OBJECTIFIED – a documentary film about industrial design by Gery Hustwit
Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.
Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves?
Via & more: objectifiedfilm.com
Poliform Snake Chair has an iconic ‘S’ profile…
Poliform presents another fascinating chair design – the charming Snake Chair. When viewed from the side, its name is immediately appropriate. The smooth, slim profile of the chair snakes around into an enticing ‘S’ shape. This uninterrupted line is echoed by the matching footstool which curves into a flattened ‘C’. Designed by Roberto Lazzeroni and released in 2008, the Snake’s structure if formed of flexible printed polyurethane, covered in polyester padding for maximum comfort.
Via & more: Trendir
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: ‘Vegetal’ chair for Vitra
In a development process that took four years, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec worked with Vitra to create a universal chair for indoors and outdoors whose contours seem borrowed from nature. ‘Vegetal’ features flat branch structures woven in three levels to form a round, slightly irregular seating shell. On the underside, the chair is stabilized by ribs that grow out of the supportive legs.
Via & more: designboom
Witt Istanbul Suites Hotel Interior by Autoban
Turkish design studio Autoban, designed the interiors of the Witt Istanbul Suites Hotel. Each room was designed as one space where you can eat, rest and sleep. Patterns made from laser cut wood or iron create layers, and combine with existing Autoban furniture. The bathroom walls are made of traditional Marmara marble which is the main material in the Ottoman architectural style. The whole ambiance provides a unique experience where the visitors can broaden their horizons and breathe Istanbul.
Via & more: Contemporist
Cast series exhibition by Tom Dixon
Simultaneously to the common opening night of the «QuARTier des Bains», Edward Mitterrand and Stéphanie Cramer are pleased to announce the second episode of a series of exhibitions dedicated to a selection of the most prominent contemporary designers. Thus, after Studio Job, Mitterrand+Cramer, helped by swiss design curators Sophie et Philippe Cramer, are now thrilled to inaugurate the first solo exhibition in Switzerland by british design star, Tom Dixon, with twelve recent works processed by three different production means. Observing this variety of mediums and technologies was the original idea behind this exhibition.
Via & more: Mitterrand+Cramer
Autobiography Of An LED Lamp
Hi, my name is LED Lamp and my creator is not GOD. He’s an award-winning industrial designer called Mikko Kärkkäinen and he designs stuff for his own company called Tunto. I’m a here because the guys at YD think I look flattering and their readers will appreciate me. They think my pa Mikko should send them some free samples of me, because they want to experience my “gentle touch and no visible switches” design. I doubt my pa will ever send me over there, unless they do a giveaway or something!
Via & more: Yanko Design
Paco by Jo Nagasaka + Schemata Architecture Office
We want to make it independence by a simple substance. We need the technical skill of infrastructure free.It is possible in thefield of technical skill,but it is not practical at this time. First of all,we present our vision as a designer in order to cover the gap. PACO is… Box of 3m x 3m x 3m cube. And the roof open. It has the minimum equipments to live in spite of all its size. We produced it as a conceptual model to imagine a new life style.
Via & more: Schemata Architecture Office
Diesel Home Collection by Diesel Creative Team
Fashion brand Diesel will launch its Diesel Home Collection of furniture and lighting at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. Designed by Wilbert Das and the Diesel Creative Team, the collection will include lighting (above) produced under licence by Italian brand Foscarini, while furniture (top image) will be manufactured by Moroso.
Via & more: Dezeen
Patricia Urquiola for Moroso 2009
The focus of Patricia Urquiola’s new Fergana collection for Moroso is on textiles. Antique Uzbek techniques are blended with a European industrial approach. Fergana is a system of components that can form a large island of relaxation that incorporates a table at its centre. The wooden base is accessorized with a series of richly coloured cushions. Rift is another new collection by Urquiola, comprised of two sofas and two chairs that sport a layered look.
Via & more: MoCo Loco
More Work Sofa by Studio Makkink & Bey for PROOFF
We have more images of the Work Sofa components from PROOFF, the Dutch studio that puts the emphasis on “product development for the progressive office.” This covered work chair gives a sense of enclosure and privacy while allowing the user to remain accessible, and after the jump we have a meeting table that folds up into a desk. The label will have its international launch in Milan.
Via & more: MoCo Loco
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