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September 2011

Products on show: Allegro Crescendo, Witch Chair and Witches’ Kitchen

Products on show: Allegro Crescendo, Witch Chair and Witches’ Kitchen

Materia goes 3D Printing - Allegro Crescendo
An exhibition on 3D printing and additive manufacturing at the Materia Inspiration Centre, Amsterdam.

8 September 2011 – 18 January 2012

 

Creative Junctions - Witch Chair
Curated by Gilda Bojardi and Yang Dongjing for the Beijing International Design Triennial, an exhibition that focuses on the junction between renowned designers and the famous brands in the world.

28 September – 17 October 2011 at the National Museum of China

 

Useless? The Wandering Pain - Witches’ Kitchen
Part of EXD'11 Biennale in Lisbon, Useless? presents 2 polarised curatorial approaches: Useless? An Exploded View by product designer Jonathan Olivares, and Useless? The Wandering Pain by design writer Max Bruinsma and designer Hans Maier-Aichen introducing alternative value systems by which to establish uselessness.

2 October – 27 November 2011 at MUDE (Museu do Design e da Moda)

September 2011

Shadowy selected to Habitare Collection

Shadowy selected to Habitare Collection

The Habitare Collection seeks to chart the changes and developments that have taken place in design in the 21st century. All the products in the collection are connected in the sense that they are important in the historical development of design, they acknowledge the prevailing design trends, and they offer original takes on them. They are, at the same time, timeless future classics and products of their time.

The collection was established in 2009.  New items will be added every other year in conjunction with the Habitare fair, gradually making it a significant part of the Design Museum’s permanent collection.

The Habitare Collection will be selected by a different jury each time. The make up of the jury will be geared towards finding different perspectives and having the most extensive experience in design on board. The jury members of the 2011 Habitare Collection are Marianne Aav, director of the Design Museum in Helsinki, Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum in London, the critic Hannu Pöppönen, and the designer and architect Ilkka Suppanen.

The collection was presented at this year’s Habitare fair in Helsinki, after which it becomes a permanent part of the Design Museum in Finland.

See more on Shadowy

September 2011

tranSglass on show as part of Confluence

tranSglass on show as part of Confluence

Selecting one object from each year showcased at Designersblock events since their launch in 1998, tranSglass, by Emma Woffenden and Tord Boontje, has been chosen for the exhibition Confluence to represent 1999 as it anticipated upcycling and interest in not only sustainable design but sustainable and socially responsible concepts and practice.

The exhibition runs from 14 – 30 September at Europe House, 12 Star Gallery, London.

August 2011

Tangle Globe

Tangle Globe

Tangle Globe is part of Artecnica’s new collection to be launched in the next couple of months.

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April 2011

Stitched Collection presented at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan

Stitched Collection presented at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan

Stitched Collection, designed for Moroso and consisting of a chair, table and pendant lights, was presented at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan.

For a long time, I have been interested in sewing and embroidery. When I was a child, my mother would show me how to sew and I made some clothes for myself (with her help). More recently I have used embroidery in my work on textiles and furniture. The action of sewing, creating holes in material with a needle comes back in pieces like the Rain Chair and Wednesday Table. This time I started to think in a more functional way about sewing, the idea of creating holes in materials and connecting pieces with yarns. I realized that by stitching plywood components together it would be possible to create strong structures for furniture. After making scale models, I started experimenting in my studio with a full size chair. This led to the prototype for the Stitched Chair.

I like the idea that the stitching is a very simple, low-tech way of making. As stitching is a very universal and ancient technique, it gives an almost tribal or folk character to the pieces. I imagined that someone could construct their whole environment in this method; the furniture and also the room itself, therefore we decided to start this as a small domestic collection that can expand in the future.

More details to follow

March 2011

Joy of Living exhibition

Joy of Living exhibition

Tord Boontje has created a piece for the upcoming exhibition Joy of Living.

Joy of Living is a charity project that unites over 100 leading lights in the design community to galvanise support for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. Design author Max Fraser has set the challenge to a cross-section of new and established UK designers to create a desirable artwork that expresses the Joy of Living – all starting from a simple sheet of A4 graph paper.

The signed works will be exhibited and on sale in London’s inspiring space for art, culture and creative exchange, Somerset House, from 15 – 21 March. The project aims to raise £50,000 for Maggie’s, a charity that helps people to build a life beyond cancer, helping to manage the impact of a diagnosis of cancer and to live with hope and determination.

Because democratic values are at the core of Maggie’s philosophy, each artwork will be priced at £250, whether by a household name or a rising star. What’s more, the name of the designer will not be revealed until the piece is purchased, making sure that supporters buy a piece to which they have a true emotional response.

All artworks are available to view on the Joy of Living website.

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