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Tag: plastic
Stool Crate Wood by Simon Ancher
SCW (Stool, Crate, Wood) is a collaborative project between Simon Ancher Design and Bruce Nye from the Australian School of Fine Furniture UTAS. SCW is a hand-made plywood seating shell that melts over the top of a milk crate. It adds comfort and style to a universal seating solution, dressed up or dressed down SCW is a simple design that effectively combines a new environmentally sustainable plywood shell with a ubiquitous item, the milk crate. Simon Ancher Design develops innovative furniture, interior and public art solutions with an honest and functional aesthetic.
Via State of Design
transplastic – exhibition of recent work by the campana brothers
transplastic
recent work by the campana brothers 5 june – 10 august 2007 albion gallery, london http://www.albion-gallery.com the transplastic series tells a fictional story: in a world made of plastic and synthetic matter, a fertile ground is laid for transgenic creations. natural fibres recover the plastic as in an immunological response: nature grows from the plastic and overpowers it. this collection encapsulates many concepts explored throughout the campana’s trajectory; revisiting material clashes with a more mature approach. it refers back to the premise, used in 2000 with the ‘shark chair’, to challenge contrasts: of nature and plastic, cold and warm, textured and smooth surfaces. at the end of 2005, the preceding years of research evolved in an organic fashion by transforming into a collection of 31 prototypes that are to be displayed for the first time at albion gallery in london.
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Disk Chair by Karim Rashid
Designer Karim Rashid is no stranger to the outdoors. Grobal, his self-watering planter, cares for our delicate floras but the Disk Chair was made to cradle us. Made of fiberglass over a steel frame, this chair is ideal for poolside or patio. We feel its curvy flattened shape is inherited from…
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lilian bourgeat excess at galerie frank elbaz, paris
Ueber Chairs by Lilian Bourgeat.
le diner de gulliver , 2008 – polyester resin, porcelain, glass and inoxidable metal 400 x 200 x 150 cm (table) and variable dimensions
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