News
April 2012
The Tord Boontje Shop is now open!
After a great opening party with all our friends, the Tord Boontje Shop is now officially open!
In the shop, we have all the products I have designed for clients such as Swarovski, Moroso, Kvadrat, Artecnica, Authentics. These range from crystal chandeliers to mass-produced tableware, textiles and lighting; from the extravagant and experimental to everyday affordable products.
The design studio is located in the same space and it is also where we will be making one-off pieces of furniture and lighting. We will be creating special items that will be exclusive to the Tord Boontje Shop. I hope the presence of myself and my team will create a friendly atmosphere, where people are welcome, can browse, ask questions, share thoughts and get an insight of the workings behind the scenes and into the making of products.
I see the shop as a new way of working for myself, a place where independent experimentation can take place; where we can create special products, either as oneoff or production pieces. To me, forming this method of working reflects the time we live in, a time in which it is good to think about making by hand and by machines, the local and the global, creativity and freedom, presentation and independence.
The shopʼs unique interior is an installation of furniture, lights, textiles, objects, jewellery, and projection, creating a rich environment and a complete experience; a fulfilling place to come and visit.
We look forward to seeing you here!
April 2012
Hallingdal 65 project – an exhibition celebrating the iconic textile
Tord Boontje is one of seven curators from around the world invited by Kvadrat to nominate their pick of emerging and established design talents in their region. Curating for the UK, the designers selected were then asked to reinterprate the fabric and create a new piece for the exhibition Hallingdal 65.
The exhibition will be presented at the Jil Sander Showroom, Milan during Salone del Mobile, April 17 - 22 2012.
Hallingdal was designed by Nanna Ditzel in 1965. Since then it has become as famous for its durability as for its rich colour palette. Today, more than forty-five years later, it remains one of Kvadrat’s best-selling products and has earned its place as a design classic.
April 2012
Presenting Cacophony with Laikingland at Ventura Lambrate, Milan
Cacophony is a doorbell that performs a cacophony of sound and movement. Developed in collaboration with Laikingland, Cacophony is part of their exhibition With Movement at Ventura Lambrate, Milan from 17 - 22 April 2012.
Through the gap in the shutters, I can see him coming up the path, he is past the gate already. Quick, can I hide? Why, would I? Should I not be glad that he is coming? What if…
Too late, I can see his hand reaching out for the buzzer, I know I have only a few seconds left.
The finger presses the button, the wireless connection is made, I look up at the ceiling.
The hammer on wheels is released, with hesitation it starts to move along the fine metal wire track. It picks up speed and rushes down the first steep slope of the track, it crashes into a steel watering can, BANG. Without slowing down the hammer keeps moving towards a glass bottle, the sound of impact is a glassy PING. Onwards through the steep corners towards the dried leaves, the doll, the tin can, CRUSH THUMP TING and finally heading towards the bell, where it ends with a loud CLANG.
Although, it does not quite end there, the weight of the hammer now tips the balance of the precariously hung track and the whole thing starts to tilt over. Slowly the hammer on wheels starts to move again, exploring new forces of gravity. Giving in to a new sliding motion as the track changes shape again and the hammer reaches it’s starting point again where it comes to rest.
The noise, the cacophony is still echoing through the house, while I wait for him to press the buzzer again.
- Tord Boontje
Laikingland is a creative label whose fundamental theme is movement. Each year, kinetic objects are developed collaboratively with invited artists and designers. The exhibition With Movement acknowledges both the objects and the collaborative process developed with each artist and designer.
See more on Cacophony
March 2012
Sales Staff for the Tord Boontje Shop
The Tord Boontje Shop will be opening soon, and we're looking for experienced Sales Staff to join us. Details can be found here
February 2012
Opening soon: Tord Boontje Shop
The Tord Boontje Shop will be opening in Shoreditch, London.
It will be the one place where all our designs will be presented together and, as our design studio will also be there, we’ll be selling special items made by us that will be exclusive to our shop. It promises to be a very dynamic, exciting and fantastical space!
We look forward to seeing you there!
December 2011
Crafts Council’s 40:40 – Forty Objects for Forty Years
Our Wednesday Light features in the Crafts Council’s 40:40 – Forty Objects for Forty Years a major exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Crafts Council Collection.
40:40 – Forty Objects for Forty Years is part of an exploration into ambitious digital online presentations and gateways, seen in the online exhibition programme and the new online Collection catalogue and images library, launching in early 2012.
The exhibition features 40 works from the Collection, each selected by an invited commentator: These friends and colleagues of the Crafts Council have a personal and professional relationship with us and the Collection and consist of makers, curators, and critics, who have contributed a personal interpretation or response to their object of choice. The objects are showcased with supporting films, audio clips or previously unseen archive material.
The Wednesday Light, part of the Wednesday Collection first presented in 2001, lead to our iconic Garland Light, first available from Habitat in 2002 and then Artecnica in 2004.
