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London Design Festival 2013: these round stools by Stockholm designer Kyuhyung Cho can be stacked thanks to a ring of holes around the edge of each seat.

Kyuhyung Cho designed the Poke Stool for British brand Innermost. It features four round legs and has eight holes in the seat. When not in use, the legs can be poked through the holes of another stool.

“The twist of each stool added creates a rhythm as the stack grows higher,” said Cho.

“The composition of different colours and variations to the rhythm lead us create our own structure, like a geometric sculpture,” he added.

The stools are available from Innermost in black, white, natural wood, red, yellow, green and blue. They are made from laquered timber and are 44 centimetres in height.

The Poke stool was launched in Paris at design tradeshow Maison&Objet and at designjunction during London Design Festival.

Here’s a short film from Innermost:

We’ve also recently published a feature about Cho’s gravity-defying coat stand that has a hovering metal ring keeping four diagonal sticks from crashing to the ground.

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Photographs are courtesy of Innermost.

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London Design Festival 2013: the restaurateurs behind east London restaurant Les Trois Garçons have launched a furniture collection in collaboration with Portuguese manufacturer De Pau (+ slideshow).

The collection marks the launch of L3G Designs, an interior design firm led by Hassan Abdullah, Michel Lasserre and James Gold, co-owners of Les Trois Garçons and London bar LoungeLover.

The first collection, called DP pour Les Trois Garçons, launched last week during London Design Festival and comprises twelve pieces including side tables, coffee tables, shelves, sideboards and seating.

Speaking to Dezeen at the launch event, creative director Abdullah said that the collection was designed to fit in different environments. “Having the possibility to change the shape and look of the items also maximises the appeal and the practicality of the items,” he told Dezeen. “For instance the coffee table made of two triangles could be reconfigured from a square coffee table to suit a rectangular space.”

Abdullah further explained that customers can custom-select materials, colours and sizes for each product. “For L3G Designs, we think it is very important that clients can order the products to their own requirements without the price of bespoke furniture,” he said. “Not everyone has the same colour scheme or preference for the type of wood, marble and metals.”

One side table has two brass-clad drawers stacked on top of one another. “It pivots for ease of use and it is also stackable to create a chest or a tallboy,” explained the designers.

A second table features three stacked units of brass, marble and oak, which gradually increase in size towards the top.

A third cube-shaped side table has contrasting colours and retractable sliding trays on all four sides.

A multileveled coffee table made in solid oak has square inserts available in glass, mirror or marble.

A series of interlocking tables with coloured edges and of varying heights form a second coffee table design. “The taller one can be used for TV dinners or playing games,” explained the designers. “The configuration of the tables can be changed to create an ever-changing look.”

A modular shelving unit made from solid oak has compartments that can be moved and fixed at varying heights.

A second shelving system has a solid oak frame and coloured drawers and cabinets that can be positioned in different places.

The collection also includes an oak framed sideboard with coloured drawers and doors, available with brass or wooden feet and door handles.

The new collection was launched during London Design Festival 2013 last week at the newly redesigned Maison Trois Garçons cafe in east London.

Other brands launched during the festival include Joined + Jointed, Wrong for Hay by British designer Sebastian Wrong and Danish design brand Hay, and Noble and Wood.

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Photographs are by Les Trois Garçons and Luke Hayes.

Here’s more information from the designers:

DP pour Les Trois Garçons

Les Trois Garçons is delighted to present its debut furniture collection. Designed in collaboration with DP [De Pau], the collection is a fusion of meticulous design, natural materials and traditional skills.

The grace and simplicity of this range combines the refinement and elegance that has brought Les Trois Garcons international acclaim with the uncompromising quality of DP, a family-owned business that has been making furniture in Portugal for three generations.

The simple lines and natural materials make for a collection to suit any home. Comfort and convenience are the hallmarks of the collection; all the furniture comes in a variety of finishes to suit your taste, and many of the items are customisable.

The range will be available for sale on our website and at a handpicked selection of the world’s finest retailers.

About L3G Designs

L3G Designs is a boutique interior design firm that specialises in high-end hospitality, retail and residential projects. Having enjoyed great success with their own restaurant Les Trois Garcons, and bar LoungeLover, L3G Designs also provides F&B consulting services.

Under the creative direction of Hassan Abdullah, L3G create imaginative, memorable and elegant new spaces.

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The Stereo.T is the first hoerboard that comes as a construction kit for easy assembly. It is available for turntables in battle position, DJ controll..

Michael Egan’s “Wings” and “Unfolded” sofas are cut from the same cloth, but each has its own unique identity. Both share the same ergonomic top portion, but their entirely different bases make one complex and the other quite simple. Unfolded’s layered plywood makes a great place to store books and magazines, while Wings’ bold continuation of the arms creates a unique floating effect. Which one suits you?!

Designer: Michael Egan

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London Design Festival 2013: designers Laetitia de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp have created a collection of furniture and products including a magazine holder that resembles a toast rack (+ slideshow).

Laetitia de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp showed a selection of products designed individually, alongside three designs created in collaboration that were inspired by sailing.

“I sailed for the first time two years ago and I love everything about it,” Laetitia de Allegri told Dezeen. “The closeness to nature, the design of the boats, the materials, techniques, everything is so simple and beautiful.”

A beech tray features a linear arrangement of wooden slats joined using the process of caulking that traditionally creates a non-slip seal on boat decking.

Door handles sand cast from aluminium or gunmetal reference the curving form of propeller blades.

The duo’s foldable stool can be hung on the wall to display the fabric that creates its seat when unfurled. The fabric is attached to a horizontal bar that holds it in tension when in use and weighs it down when hung up.

Laetitia de Allegri exhibited a range of side tables and stools with colourful bands of glazing based on the look of the frayed ends of rugs.

De Allegri also showed a magazine rack that supports magazines between three protruding vertical fins. The product is available in marble or colourful ceramic.

Eva Feldkamp showed a pair of ceramic carafes with forms that reference their contents. The taller, slimmer vessel is for water, while the rounder one is used for pouring milk.

Feldkamp’s other product is a tape cutter comprising aluminium sections and a circular blade that can be stacked to create a tool for accurately cutting rolls of tape into strips of a desired width.

The designers presented their products as part of the Brompton Design District during the London Design Festival, which ended at the weekend.

Other products launched at the festival include a wall-hung mirror with a brass counterweight, furniture made from wood and colourful resin, and a collection of wicker lighting.

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Here are some more details from the designers:

Issue No. 1 by De Allegri / Feldkamp

Drawing on the technical expertise developed throughout their studio work, the duo Laetitia de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp launch their debut exhibition, Issue No. 1, in a tribute to feminine sensibility at London Design Festival this September. Against a landscape of colours, a selection of independent projects – side tables, magazine racks, carafe and a tape cutter – are showcased alongside three feature collaborations: a series of door handles, a foldable stool and a tray, each inspired by the mood and feel of sailing.

The inspiration underpinning the collection is the free spirit of sailing. Through our projects, we explore its associated shapes, materials and techniques alongside its relationship to nature.

Door handle

The door handles capture the sensitivity experienced in the repetitive touching of an everyday object. All three handle types are sand cast, as is each shape – some from aluminium, some from gunmetal. This project revisits the domestication of a product that is technical in its design, yet involves the senses in its use, embodying the perfect balance between function and tactility

Foldable stool

This stool’s function is twofold. In its closed position, it can be hung on the wall to create a framework for the fabric that gently drops down lengthwise. The weight of a stitched inner tube creates a slight tension to display the material. When unfolded, the tube centers the fabric in between two simple frames joined at an axis, forming the seat.

Sparks by Laetitia de Allegri

SparkS is a collection of playful, ceramic side tables and stools, based on colour experiments in glazings. They were intended to be placed next to a sofa or bed, but are equally at home on terraces or in gardens. The superimposed colours were inspired by the frayed ends of rugs bundled together on display, fusing together to create a coincidental new world of colour.
Dimensions: 350 x 350 x 540mm (Tall round Table), 300 x 300 x 240mm (Small round Table)

Untitled Nº 01 by Laetitia de Allegri

Untitled Nº01, marble magazine rack, has been created for the exhibition No function – no Sense? for DEPOT BASEL in August 2012.
Dimensions: 310 x 400 x 210mm

Untitled Nº 02 by Laetitia de Allegri

Untitled Nº02, ceramic magazine rack.
Dimensions: 310 x 400 x 210mm

Carafe by Eva Feldkamp

Similar in form, these two carafes are distinguishable by the liquid each is made to hold. The fresher, slimmer carafe complements the flowing, refreshing and transparent quality of water, while the rounder, deeper bellied carafe evokes the rich, nourishing quality of milk.
Dimensions: 255 x 75 x 75mm 230 x 80 x 80mm

Tape cutter by Eva Feldkamp

Personal tool to customise the width of tape, composed of turned aluminium layers and circular knife. When the layers of turned aluminium are stacked to a certain height the tape can be cut precisely into a specific width. Pressure controls the number of layers, and with that, the length of the cut piece.
Dimensions: 65 x 55 x 55mm

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