Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley discuss Golden Spider Silk

In this film, Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley, explain the how they ended up creating the largest piece of spider silk cloth in the world.

Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley discuss Golden Spider Silk from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

Inspired in part by camouflage patterns, Modular Screen is a space-defining system of perforated panels. Comprised of a series of four panel types, the system allows the pieces to overlap in a number of configurations. The result is a flexible hanging partition in which the layering of individual pieces de-emphasizes its modular nature.

materials – CNC milled high-density polyethylene. Standard colors are White/White, Dolphin Grey and Light Grey. For alternate colors, please see Product PDF.

dimensions – Width: Each panel is between 26″ and 34″ (between 66 cm and 86.4 cm)  Length: Each panel is between 48″ and 56″ (between 121.9 cm and 142.2 cm) Thickness: Each panel is 0.25″ (0.6 cm)

A standard set contains four panels (four perforation patterns and three colors – the fourth panel is a randomly selected repeat of the three standard colors). One set covers an approximate surface area of 4′ by 6′ (1.2 m by 1.8 m).

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The Swedish Baby series of stools is a take on the classic three-legged wooden stool. The side assembly of the legs reveals a delicate connection detail, while the formal language is a play on the tension between the sharp and the soft. Available in table height, counter height and bar height.

materials
CNC-milled solid wood, available unfinished or with a matte glaze in clear, stained or opaque. Standard colors for either stained or opaque are Light Gray, Charcoal, or Sunshine. Custom colors available upon request.

dimensions
Table height:
Height: 17.25″ (43.8 cm)
Width: 14.375″ (34 cm)

Counter height:
Height: 26″ (66 cm)
Width: 14.375″ (34 cm)

Bar height:
Height: 30″ (76.2 cm)
Width: 14.375″ (34 cm)

 
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‘Metronome’ is the new light creation inspired by fashion

Delta Light® is known for its smart design: timeless, sophisticated, functional lighting solutions that use innovative technology and design. Creativity is part of the DNA of the company. Over the last 23 years, in-house product design was an essential part of the Delta Light® culture and it will remain to be so in the future.

At the same time, Delta Light® wanted to explore new horizons to surprise its existing customers and to reach a new audience with a new and unique design, without compromising on the essence of its being. The main priority had to be creativity but synergy in style, values and an eye for detail also figured at the top of the priority list.

materials
Available upon request.

Above: Tim Van Steenbergen. Below: A piece from his Summer 2011 collection

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The Hex Table explores systemic ordering and modular relationships: each stainless steel pod fits precisely alongside others, offering infinite possibility for the table’s ultimate configuration and size. While embracing the modern need for flexibility, the Hex Table simultaneously evokes the historic discourse of American minimalism and is indebted throughout to a single truth: the timeless geometry of nature – an undeniable foundation for architectural principles.

materials
Stainless Steel in Brushed finish. Powder-coated available upon request.

dimensions
Height: 16″ (40.6 cm)
Depth: 13″ (33 cm)

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Conceived by artist Walter Jack and involving a unique moulding technique to create a fluid and voluptuous effect never seen before with concrete on this scale. Rising to 3m ‘Crushed acts as a corner stone and defining art feature of Heartlands, the new £35 million visitor attraction and community space due to open in spring 2012.

Walter Jack and his team were commissioned by Heartlands with an initial brief to decorate a wall being placed on the site, but they decided to take on the challenge of creating the wall itself. Walter Jack says:

“Crushed Wall is about two things.  Firstly, it’s about place as Heartlands sits over very special and unique geology. When we began thinking of the design for the wall, the geological connection seemed serendipitous. Retaining walls hold back the geology and are the boundary between our above-ground world and the world of mining.

“Secondly it’s about process. One of the things that interests me as a maker is the way in which the finished product is often much duller than the process that got it there. Concrete is not noted for its fluid softness, and yet it is a liquid. We wanted our concrete to tell its own story – to retain the liquidness of its process.”

Using 30m of rubber, Walter and his team created a giant jelly mould in which the concrete would set.  Once complete, the mould was cut into six sections and transported to Ladd’s Concrete within Pool. Once there, concrete specialists assisted the artists in achieving their unusual vision, turning this often dull, hard and lifeless building material into an art piece with fluidity and depth.

Words by Gem Barton

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The atmospheric catacombs of St.Pancras Church, Euston, venue of the gallery, hosts 11 young photographers from 6 countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic.

The exhibition demonstrates a high-level of technical ability as well as bold experimentation. Slovakian photographer, Peter Cibak introduces computer- generated figures into digital photographs in his series Zygota. Monika Stacho’s strikingly personal images demonstrate digital layering to create illusionary compositions of her childhood memories. Polish photographer, Katarzyna Niedzwiecka combines digital photomontage with gum print, a rare 19^th century technique to create her surreal series The Animal Called Human.

New Wave Photography challenges the perception of Eastern European photography by displaying vibrant, experimental work that celebrates the youthfulness of the artists themselves.

All photographs shown at the Crypt Gallery are available to purchase during the exhibition. Entrance to the exhibition is free.

Please view examples of the work and information about the exhibition at: www.unitedcreativity.org

Meeting Jean Nouvel and talking to him about his concepts and processes was extremely inspirational for me, as it would be for anyone who has attended Architecture school. Nouvel speaks with a calm authority about how he specified some Bolon products for a previous project, and it was this initial contact that lead to the current collaboration; an exhibition stand that challenges gravity as well as the traditional ideas of flooring.
Bolon has long enjoyed a close partnerships with a number of well-known designers within a concept it calls “Designer Friends”. During 2012, Architect Friends will be initiated, Jean Nouvel being the first. The stand it self, does what Nouvel suggests, the wacky placement of life-size replicas of himself dotted around the walls and ceiling. This takes on a whole new dimension when seeing the designer occupy the space also.

Images: Jean Nouvel / Bolon Ab architect friend. Copyright Jonas Lindström ©, All Rights Reserved.

Inga Sempe was the guest of honour at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. A private showcase of her design works took place, this was definitely something to write home about. A stunning room in the Skridskopaviljongen Hotel in Stockholm held host to a handful of design prototypes for all of Inga’s most famed works, which were illuminated beautifully by the lights she also designed, produced by Wastberg. Each shade is equipped solely with a 5W dimmable LED and fitted with a reconfigurable header.

Inga spoke about her work and explained the importance of design process, the charm of the happy accident and the necessity to play with materials and function. She gleams with excitement as she discusses the emphasis mechanics and engineering have on her work. Sempe is very hands on with the producers of her designs; creating pendant lamps that expand with the number of people at your dinner table [Plisse Lamp, produced by Luce Plan, 2009]. Overall, the attention to detail and experimentation was paramount. Seeing her sketchbooks showing the different stages of completion as well as forgotten design decisions made the entire experience somewhat magical.

Swedish design studio Form us With Love presented the exhibition concept Form Us With Friends during Design Week for the third year running, showing new product designs from five manufacturers. The design trio met on a course in product design at Karlmar University, and consists of John Löfgren, Jonas Pettersson and Petrus Palmér. They have a distinctive clear, functional and minimalistic approach. The items showcased at Design Week are perfect examples of this style.

Plaid, room divider for Abstracta (Sweden)

Plaid is a blanket-type sound absorber that can be suspended draped or mounted, depending on the changing needs of the user. The inspiration came from the factory environment, where noise curtains are used to curtail sound travel across the interior landscape. The finished product is more refined than this, made from industrial felt and bonded with PET foam. Plaid can interact with existing structures, fold over metal brackets between desks, be suspended with wires from the ceiling or used in multiple to segregate space in an intimate and flexible way.

Plug Lamp for Ateljé Lyktan (Sweden),

“This was a really simple idea,” says John “We wanted to create a lamp with the added bonus of an electrical socket.” The trio describe the changing needs of electronic users “The first thing you do when you arrive somewhere nowadays is to look for a plug socket” This duality speaks simply of our human reliance on power but presents a simple and attractive solution

Form pendant lamp for Design House Stockholm (Sweden)

Three glass pendants blown in simple, geometric shapes – a circle, a rectangle, and a triangle – is comfortably familiar. “They are simple shapes, but we appreciate that. It doesn’t need to be super crazy” says John. The uniqueness is derived from the interplay between the shapes; the varying combinations and compositions create larger more intricate installations. The consumer decides on the formation, selecting the quantity and variety of the base elements, allowing for thousands of individual assemblages.

Bento chair and table for One Nordic (Finland)

Lego and furniture design are not the most obvious soul mates, but for One Nordic they are the perfect match. Bento was developed as a component-based solution to the high costs associated with preassembles furniture, which the team affectionately refer to as “Legoism” Made from bent birch plywood, the chair and table are playful and modern, but retain links to Nordic design tradition

Slab Vases for Silestone (Spain)

Slab Vases is a conceptual piece featuring rings of Silestone sipped over a metal bracket measuring around 40cm high to produce a watertight vessel. “From our side it was really about being able to handle the material: to feel it, to lift it, to be able to feel the weight,” says Petersson “It’s really meant to be played with. As with Plaid and Form, the user devises their own creation from a combination of set ring components, which vary in size and cut.”

The Form Us With Friends exhibition showed a clear and instructive insight into the design process behind one of Sweden’s most creative design studios, shining a light on the construction process and the relationships with manufactures guides the viewer through the routes normally left unseen.

Words & Images by Gem Barton

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Hendzel + Hunt – The Selfridges Break In from Jan Hendzel on Vimeo.

The cabinet, made from reclaimed materials, contains 24 compartments with lots of surprises. Hidden doors and drawers with traditional wooden locks, catches, latches, twists and turns open to reveal miniature pairs of shoes and bags.

Open all the doors and find the combination to open the entire cabinet for an added bonus…

Can you crack the code?

Produced/ Directed by Joana Filipe

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