Tokyo Fiber 2009 SENSEWARE Part 1
Tokyo Fiber SENSEWARE was started as a project to show the merits of Japan’s fibers. SENSEWARE refers to materials or mediums that arouse a creative desire in people. This is part 1 of our coverage on the ‘09 SENSEWARE exhibition in Milano. In 2007 we saw televisions made of fabric small and squishy enough to coddle in your hand. This year the projects continue to amaze.
Via & more: Yanko Design
Chromosoma by Javier Alejandre
Javier Alejandre, is an industrial designer from Madrid who showed for the first time his “Chromosoma” lamp during design week in Milan. The root from which this design comes revolves around the creation of a genealogical tree, which is shaped in a different way by every human being’s vital pathway. Biological, this tree is generated by the combinations of every chromosome, which determines what we will be, thus my design works, where the user combines the given elements and then chooses which is going to be the formal result of his product.
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Röshults Grill by Broberg & Ridderstrale
This is a sturdy grill that will benefit from standing outdoors all year round. It is designed with an architectural design that complements the house and garden to become a natural part of the dwelling environment. The solid construction and large grill surface makes cooking outdoors a pleasure in the summertime. Röshults Grill, by Broberg & Ridderstrale, for Röshults.
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Moonbird Lamps by Yukio Hashimoto
Yukio Hashimoto has designed the Moonbird lamps for Japanese lighting manufacturer Yamagiwa.
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Art Pavillion by Cre8 Architecture
Our friend Pierre Forissier, from Cre8 Architecture, shared with us their entry for the Art Fund Pavillion Competition London 2009. “Panelion” was selected as an exception entry and will be exhibited at The Lightbox London. The concept of the pavilion is to experiment with a developmental pattern in the evolution of an organism, to let spontaneous forces go without mediation. This results into an organic structure that wraps itself with a protective membrane. The skin (i.e. membrane) reveals life from the skeleton. The pavilion is now one creature dipped in the real bio mass. The inside glow (i.e. internal lighting) reveals a pulsating organism into the night. The permanent incompletion is the evolutionary change that rejects the idea of a prediction about its form of growth.
Via & more: ArchDaily
House re-Growth Competition Winners Announced
The prize winners of the re-Growth House competition were recently announced. The competition, organised on behalf of the people of Victoria that lost their homes in the Black Saturday bushfires, sought inspirational design ideas that can offer a way, for residents who have lost their homes to the bushfires, to re-build. The first stage of the competition attracted 36 entries that were assessed anonymously, with seven shortlisted. The panel included Adam Kalkin, Marcus Trimble, Dan Honey, Peter Johns and Stoney and Jacqueline Black a family that lost their home in the fires and are now living in the re-Growth Pod.
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Successful Living from Diesel with Moroso and Foscarini
Diesel’s Home Collection recently was enriched by the addition of two new partners – both leaders in the world of interiors – Foscarini for lighting and Moroso for furniture. The two new licenses will be of a 4 year duration with a worldwide retail agreement which is starting with the European and US markets. The collections were presented to press and buyers at a worldwide preview on the occasion of the International Milan Furniture Fair, Salone del Mobile. Both respective lines were on show within the Salone with around 100 square meters of dedicated space for each collection. The new furniture line was on display at the Moroso stand, whilest the collection of Diesel lamps was available to view on the Foscarini stand situated in the Euroluce exhibition.
Via & more: Yatzer
CLOUD by Tokujin Yoshioka for Moroso
Moroso brought a range of major new products to the Milan Furniture Show this year. The basic concepts for this year’s show are lightness and playing with images – things are not always exactly what they seem – and a study of forms, colours and fabrics: super sophisticated, high-tech and new. Echoes of nature, an effect of lightness and ethereality are the characteristics of Tokujin Yoshioka’s new products, which he describes thus: “This new product for Moroso brings to mind clouds in the sky or water flowing, of which we all have a mental vision”. He then adds a detail which explains the choice of the very unusual fabric: “I wanted to convey the texture of a material in nature through an industrial product”.
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Martin the Mule by iBride
French designers iBride presented a writing desk in the form of a life-sized mule at Zona Tortona in Milan last month. The desk is made of high-pressure laminate, can accommodate a flat-screen computer, and is equipped with lighting and internet connections. It forms part of the company’s Mobilier de Compagnie range of animal-shaped furniture.
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Diesel’s new watch: Style trumps functionality
I am not at all clear on the functionality of this gizmo, but perhaps Diesel’s new DZ9044 watch is more about style. The watch face is perplexingly blank; but two micro-clocks on each side of the casing provide a total of four timetelling indicators. This particular piece of stainless steel and leather bad-assery will set you back US $365.
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