticity comes always via a respectful and highly informed interpretation of each original design so that the final product captures the very soul of the designer’s project and retains the values that make it unique and universal. This philosophy pervades the entire “Cassina I Maestri” Collection.

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

LC 14 01 Tabouret Cabanon, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1952. Le Corbusier – Cassina I Maestri Collection

A solid chestnut stool in natural wood colour with two dimensions and a squared side. Designed for the Cabanon, a place of intense design experimentation where, alongside numerous fixed pieces of furniture, mobile pieces are conceived as boxes. A simple seat that is also very refined, thanks to the dovetail joints which emphasise the links between each solid wood plane. The oblong hole on each side makes the Tabouret particularly easy to handle.

Measurements: 43cm x 27cm x h.43cm

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

LC 14 02 Tabouret Maison du Brésil, Paris 1959. Le Corbusier – Cassina I Maestri Collection

The Tabouret in its three-dimensional version, designed by Le Corbusier in 1959 for the Maison du Brésil, a university residence in Paris. A stool of understated elegance created in solid, natural coloured oak. Along the two main sides, the oblong openings make it easy to move and the stool can be placed either horizontally or vertically. The exclusive dovetail joint system on the corners emphasises Cassina’s precision and skill in crafting solid wood.

Measurements: 33cm x 25cm x h.43cm

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

LC 15 Table de Conférence, Atelier Le Corbusier, Paris 1958. Le Corbusier – Cassina I Maestri Collection

Le Corbusier designed a table in 1958, intended for both home décor and conferences, with an organic structure that is also rational at the same time. The key to the project is the use of two geometrical figures set one against the other. The circle is a sturdy horizontal tabletop in oak and the cube is made of steel tubes, which form a weave of perpendicular levels with outstanding aesthetic value. The top is available with a natural matte finish. Legs in lacquered steel in the LC colours (gloss grey, gloss green and matte black).

Measurements: Ø185cm x h.71cm

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

LC 16, Table de Travail avec Rayonnages, Unité d’Habitation, Nantes-Rezé 1957.

Le Corbusier – Cassina I Maestri Collection There are several versions of this small wooden writing-desk. Here Cassina reinterprets the project created for the children’s bedrooms at the Unités d’Habitation. The design of these spaces and the furniture within them is characterised by close attention to the harmonious organisation of both individual and collective life, with constant reference to the human body through the use of the Modulor visual measure system. The writing-desk is made up of a table top in natural coloured matte oak. The open compartments are equipped with fastened shelves. It is also possible to expand the piece by adding further open elements.

Measurements: 140cm/ 53cm x 70cm+27cm x h.72cm

Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina

LC 17 Portemanteau, Unité de Camping, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1957.

Le Corbusier – Cassina I Maestri Collection Le Corbusier developed the Portemanteau project for the first time for the Cabanon. This re-edition is the 1957 model designed for the Unités de Camping. In harmony with the many colours of these minimal spaces, which feature all the commodities of a cruise cabin, even the coat rack is coloured. Elements in solid oak resembling mushrooms in matte white, black, red, green and blue are placed at different heights, based upon Modulor visual measures, on an oak panel in matte black.

Measurements: 66.5cm x 60cm x d.7cm/ 11.5cm


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OLA Table by AKKA

OLA Table by AKKA

Cologne 2011: this folding table by Swedish designers AKKA is one of two joint winning projects in this year’s [D3] Contest, an international competition for young designers organised by trade fair imm cologne.

OLA Table by AKKA

Called OLA after one of the designers’ fathers, the lightweight design can be folded and unfolded without turning the piece over.

OLA Table by AKKA

The design will be manufactured by Swedish company Materia and officially launched at Stockholm Furniture Fair next month.

OLA Table by AKKA

AKKA share the [D3] Contest first prize with Harry Thaler’s Pressed Chair (see our earlier story) and second prize was awarded to Moody Couch by Hanna Emelie Ernsting (see our earlier story here).

OLA Table by AKKA

imm Cologne takes place 18-23 January 2011.

OLA Table by AKKA

See all our coverage of the event »

OLA Table by AKKA

Here are some more details from AKKA:


The ola-table is an easily handled folding-table that always stands on its feet, and thus doesent get a dirty and chipped tabletop after a while. Even a fairly small lady could unfold a hundred tables at a conference without risking her health, since you dont have to turn the whole table around or so. The ola-tables looks so nice when folded that you can store it by the wall in your office or at home for an easy-accessed extra work desk. The table stacks tightly and is made of aluminum.

The Ola-table (which bears its name after the father of Petter) is designed by Petter Danielson and Oscar Ternbom at AKKA (www.akka.se), Göteborg, Sweden.

The OLA-table will be manufactured by MATERIA, a Swedish company, (materia.se) and will be launched at the Stockholm furniture fair in a few weeks.


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Mokasser

Homegrown Norwegian furniture-makers keep it local
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The three young partners behind Oslo-based furniture studio Mokasser—Karl Marius Sveen, Roger Sveian and Paul Van Wonderen—keep their business entirely local by designing and producing their collection all in Norway.

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With a nationwide decrease in furniture manufacturing, Marius tells Cool Hunting, “Lots of manufacturers are moving a big part of their production out of Norway to survive and to compete with prizes. Mokasser is still able to manufacture all parts in Norway, mostly because of being a high-end company, with good finishes and a focus on quality in every product. We also have a close and constant contact with the customers, trying to meet their needs regarding choice of upholstery.”

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Thanks to their education and experience, the group has a strong background in the Norwegian furniture industry. The clean shapes and the playful colors of each product however, are the work of Nora Furuholmen, Christian Sæther, Roger Sveian, Permafrost and Karl Marius Sveen.


Rich Brilliant Willing to Debut Latest Collection at Chicago’s Volume Gallery

Rich Brilliant Willing—the New York-based design studio behind some of our favorite tables, among other forward-looking furnishings—is preparing for its first solo exhibition. The RBW trio of Theo Richardson, Charles Brill, and Alexander Williams (pictured at right, defying gravity) will debut a limited-edition collection of personal storage pieces in “Pro Forma,” a show opening March 18 at Volume Gallery in Chicago. And speaking of furniture that moves with you, the new pieces were inspired by international air-shipping containers and what the designers identify as “a transient nature in the contemporary idea of home.” Expect sturdy yet luxuriously lacquered shelving with heavily chamfered corners and tables whose similarly rugged shapes are tamed by materials unaccustomed to being stuffed into a fuselage, including brass, leather, and American hardwoods. Think “steamer trunks in an age of global logistics,” note gallery founders (and Wright veterans) Claire Warner and Sam Vinz. Keep an eye on Volume’s website for more details about the exhibition.

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