Coup de projecteur sur les travaux du sculpteur de papier Kris Trappeniers. Cet artiste belge arrive à créer des compositions d’une complexité étonnante, en découpant du papier avec une très grande précision. Plus de visuels de ses portraits dans la suite de l’article.
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Add a little color to the workplace with a new online Mecca of office supplies
If you’ve reached the stage of adulthood where you pay for office supplies, the candy-colored hues and clean design of just-launched Poppin is a “cheap and cheerful” choice. Jazzed-up desk-cessories include bright yellow staplers, pretty pink tape dispensers (both $8) and almost any color of ballpoint pen imaginable.
Among the surplus of clipboards, scissors and tape, a few items really stand out for their effective design. The chunky plastic ruler’s easy-to-read type ($5) is as great for grade-schoolers as it is for aging adults, and the glass dry-erase board ($695) adds a touch of class to conference rooms. Even glue ($2) gets the Poppin makeover, turning the DIY necessity into a sleek desk item.
But Poppin is more than a full range of better-designed office supplies. The brand, cofounded by Ken Seiff (known for starting Bluefly), makes “looking at, buying and using office supplies an extraordinary experience” by making their site user-friendly—and the only way to buy their products. Easy to navigate, organized by category, color or by bundle, the design makes re-ordering a snap too. Simply sign up to store shipping addresses, view past orders and save your account information.
From file folders to a forthcoming furniture collection, whether for your cube or dorm, Poppin gives the stale work scene a colorful boost.
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German studio D’art have covered a wall in white paper boxes and spotty black lettering for the German Pulp and Paper Association at a Düsseldorf trade fair.
The lettering is made from circular black stickers and spells out the word ‘board’ in reference to the paperboard being promoted.
Filled with monochrome furniture, the temporary installation was on show 12-18 May.
Photography is by Lukas Palik Photography.
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Paperboard Architecture
For the fourth time, the D’art Design Gruppe from Neuss designed the appearance of the German Pulp and Paper Association (VDP) at the Interpack in Düsseldorf that took place from 12th to 18 May 2011.
The VDP presented itself together with Pro Carton, the Economic Associations Paper Processing (WPV), the Trade Association Folding Cartons Industry (FFI), the Trade Association Solid Cardboard Packaging (VVK) and the Foundation for Paper Technologies (PTS) on overall 96 square metres.
The area was divided into an information, exhibition and meeting area. The protagonist of the bright white fair appearance is paperboard as material. A large-scale folding carton sculpture communicates the topic packaging at this year’s packaging fair.
Cartons that are nested into each other form a dynamic collage on both back walls of the stand. Numerous marking spots that are pasted next to each other on the cartons form the writing “board” and convey the topic of the VDP fair appearance. In the daily routine the label stickers are used as shipping indicators on cartons.
Thanks to a versatile perspective they enhance the effect of the tridimensional paperboard architecture. Showcases with high-end cardboard packagings, which were awarded at the Pro Carton/ECMA Award, add to the stand design.
The D’art Design Gruppe from Neuss has developed the VDP’s fair appearance for more than 10 years: The first design was developed by the creative agency for the association’s millennium appearance in 2000.
With every appearance of the German Pulp and Paper Association the material is uniquely highlighted and paper, paperboard and cardboard and their respective functions are the central theme. Last, D’art Design created a paper wood for the VDP together with the realisateurs of the Projektpilot GmbH from Neuss. This design has been rewarded with the ADAM Award in the meantime and it even adorns the cover of the fair design yearbook 2009/2010.
Design: D’art Design Gruppe GmbH
Client: VDP
Project: Interpack 2011
Category: Stand Design
Location: Düsseldorf, hall 7a, stand B31
Size: 96 sqm
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Reader C submitted the following to Ask Unclutterer:
My husband and I have a problem — while we’ve managed to declutter our little apartment to a state that makes us both happy, we both *hate* filing papers. It’s the one task that never seems to get done because we both avoid it, hoping the other person will break down and do it. Once papers make it into the filing cabinet they’re fairly well organized, but there always seems to be a heaping pile of envelopes and documents sitting on top of it. Do you have any advice for how to overcome this reluctance to deal with our filing?
I dislike filing, too. I wonder if there is someone out there who enjoys it. Anyone?
Because filing is such a dreaded task for many people, I recommend making the chore as much of a routine as possible so you don’t ever think about it. This either means doing it every day as a regular part of your mail processing routine (open mail, process it, file important documents, be done with it) or doing it once a week at a scheduled time (Saturday mornings after your cup of coffee). And, when I suggest scheduling it, I literally mean putting it on your calendar at a specific time.
If you go with the once a week system, get a decorative box with a lid that is only a few inches deep to set on top of your filing cabinet. The box can be the depository for the papers that need to be filed until your regularly scheduled filing time. Also, if you use a shallow box as recommended, your filing can’t ever get out of control because not much paper can fit inside of it.
Be sure to check out our Paper Clutter Begone, part 4 to make sure you’re not filing papers you don’t need to keep. I didn’t get the impression you were from your question, but a nice review of what to keep isn’t a bad idea for any of us.
When at work, I’ve found it’s convenient to file whenever I’m on a conference call that doesn’t require my active participation. Also, if I’m trying to solve a problem, I’ll file to give my brain some down time. Researchers have found that alternating between mindless work (like filing) and mindful work increases your overall productivity. If you’re trying to solve a problem at home, maybe sneak in a few minutes of filing even if it isn’t your regularly scheduled filing time.
Thank you, C, for submitting your question for our Ask Unclutterer column.
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Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai created these paper lamps in collaboration with a Singaporean craftsman who makes masks for a traditional lion dance.
Called Leone Series 01, the lamps are made from strips of bamboo covered in paper and painted orange inside.
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Photography is copyright Lanzavecchia + Wai and Daniel Peh K.L.
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LEONE Series 01 – Handcrafted Lighting Objects
in collaboration with Singapore’s last Lion Dance mask craftsman
Launched at Salone Satellite 2011
During the Milan Design Week 2011, Lanzavecchia + Wai, a creative studio of Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai presented LEONE – Series 01, a family of handcrafted lighting objects at the SaloneSatellite.
“LEONE”
Lanzavecchia + Wai collaborates with Singapore’s last remaining Lion Dance mask craftsman, resulting in Leone Lights which are a series of lamps that bring the artistry of this rare South-East Asian trade into the domestic space.
Hand-made from lithe strips of bamboo, covered by rice paper and then painted internally with a fiery orange inspired by traditional livery, these objects put the Lion dance mask craft literally in a new light to re-enter the public consciousness in a new context and expression.
Bio – Master Henry Ng
Master Henry Ng, having many years of Lion dance performance experience under his belt, dedicated his passion for the art form into the craft of making Lion masks.
Picking up this skill through sheer passion and inquisitiveness, he took this activity seriously and became a full-time craftsman (switching from the job of a precision metal machinist) in the mid-Nineties to cater to the many martial arts associations here.
There were about twenty lion mask craftsmen in Singapore then but competition came in the form of cheaply mass produced lions from China in the late-nineties.
As a result of thinning profit margins, every single craftsmen left the trade and so he became Singapore’s last Lion Dance mask maker, a torch-bearer of a piece of culture passed on from South Chinese immigrants who came to Singapore in the early 20th century.
Photography © Lanzavecchia + Wai
Photography © Daniel Peh K.L.
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| Handmade lights by Asaf Weinbroom | Story lamp by Skar+Vidal | Loom by Benjamin Hubert |
Découverte de Héctor Sos, un directeur artistique espagnol qui a eu l’excellente idée de réaliser cette série de clichés “Paperfaces”. En créant des compositions de papier sur les visages de différents modèles, ces photographies captent notre regard et sont graphiquement réussies.
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Le créatif Joe Bagley a eu l’idée d’utiliser une simple de feuille de papier pour créer des silhouettes très réussie. Découpées à la main, ces oeuvres permettent de rendre honneur au talent de l’artiste américain. Plus d’images de son travail dans la suite de l’article.
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Imaginés par Shinichiro Ogata pour la société japonaise Wasara, ces assiettes aux formes élégantes sont faites à partir d’un papier sans arbre composite et sont totalement biodégradables. Ces pièces sont à découvrir en images, dans la suite de l’article.
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