Etienne Meneau is the a French designer that makes the really different wine carafes. Know he is back with two new unique decanter sculptures. Below is one of them. You can see the other one here.
Earlier decanters by Etienne Meneau here.
Andra bloggar om: vin, glas, design, skulptur, konst
Jurlique rebrands to focus on its biodynamic farming principles.
This is post by David Report contributor Kristina Dryza.
Andra bloggar om: ekologisk, ekologiskt, mat, livsmedel, design, varumärken, varumärke, förpackningar
Whitecapri is a new label for bags and accessories from Berlin. The first collection Matchpoint is an homage to the great movie “Match Point”.
Andra bloggar om: väskor, accessoarer, mode
APOCALYPSE is a new company founded by industrial designers Petra Lilja and Jenny Nordberg. Based in Malmö, Sweden, they are designing sustainable products and services. The first product, The Soap is made from recycled cooking oil from the numerous Falafel stands around Malmö.
“We look at waste as materials with a history and with a potential new life as a new product”, says Jenny Nordberg. The method of Apocalypse takes the complete life cycle of a product in consideration. “In The Soap we combine the old tradition of making cold processed soap with the use of a modern waste material of our home town”, says Petra Lilja.
The sound track for the release of The Soap is composed by artist Andres Corazon who turned the oil barrels into oil drums.
Here’s the link to the soundtrack. You should definitely listen to it.
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Finally a picture from the APOCALYPSE lab!
Andra bloggar om: hållbar design, malmö, design, falafel
Since Finnish designer Sari Syväluoma moved to Norway in 1994, the Norwegian textile scene has changed forever. Despite its long history of colourful embroideries and elaborate folk costumes, Norway had never had a tradition of printed textiles that reflected contemporary sensibilities. When she accepted the role of textile designer at Sellgrens Veveri (known as Gundbrandsdalens Textiles today), Syväluoma introduced a range of expressive, eye-catching designs that had never been produced in Norway before. Since then, her work has put Norwegian textiles on the map. Syväluoma’s woven jacquards and printed fabrics have been exported internationally and even exhibited by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign affairs as examples of outstanding textile design.
‘Not bad for a young Finnish designer, eh?’ chides Syväluoma from her studio in Oslo, as she reflects on what she’s achieved. ‘I was so happy to come to Norway and contribute with something that was really needed here then. When I came here, the government was just starting to promote good design and make it possible for young designers to show their work abroad. It’s exciting to be part of a new movement and see how the design scene here is starting to catch up with its Nordic neighbours.’
Syväluoma says she designs ‘just for fun’, because she regards textile design as a playful medium. Her work is characterised by a palate of soft colours, which she builds up in layers with the careful composition of a still life. She consciously creates whimsical motifs or casually sketches patterns so vibrant that the repeat seems to disappear altogether. ‘I would describe my style as quirky,’ she said. ‘I love organic shapes and free-flowing patterns. I like contrast in colours, shapes and material.’
Contemporary Nordic interiors are often minimal, and Syväluoma likes to counteract cool decor with powerful patterns that hold their own in the interior, eclipsing the need for paint finishes, elaborate carpets and decorative detailing. ‘My fabrics are designed to be draped across chairs, sofas, beds and windows,’ Syväluoma said. ‘They are intended to be a functional art form for the home, something that can say something about the personality of the person living there. I tell people: “think of your home as your universe, filled with the things you love, things that tell the story of you”.’
Today, Syväluoma works primarily as a freelance designer who also embarks on partnerships with other practitioners. She produces small-edition print runs for interior design boutiques and launched a range of children’s textiles in 2006. In recent years, she has expanded her client base to create interior fabrics for manufacturers in Britain, Germany, Finland and Hong Kong, but Syväluoma says she is not done with Norway yet. ‘A lot of my work is exported as “Norwegian Design”, and that’s fine,’ she says. ‘But my real work now is to bring more international influences into Norway, so that the people here can experience something more than just Nordic design.’
This is a post by David Report contributor Bradley Quinn.
Andra bloggar om: sari syväluoma, design, tyg, textil, textilier, norge
I’m proud to announce that my knowledge company Designboost has released its first annual book named “Designboost 07″. It’s the first in a series of books that in words, pictures and moving media describes the work of Designboost. Designboost is a knowledge company that helps companies and organisations to learn more about design in general and sustainable design in particular and how to use it as a competitive weapon and turn it into a business advantage.
The book “Designboost 07″ is built on the vision “sharing design knowledge” with different texts about sustainable design from Designboost “boosters” and friends. Among the contributors you will find acclaimed personalities like Mathilda Tham - professor at Beckmans College of design, Sean Pillot de Chenecey - consumer insight and brand development, Kristina Börjesson - PhD research associate/Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Tim Power - architect and Jennifer Leonard - designer researcher and writer/IDEO (among others).
‘Designboost 2007′ also brings forward all the one-liner quotes about sustainable design written by the participants at the main event that took place in Malmö October 17–19, 2007. On top of this different conceptualizations of sustainable design by a range of international design driven companies are presented.
At the end of the book a DVD is inserted with some different films about Designboost and its activities. There is also filmed interviews with all the participants at the 2007 main event.
The book is published by Arena publishing house. If you are interested to get a copy it is available through the internet book store Bokus.
Production: Designboost.
Text editor: David Carlson
Graphic design: Peer Ericsson
Illustrations: Helen Wachtmeister.
Movies produced by Scandvision.
Paper: 150g Artic volume Ivory, Jacket: 300g Artic Glacier
Size: 230×200mm
Printing: Fälth&Hässler
ISBN: 978-91-7843-283-7
Published in Sweden 2008
Press images available here.
Andra bloggar om: design, designboost, hållbar design, miljö, hållbar utveckling
The Milan Design Week 2008 was offering kind of sweet-sour experiences. I started to go to Milan already back in 1988 but I think I’m as curious (and critical) as I was twenty years ago. I do understand that it is maybe an utopia to expect the Milan Design Week to be better and better year after year. However, at least it should reflect current trends from the surrounding world. I’m not sure it really did that this year. But I’m not surprised, the furniture industry is normally comparatively slow. A few years ago you didn’t go to the Milan Design Week if your prime objective was to spot the latest lifestyle trends. But the event is slowly changing from being “just” a furniture fair to a wider design event with representatives from different areas like cars, jewellery and fashion.
Nowadays, at this kind of design happenings, I’m looking more at the overall appearance than on specific products itself. Kind of the total brand delivery. One conclusion was that you could really feel that we are going towards a recession. Anxious businessmen were doing their best to sell as much as possible. Of course this was affecting the total quality of the Milan Design Week. There were definitely a lack of originality and creativity this year.
But I also saw a couple of really interesting exhibitions. One was Established & Sons at Pelota, a former sports arena in Milano’s Brera area. Good show and nice to see how they are experimenting with basic materials and shapes. With a kind of idea-based simplicity as a common denominator. Another positive experience was the Japanese producer E&Y which had a qualitative exhibition with a beautiful natural light.
In the first room of Moroso’s “The little garden of love”, water was pouring down from the ceiling. A show for all your senses. I have added some pictures from the mentioned exhibitions bellow. Stay tuned, further report from the Milan Design Week tomorrow!
First eight images is from the Established & Sons exhibition.
Next two images from the E & Y exhibition, with founder Yoichi Nakamuta.
And finally the Moroso exhibition called “The little garden of love”
Andra bloggar om: möbler, inredning, mässa, design, milano, italien
Plus House is a pre-fab two-storey house by Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune. It has generic proportions of a traditional Swedish barn house. Instead of windows positioned like regular “holes” along the walls, entire sides are glazed. On the entrance floor both long walls are glazed. On the upper floor the gable ends are glazed. Seen in plan, these two lines of vision straight through the building are perpendicular like a plus sign.
This is the first house Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed for pre-fab manufacturer Arkitekthus. This particular one is placed in Tyresö, outside Stockholm in Sweden.
Andra bloggar om: arkitektur, hus, boende, claesson koivisto rune, arkitekthus
Here follows a couple of images of new products presented at the Milan Design Week by French designer Inga Sempe. They are: Endormis plates by Domestic, Double stray paper lampshade by Artecnica and Low back Moel seat range by Ligne Roset. I especially like the plates. In the typically shrewd design style that has become Inga’s trademark.
Andra bloggar om: design, möbler, inredning, mässa, milano, inga sempe
The new Myto chair by Konstantin Grcic will be launched at the Milan Design Week in April. Returning David Report readers maybe remember my earlier post about the Myto chair when it first was presented back in July. Myto will be produced by furniture manufacturer Plank in collaboration with chemical company Basf. Myto is made entirely from the engineering plastic Ultradur® High Speed (polybutylene terephthalate – PBT) which has an extraordinary flowability.
Do we need another chair? Maybe this time… The new cantilever chair by Konstantin Grcic explores posibilities of both material and form. With references back to the early years of the modernism Grcic is presenting one of the most interesting chairs for a long time.
The exhibition during Milan Design Week will take place at the Triennale Design Museum.
Andra bloggar om: möbler, inredning, mässa, design, konstantin grcic, milano
