PostlerFerguson are a London based multidisciplinary design consultancy that works with an extensive network of designers, filmmakers, artists and manufacturers. Ian Ferguson and Martin Postler founded the studio in 2007 after their graduation from the RCA. One of their first projects was a window for Selfridges store in Oxford Street curated by Designersblock. For this occasion they produced a 1:1 replica of the Concorde engine in cardboard and Styrofoam. Read More…
Hirako
Students and professor from Smile Experience Design Lab from Chiba Institute of Technology tried to design invisible information such as Memory, Nature, Sound, Air and Time. The objects will be showcased at Designersblock Ventura Lambrate at Salone del Mobile in Milan 2011. Read More…
Peter Böckel - Read me
Peter Böckel is a young industrial designer from Germany. At Designersblock 2011 in Milano, he will show a collection of several furniture pieces under the title MissingLink. The collection consists of four objects which are based upon the idea of the convergence of form, function and meaning. Known patterns are abandoned, mixed and merged with each other. Finally new interpreted into objects with new characters and personalities. However, on closer inspection you can find and associate some DNA evidence from their archetypal origins. Read More…
Daan Mulder - My Form Follows Function Sofa
The Dutch designer Daan Mulder will show his elegantly sculptured designs at Salone del Mobile 2011.
Lancia TrendVisions magazine describes his work as follows: “He has managed to merge aesthetics with functionality in futuristic steel curves, which become structure and ornament. Fluid and fine, with an almost liquid texture, the armchair waves before your eyes and accommodates you in full comfort. The metal curves softly to follow the anatomical design as you sit. This is the “My Form Follows Function Sofa”, Mulder’s latest creation presented at the “Young Talent 2010” in Nieuw Roden (Holland). This sofa epitomises the philosophy of this young design promise, whose motto is to “integrate dynamic curves with extreme functionality”. It looks easy, but you really have to be a visionary. Read More…
Doreen Westphal - Concrete Vase
The work of Doreen Westphal is critical, poetical, effective and beautiful. Inspired by architecture and science she is committed to make products that help envision another, better future. Each step in the cycle from base material to production process to consumption should be considered to contribute to a world that is fair and lasting.
Born in former East Germany, Doreen Westphal trained initially as a tailor. After the people of East Germany brought down the wall she left the country in order to experience a part of Europe she hadn’t seen before. She settled for a few years in the UK in order to study Theater Design before she moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands where she freelanced as a theater set and costume designer. In 2002 she established KREJCI by Doreen Westphal with a series of bags and living accessories made from used Amsterdam bicycle inner tubes; the Tubus Collection. Meanwhile this collection has been completed by a number of luxurious and innovative products; but the philosophy to produce not only for the marked, but also for the future is still the same. Doreen is based in Eindhoven and works within the field of conceptual crafts. Recently she presented Concrete Lace Curtain and Concrete and Detailed; a series of tableware and living accessories all made from concrete. Read More…
Nic Roex - blue spade seat
The spade seat by Dutch designer Nic Roex is the contemporary translation of the spade. “Where the spade once stood for arduous work like digging and moving sand, gravel and dirt, it is now used for relaxation. This would seem to be a great contrast, but the solution is more obvious than it might first appear: the spades have the same contour as your bottom. By placing the spade on a frame with this in mind, the spade assumes a new function: a sitting surface. The solution is already there in the existing form of the spade!” Read More…
SO WHAT? - Wool tyre agua de prata
Experience Portugal at Ventura Lambrate! A unique collection of handcrafted PRODUCTS by PORTUGUESE PEOPLE will be presented at Salone del Mobile 2011. Bringing together different products, SO WHAT? strives to be a platform that vigilantly observes the activities of contemporary Portuguese designers and craftsman. SO WHAT? also involves external contributors such as artists, curators, writers, journalists, developers, educators and architects. As a result of these different sources of inspiration, the designers commissioned by SO WHAT? showcase a varied collection of styles ranging from the elegant and sophisticated to the robust and primitive and from stylish and modern to others with a timeless quality. Read More…
DetailF is the design studio of independent designer Franziska Wernicke.
Besides working with clients, the studio is constantly developing new products to extend its own collection. The passion for traditional craftsmanship, experimentation and innovation is present in the design process and the final product. Franziska Wernicke adds another dimension to common products, blurring the line between design, art and architecture. The resulting products are simultaneously elegant and edgy. Read More…
James Shaw was brought up in between the hills and the beach in Devon, South West England by a family consisting mostly of doctors with a creative inclination. This combination of artistic interests balanced with solid scientific and rural values has given him an excellent foundation for design. James honed his skills studying at Falmouth College of Art and Kingston University. Since graduating in July 2010 he has gained international acclaim for his simple, beautiful and innovative designs, and is now establishing himself as part of London’s design scene. Read More…
Tuukka Halonen - Pilke-lights
Tuukka Halonen is a highly talented designer with over 10 years experience in commercial design environments. He is keen to apply some of his international experience to his home country and has started to investigate new Finnish wood innovations and technologies and to find ways of using existing technologies in domestic objects and furnishings. “Pilke-light construction requires no tools or glue, I love its simplicity.” Read More…
