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Milan 2014: London designer Lee Broom will launch these glass and marble vessels during a dinner party in the window of a Milanese design boutique next week.

Lee Broom‘s On the Rock wine and champagne glasses feature crystal bowls perched on top of Carrera marble bases.

“Fusing the delicate crystal with the heavy marble base plays with the idea of balance – both structurally and through the contrasting materials,” said Broom.

The surfaces of both materials are curved where they meet, so the glass looks like it could topple off.

The champagne coupe has a wider and flatter cup than the wine glass, as well as a taller, thinner stem.

The collection will be launched during the dinner at Spazio Pontaccio, Via Pontaccio 18, in Milan’s Brera district on 8 April, before the showroom opens to the public the day after.

A limited series of 30 wine glasses and 30 champagne glasses will also be available to buy from a pop-up shop at the boutique, along with a selection of Broom’s designs.

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Each piece in the Folk candle holder range is different but shares the same characteristics, creating a family of objects which work together or individually (+ slideshow).

The inspiration for the collection of holders came from the idea that humans all share the same basic characteristics, but have different body shapes.

“People all share the same basic characters, but it is the details and proportions that set them apart,” Simon Legald told Dezeen.

“Each candle holder has its own expression but share the same DNA,” he said. “It was important for the different pieces to be able to function by themselves as well as together with the other family members.”

The collection consists of a tray, candlestick tray, two different styles of candlestick, a candle holder and a tea light holder. The smaller objects fit perfectly into the trays to create a variety of use and display options.

Each piece comes in two different colours from a palette that includes a pale blue, burgundy, three shades of grey and a bright yellow.

“The colours were chosen to provide a classic feel, said Legald. “These colours make the series easy to combine and create one’s own style and feeling.”

Legald began working for Normann Copenhagen as an intern two and a half years ago while studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and has since become the company’s senior house designer.

“I have learned more about design the last year than have the past six years,” said Legald. “Co-founder and CEO Jan Normann Andersen is a mentor for me, he knows so much about design and production, and helps me become better at what I do.”

Here’s some information from the designer:

Normann Copenhagen presents the Folk range of candle holders

Danish designer Simon Legald has designed a range of timeless candle holders for Normann Copenhagen made to be combined in many ways. The range consists of four different candle holders and a tray with a simple, minimalistic feel. The silhouettes, which are neither round nor square, give the Folk range their character and own unique expression.

Simon Legald’s design is, among other things, characterised by his carefully thought out attention to detail. He has worked on the shapes, sizes and edges of Folk, so that the small candle holders fit perfectly into the trays. The asymmetric positioning of the sticks on the base is a discreet detail that makes the design more dynamic to look at.

Simon Legald explains: “I wanted to create a little family of cohesive products. Each candle holder should have its own expression but share the same DNA. It was important for the different pieces to be able to function by themselves as well as together with the other candle holders in the set.”

The Folk range consists of five different pieces, each in two different colours. The colours in this series range from three classic shades of grey to light blue, burgundy and yellow. The colours have been chosen to make the range interesting and make it easy to combine the candle holders according to one’s taste and decor.

Colours: Light grey, grey, dark grey, light blue, burgundy, yellow
Material: Zinc
Dimensions:
Tray: H: 1 cm x L: 21,7 cm x D: 9,8 cm, 17,5 GBP
Candlestick Tray: H: 16,5 cm x L: 18,8 cm x D: 9,8 cm
Candlestick: H: 12,6 cm x L: 10,5 cm x D: 9,3 cm
Candle Holder: H: 3 cm x L: 10,5 cm x D: 9,3 cm
Tealight Candle Holder: H: 2,6 cm x L: 10,5 cm x D: 9,3 cm, 12 GBP

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Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij made these vessels from scraps of plastic, melted down and built up in layers by a robotic arm.

Entitled Changing Vases, the objects are created using leftover plastic from the Dirk Vander Kooij‘s famous Endless Chair, which is itself made of recycled refrigerators.

“We were already using waste material for our products, but there are always little bits of extruded material left over so we wanted to use those too,” the designer told Dezeen.

The vases are made in the same way as the chair, by building up layers of melted polystyrene extruded from a nozzle connected to a robotic arm.

The colour of each vase is determined by the material put into the hopper and can change gradually from one layer to the next. “Because we use our waste bin as material, each vase is uniquely coloured,” explained the designer.

Each vase is a deliberately distorted take on the profile of a traditional vase. The result is a unique perspective that changes depending on where the viewer stands.

The vases come in two sizes: 40 by 49 centimetres or 50 by 66 centimetres. The former weighs five kilograms, the latter seven.

The Changing Vase forms part of Kooij’s latest series, called New Babylon. All of the items utilise the same process Kooij developed while studying at The Design Academy Eindhoven.

Sourcing waste material from fridge recycling centres in the Netherlands, fragments of polystyrene are melted into a consistent thread which can be printed into different shapes without the used of moulds, instead extruding them layer by layer.

Kooij has used the technique to print rocking chairs, dining chairs, tables, lights and even coat hangers. His Endless Chair was one of the winners at the 2011 DMY Awards in Berlin.

Photography is courtesy of Nadine Stijns.

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