furnitures
2nd Shift
> concept furnitures productI recently posted my idea for a project called Make Room, where my goal is to create a place for designers in Oslo with a workshop area, material library and social arena. Today I got an email from a group of designers in Ohio who have already put their dream to life – a workshop area where they design and build smart, beautiful and useful products. 2nd shift studio consist of seven creatives all under the age of 26, and I love their passion and personalities that they clearly shows in both their initiative to start this up, in their products and videos. I really wish I could be part of this in Ohio, but hopefully we can start up something similar in Oslo soon!
The Woonling Collection
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Karoline Fesser is a Germany- based product designer and writer, with a fun, playful and edgy style. Her series “The Woonling Collection” reminds me a bit about the work of the Norwegian designer Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen with here chair Drop and pouf Dusk, with soft, round forms and a nostalgic feeling to it.
Fesser says about The Woonling Collection:
‘I wanted to create furniture that adopts to peoples’ various and changing needs,’ Fesser says. ‘My goal was to create seating furniture that naturally unfolds in its environment. These objects shouldn’t be stable; instead they should move, adapt and grow together.’
Balloons
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I recently moved into a new apartment and one of the thing constantly on my mind these days is finding perfect furnitures and lamps to get the style I want. I realize I have become quite picky – I want something fun, edgy and aesthetic as the same time as its functionality should be at its best. The lamp collection «Balloons» from Paris based designers Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova is just that.
The series of elegant, handmade blown glass lamps are based on an idea of transparent ‘invisible’ volume with a floating reflector. Not only are these lamp stunning, but I have to say the stylist for this photos has done quite a good job, picking wood «tables» as the perfect contrast between a light and clean lines of glass, and the solid, natural and heavy shapes of wood. I haven’t figured out how or where to buy these yet, but I hope someone will start selling these in Norway…. More pictures after the jump!
Mind the gap
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I like people who sees the world in a different way, an Ida Noemi apparently sees it upside down. She has created Mind the Gap, an entrance furniture which demand little space and fit perfectly in an entrance. The boxes respond to different actions in the entrance, and make a composition of visible and hidden spaces. Resembling cityscapes, they bring to mind another miniature world, looking at life upside down, marking a shift in attention. In addition to the entrance furniture Noemi has also made a stool, both beautiful examples of elegant and playful scandinavian design. To read more about the concept behind the pieces please visit idanoemi.com and also check out the pictures after the jump…
Sarah Wright Polmar
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A couple of weeks ago it was Designers Saturday here in Oslo and one of the new designers I noticed was Sarah Wright Polmar. The first thing I noticed was her cute boxes made out of Formica (or Respatex as we call it in Norway) – a material that is old fashion and retro and reminds me of when I was a child. The boxes are pretty and practical, and Sarah has also made a matching table witch I really like. More pictures of the boxes and table after the jump. More about Sarah’s work in the next post as well…
