Industrial Design

[travolta]

nice..i like the last couple stuff you posted funtime.

 

[cerfas]

So they stick to the walls, funtime?

 

[travolta]

http://www.bouroullec.com/

cerfas, this is another view of that wall hanging.

Algues ­ 2004 injected poly-propylene
1 piece : 27 x 23 x 4cm



earrings and headband



lamp



Installation

La Piscine, Musée d'art et d'industrie de Roubaix, France
Installation

 

[FunTimePartyTeam]

Cerfas - i dont think they actually stick to the walls, i think they pin them there through the little holes at the ends. Im also not sure how theyre connecting multiple pieces, probably some juncture piece.

Here is a similar thingie they designed,

Branches by the Bouroullec Bros:

(I think that this is whats on the last picture of your post Travolta)

 

[cerfas]

Thanks so much for the additional photos and info, travolta and funtime!

 

[travolta]

welcome, cerfas. ah, gorgeous funtime! so hard to see though! that final 'curtain' is incredible. do they actually function as more than decoration? it would drive you insane to put together!

 

[cerfas]

I know, I seriously CAN'T imagine many people assembling this themselves...maybe more people are as obsessive as I am and I just don't realize it.

 

[travolta]

^hm..probably not ...

 

[travolta]

my friend went to the international contemporary furniture fair this week in nyc. these are his pics

 

[travolta]

^the second one down is made of epoxy through steriolithoraphy.

 

[travolta]

he said the overall feel was slightly unimpressive. i was interested to see if the furniture world reflected the same climate as fashion, because products are almost the same things these days. he said retro is in, showing the process. the dutch are even more crafty than they were before..the japanese "exestential"..the most successful pieces are as if you have seen them before. and CAD stereolithography is big, of course, because you can create insane intricate pieces that can only be done through the computer and you end up w/ the lamps pictured above.

 

[tctra]

OMG! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE - wish i were there

 

[cerfas]

2nd set of lamps is really cool!
I've seen those pillows before and liked them, but then somebody informed me that other people had done the same thing before. I kind of think they did something different though--the pillows look like actual magazine clippings, which is clever. Thanks travolta!

 

[FunTimePartyTeam]

Thanks a bunch travolta! Those last two, are they lamps, curtain like thingies or patterns or what?

Do you have more pictures of other fun stuff?

 

[maarit]

Ghost by Jon Russell

 

[travolta]

hey, i'm not actually sure if they are lamps, although i'd bet the second one is. the first one is modular, but i don't know much else. i'll ask when i talk to him. the second one is made of wood. the button lamp i thought was cute, but from the sounds of it, it seems impractical. the crazy sterolithography lamp on post #230 is cool, for the reason it seems as if the person who designed it got carried away..i could see them in the end remembering..hey, wasn't i making a lamp? there is still something very precious and beautiful about it though. that crazy chair, i'd venture to guess its made of rubber bits??

I've seen those pillows before and liked them, but then somebody informed me that other people had done the same thing before. I kind of think they did something different though--the pillows look like actual magazine clippings, which is clever. Thanks travolta!

yeah, my friend said he has a couple of those pillows at his house. i agree, it can be good to reuse ideas and introduce them to a new audience. martha stewart does it all the time..she based her business off of it!

 

[travolta]

maarit, i like that lamp. it seems the trend has gone from super-flat and playing w/ iconography and clever juxtapositions, then dutch (droog) and now it seems to be in a similar place to where fashion is...showing the hand, appreciation for craft... funtime, what do yo think?

 

[FunTimePartyTeam]

Hmm. I agree with your comment of the appreciation for craft and juxtaposing it with the modern age with the use of acrylic and the dayglow yellow. I like this thing. However when i handled one i was a little dissapointed by the glass cups it comes with to hold the candles, they wernt ugly or anything, but they didnt fit with the mood of the object. Hard to explain.

I dont like the button light. I much prefer the button light on that link you put up last page travolta.

From what i can tell the chair is a bertoia diamond chair and ottoman with a new cover made of rubber tubing, very retro shag.

More stuff (not icff)

ori-ici by carlo contin

Fold lamp by alexander taylor. I think this is cool, the body is folded from one flat sheet.

and oranienbaum by jurgen bey. I think this is a statement about ecological responsability.

 

[travolta]

ah, thanks funtime . don't you think we should all just throw away our forks and knives and use chopsticks? those ecological chairs remind me of something i saw a few years ago: it was a cardboard chair (memories) and it was essentially a chia pet..you planted seeds on it and it grew, not grass but something w/ more density, and eventually the cardboard would disinegrate and this organic chair was what you'd have left. I think the picture of it was placed in some field somewhere...

 

[FunTimePartyTeam]

Crochet light:

Bike tire belt:

Dog camper:

Gel antfarm from nasa