Apr 16
FLIP
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The originality of its swing door makes FLIP an attractive and surprising item of furniture. Faced with the alternative of choosing open or closed boo..
Apr 16
Purely White and Wood
Posted in: UncategorizedThis reinvention of the Gispen Today collection by Thijs Smeets combines advanced production techniques with contemporary & eloquent design- a radically different approach for a brand known for its tubular steel frames. The series of chair, sofa, stool, table, wall rack, magazine holder, & even an umbrella stand are characterized by chamfered plywood contrasted with bright white molded shells or fabric. While different than Gispen’s usual chromed out look, each piece maintains a clean, modern aesthetic.
Designer: Thijs Smeets
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Apr 16
Milan 2013: German designer Stefan Diez unveiled a trio of chairs for German furniture brand e15 at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week.
Stefan Diez‘s This That Other collection for e15 comprises a dining chair called This, a low lounge chair called That and a high stool called Other.
The chairs combine a curved plywood shell with a solid frame and are available in a palette of colours assembled by designer Farah Ebrahimi: natural wood, neon pink, navy, white, light grey and dark grey.
Named after a card trick, the collection is a development of the processes used in Diez’s earlier Houdini chair for e15, launched in Milan in 2009 and updated in 2011 in an upholstered version.
Dezeen interviewed Diez as part of the Dezeentalks series at the immcologne trade fair in 2011, where he talked about working conditions, mittens for motorcycles and sex tourism – see all design by Stefan Diez.
Earlier this year e15 launched re-editions of furniture designed by German modernist Ferdinand Kramer in the first half of the twentieth century – see all design by e15.
Our round-up of highlights from the Salone included a lamp with a glass base by Industrial Facility and chairs with wavy backs by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, while French architect Jean Nouvel presented a huge installation imagining office environments of the future – see all news and products from Milan this year.
Photographs are by Ingmar Kurth.
Here’s some more information from e15:
Named after the famous card trick, Stefan Diez applies the same plywood material as for the iconic Houdini seating series to craft the robust and versatile side chair This, lounge chair That and stool Other. The progressive and deceptively simple This That Other seating series by Munich based designer Stefan Diez illustrates e15’s key philosophy in exposing and featuring elements essential to the construction of a product. Simplifying the construction, this family represents a very economical offering for the contract market.
Providing ultimate comfort, the rounded shapes of the THIS THAT OTHER seating series give way to modern spirit and rational details in distinct quality. Forthright colours developed by Farah Ebrahimi signify the unique spirit of the seating series in a palette of neon pink, navy and shades of grey.
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Apr 15
MADEMOISELLE Armoire
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Designed with a profound admiration and influence of the French decorative arts, the Mademoiselle Armoire will transport you to another world in a cra..
Apr 15
Only geeky by name…
Posted in: UncategorizedFeaturing a commanding contrast of raw wood and steel, the Geek chair has a fresh and contemporary appearance that’s elegant yet unpretentious. The design itself is straightforward and familiar, using simple geometric lines for a subtlety. For more individual style, there’s a choice of matte black or white finish coupled with the solid maple rods.
Designer: munkii
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Apr 15
Milan 2013: a curtain of raffia creates a hairy veil around one of five beds designed by Brazilian duo Fernando and Humberto Campana for Italian furniture brand Edra.
The Campana Beds, for Edra’s inaugural bed collection, reinterpret some of the Campana brothers’ most famous furniture designs.
Using the materials of the 2010 Cabana cabinet, the Cabana bed (top) is surrounded by long strands of raffia that can be tied back using magnetic leather belts, while the Grinza bed (above) is covered in wrinkled leather, just like the 2011 Grinza chair.
The fake fur-covered Cipria sofa from 2009 is reimagined for the Cipria bed (above), which comes with a fluffy pink headboard.
The Corallo bed (above) has a jumbled frame of golden wire, similar to the 2004 Corallo chair.
The fifth bed in the collection is Favela (above and below), which is made from wooden boards that have been roughly glued and nailed together. The design first appeared in the Favela chairs, which were used within the Campana’s first hotel interior.
The Campana beds were shown last week in Milan at the Edra showroom.
See more design by Fernando and Humberto Campana, including their famous Cartoon Chairs made from stuffed toys and a recent collection for Louis Vuitton.
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Here’s some more information from Edra:
In the Edra showroom, visitors will be also treated to a preview of the collection “Campana beds” – five beds created by Fernando and Humberto Campana, which continue that journey between roots and identity started with couches and armchairs already in the collection. These beds are highly unique because of their use of unusual materials inspired by nature and creativity, refined by great manual skills and advanced technologies.
Edra opens its new division, Edra beds, with the Campana Brothers. The five beds that make up the collection are: “Corallo bed” with headboard and footboard made by a weave of inox wire that has been hand-curved and finished with a special golden finish, that contains pure gold; “Favela bed” which is all made of wooden small boards, glued and nailed together by hand one over the other, according to an intentionally casual scheme; “Cabana bed”, screened by raffia veils treated with a special fire-proofing process and featuring leather belts with magnetic clips to control the drapery; “Cipria bed” stuffed with expanded polyurethane and synthetic wadding, with headboard made of four pillows attached to a metallic structure and covered in eco-fur; “Grinza bed” featuring a metallic structure covered by abundant hanging drapery, available in leather.
All the beds in the “Campana beds” collection come with sheets and comforters made of pure natural linen.
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Apr 14
Milan 2013: French designer Philippe Starck recalled childhood memories of his aunts and uncles when designing this family of furniture for Kartell, shown in Milan this week.
Philippe Starck cites nostalgia and sentimentality as his main influences for the collection: “My family of Kartell ‘uncles and aunts’ is the minimalist technological version of the armchairs and sofas where my uncles and aunts used to sit smoking their pipes or knitting by the fireplace in total peace and serenity.”
“Times have changed and so has furniture, but our dreams are always the same,” he adds.
Each member of the Aunts and Uncles series, for Italian brand Kartell, is made of polycarbonate and has been created using single-mould injection technology.
The furniture includes the Uncle Jack sofa, the Uncle Jim armchair, the Uncle Jo chair, the Aunt Jamy table and the Aunt Maggy console.
Each piece comes in a range of colours and the collection was shown at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Starck recently collaborated with Peugeot to design a prototype bicycle crossed with a scooter for a free cycle scheme in Bordeaux, France – see all design by Philippe Starck.
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Apr 13
Milan 2013: these seats with curvy backrests by Dutch architects UNStudio are on show at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this week.
Above: Studio Twin
Top: Studio Twin Beam
UNStudio’s collection for Swedish brand Offecct includes Studio Easy Chair, a single seat with a wing on its left or right side, Studio Twin Beam, a pair of seats linked by a small table, and Studio Twin, which has a solid base that mirrors the backrest.
“The Studio Twin design not only encourages communication by enabling the sitters to face each other whilst sitting side-by-side, but is also designed to spatially introduce two visual orientations to the locations in which it is used,” said UNStudio head Ben van Berkel.
Above: Studio Easy Chair
The seats have a laminated wood frame and are upholstered in fabric or leather, while the bases are available in black, white or silver lacquer.
UNStudio has just announced its relaunch in June as an “open-source architecture studio” inspired by technology start-ups. The news was originally revealed by van Berkel in March in an interview with Dezeen at the launch of Canaletto, a residential tower designed by the firm for east London. See all architecture by UNStudio.
Above: Studio Easy Chair with Studio Twin Beam
Other Offecct furniture we’ve published includes a chair by Japanese studio Nendo that flicks out like a flowing cape and a sofa with a winged backrest by Spanish designer Carlos Tíscar – see all design by Offecct.
Elsewhere in the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby unveiled chunky sofas for Knoll and Ron Arad introduced a workstation that uses pulses of electricity to change colour.
See all news and products from Milan 2013 or use our interactive map to discover the highlights of the week’s exhibitions, parties and talks.
Here’s some more information from Offecct:
Offecct initiates cooperation with UNStudio and presents the series Studio, a system of seating furniture that can be adapted to any need or environment. The series will be included in Offecct’s business Travel & Navigation together with many products suitable for different kinds of waiting areas, terminals, cruise ships and airports etc.
The Studio series consists of a number of different versions: Studio Twin, Studio Twin Beam and Studio Easy Chair Right/Left. The Studio Twin version creates a seating element for communication and exchange, whereas the Studio Easy chair Right/Left offer possibilities for the user to choose between open and private arrangements. The Studio Twin Beam creates opportunities for use in public spaces and for more playful organisations in public settings.
The collection is ideal in many varied settings, such as airport waiting areas, lobbies, offices and libraries.
The concept for the Studio series was to create a light, comfortable and easily rearranged collection of seating elements which incorporate a variety of spatial gestures with specific emphasis on versatility in communication, says Ben van Berkel, co-founder and architect at UNStudio.
The varied designs within the series cater for the needs and wishes of the individual in both public and private spaces. The Studio Twin not only encourages communication by enabling the possibility to face each other whilst sitting side-by-side, but is also designed to spatially introduce two visual orientations to the locations in which it is used, van Berkel continues.
The Studio Easy Chair Right/Left are highly versatile, allowing the user to choose their level of connectivity to both the people and the space around them, he concludes.
In accordance with Offecct’s high demands on sustainability, effort has been put into choice of materials, energy, transportation and logistics to assure a product that has a minimal impact on nature.
Frame in laminated wood. Fully upholstered in fabric or leather. Standard leather Elmo Soft, piquet on the inside and standard on the outside Sledge base in black, white or silver lacquer, option in RAL Flexicolours.
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Apr 13
Just Black by Marsotto Edizioni
Posted in: black, James Irvine, marble, Milan 2013, Product newsMilan 2013: work by the late James Irvine and other international designers has been reproduced in black marble for this collection by Marsotto Edizioni, unveiled in Milan this week.
Above: Ipe tondo and Ipe quadro sidetables by James Irvine
Just Black inverts a selection of Italian brand Marsotto Edizioni‘s products in white Carrara marble by replicating the designs in black Marquina marble.
Above: Gina fruit bowl by James Irvine
British designer James Irvine, who passed away in February, was the company’s art director. Dark versions of his Ipe tondo and Ipe quadro side tables and his simple fruit bowl designs are included in this collection.
Above: Pia fruit bowl by James Irvine
Thomas Sandell‘s melting bookcase features alongside Claesson Koivisto Rune‘s monolithic low square table and Jasper Morrison‘s London, Paris and Rome tables.
Above: Pina fruit bowl by James Irvine
Other contributing designers include Konstantin Grcic, Naoto Fukasawa and Ross Lovegrove.
Above: Gallery table by Claesson Koivisto Rune
The original collection was presented during Milan design week in 2010 and has been annually reinterpreted ever since – see our story about the range here.
Above: London table by Jasper Morrison
On show until tomorrow, the exhibition is located at Galleria d’Arte, Via Brera 16.
Above: Melt bookcase by Thomas Sandell
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Here’s some more information from Costanza Olfi and Mario Marsotto:
Just black 2013
Variations on a theme. After the absolute predominance of white, Marsotto edizioni now presents a selection of products in Black Marquina marble. The radical contrast produces entirely different effects, as in a sort of reversed image of the objects. Last year, it was the individual lines that stood out. Now it is the piece as a whole that reveals the essence of its design.
Above: Taksim side table by Konstantin Grcic
The black, non-light, forcefully asserts its presence, emphasizing the character and functionality of each object. Thus the collection acquires a renewed balance: alongside the ethereal lightness of white are the depth, weight and texture that are so ideally expressed in black.
Above: Eco book ends by Ross Lovegrove
The harmonious proportions that have always been the hallmark of each item in the Marsotto edizioni collection are naturally unvaried, together with that touch of elegance which black cannot but enhance.
Above: Poodle table by Naoto Fukasawa
And so a veritable metamorphosis has occurred, where the vibrant impact of black actually reinterprets each single piece. Enriching it with emotional, totemic values that strike a chord.
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Apr 12
Interactive Interior
Posted in: deskThe Cromatic collection of children’s bedroom furniture blurs the difference between fixed and flexible furnishings in a transformative combination of beds, desk and storage. Kids and parents can customize configurations to their liking with rolling bed and moveable table units that maximize play, work and relaxation space. It’s as functional as it is fun, and teaches us that the line between permanent and portable is not so cut and dry! Check out the vid to see it in action—>
Designer: Arasanz
LITERA CORREDERA CROMATIC from Muebles Arasanz on Vimeo.
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