Amen – Church Chairs with Crucifix by Maxim Velcovsky


Design Therapy says:

Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky working with Jakub Berdych from Qubus Studio redesigned the interior of St. Bartholomew’s Church in Eastern Bohemia using customized Vernor Panton chairs with a perforated cross in the back. I’m intrigued. Perhaps this is what Mies van der Rohe was referring to when he said” God is in the details….”

Radio CZ says:

Maxim Velcovsky is one of the Czech Republic’s leading young artists. Most of his work is in porcelain and involves ‘reimagining’ everyday objects; among his best known pieces are a vase in the shape of a Wellington boot and a porcelain version of a typical water-cooler paper cup. He is also known for a huge fibreglass crucifix, which stands in a Protestant church in Hradec Kralove. I spoke to Maxim Velcovksy at an exhibition of his at Prague’s Galerie Kritiku, and began by asking him to explain the thinking behind his work.

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HP1 Stool by Peter Stewart at Workshopped

HP1 Stool by Peter Stewart at Workshopped

Peter Stewart – HP1 STOOL

Birch ply, Nylon Cord
H 660 W 560 L 550

The HP1 is a workplace perch, accommodating all the comings and goings at a workplace desk or bench.

The design arose out of a preoccupation with the potential of curved woven surfaces for seating through explorations of the straight ruled curve of the hyperbolic parabola. The sitting surface is higher than a normal desk chair, so that the hips are held above the levels of the knees, promoting an upright sitting posture.

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Ferdinand Rocker at Workshopped


ANGUS McDONALD + JOHN MADDEN – FERDINAND ROCKER

MOO DESIGN
Angus McDonald and John Madden

Moo Design is a creative collaboration between artist Angus McDonald and furniture maker John Madden. It is a partnership which aspires to produce beautifully finished, high quality furniture and objects of visual and functional integrity.

McDonald and Madden conceived Moo furniture originally as an aesthetically gestural homage to the bull, whose low centre of gravity and overall proportions McDonald finds compelling as an artist. The artist and the furniture maker worked together to replicate the form and design of the bull in their first piece, the ‘Moo Arm-Chair’. The Moo range has now expanded to include more bull inspired pieces of furniture and other objects, including the “Ferdinand” rocker which is part of WORKSHOPPED 08.

Moo Design are creating contemporary furniture and objects grounded in classical elements of design and traditional methods of handmade construction. The objective with every new piece is that it be supremely functional and sculpturally elegant with a strong emphasis on finish and longevity, and the use of sturdy and environmentally sustainable natural materials.

WORKSHOPPED: EXHIBITING AUSTRALIAN DESIGN EXCELLENCE

Just a Chair by Craig Harris at Workshopped in Australia

CRAIG HARRIS: DESIGN J.A.C. (JUST A CHAIR 2008)

The chair is simple and paired back; designed to be minimal in look and materials. It is influenced by crafted objects and Japanese design.

Tasmanian Blackwood & leather upholstery

Special thanks: Patrik Thilander, Tom Skeehan and Theo Mackenze

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