Lucy Victoria Wood: January 2011

Monday 31 January 2011

wis design 'croquet'

'Perhaps stronger in terms of metaphor than innovation, but nonetheless a celebration of highly visible joinery, is young Swedish practice WIS Design's new 'Croquet' series, which consists of a bench, stool and barstool. Consisting of painted metal, the joints connect wooden (ash) sticks of different lengths, which are reminiscent of croquet mallets. The number of different components is kept to a minimum and the various pieces within the series are easy to assemble, requiring no specific tools.'

http://www.architonic.com/ntsht/fancy-a-joint-innovative-joinery-in-new-furniture-design/7000508

Elise Gabriel - 'The Zelfo Embrace'

'designer elise gabriel has collaborated with the green factory, to design 'the zelfo embrace' a series of furniture pieces which are constructed using the material zelfo.

zelfo is an ecological material made from 100 % recycled materials such as old paper, textiles etc or

rapidly renewable materials such as hemp, miscanthus, bamboo etc., which is free of synthetic binders or adhesives - it contains no toxic componentns. essentially any raw material with a high cellulose content can be used to produce zelfo.

elise gabriel and the green factory received the VIA partnership project 2010 award for
'the zelfo embrace' which gives designers the opportunity to develop projects in tandem
with a manufacturer, using innovative technologies and/or materials. the initiative aims
at encouraging exchanges of know-how and skills with an eye to experimenting
new solutions for furnishing and interior decorating.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/9201/elise-gabriel-the-zelfo-embrace.html

http://www.detnk.com/node/9283

Christof Schmidt - 'DaR'

'As part of his final year project at Kunsthochschule Kassel the young German designer Christof Schmidt developed this smart joining technique. The solid wooden elements of the chair are broken to measure and placed into a silicone-mould. Due to its expansion the poured in polyurethane foam infiltrates into every single wooden fibre at the breaking point and connects the pieces soundly. The foam hardens within minutes.'

http://www.dailytonic.com/dar-by-christof-schmidt-no-smoking-de/

http://www.no-smoking.in/

Jerszy Seymour

Workshop Chair

Uses polycaprolactone wax to join the piece's various components together

http://www.jerszyseymour.com/

http://www.gestalten.com/motion/jerszy-seymour

David Derksen

Foldable Kitchen

'This is a semi-permanent kitchen for temporary housing or outdoor use. It consists of a foldable framework that is fixed once the sink part is put inside.'

Copper Lights

'The Copper Lights are a translation of the Copper Cabinet into more functional products. The bending and soldering techniques have been perfected, resulting in delicate but very useful lamps, which can be produced in series.The three different shapes make them suitable for different applications in the interior.'

Copper Cabinet

'The Copper Cabinet is a fragile cabinet for storing precious belongings. It is completely constructed out of 0,1 millimetre thick copper foil. The bends in the material give the structure its stiffness and almost a paper like appearance.You feel and see that the cabinet should be handled carefully, just like its contents.'

http://www.davidderksen.nl/

Rodrigo Valdivielso

http://valdivielso.com.ar/index.php?/project/sistema-ruda/

'From a set of 13 pieces, designer Rodrigo Valdivielso estimates that about thirty standard objects can be easily made – all without the need for metal screws, joints, hinges or other permanent hardware. This has the natural dual benefit of making it possible just to buy the parts you want or need while also being able to convert the furniture to new uses over time and making it all the more user-friendly and useful for do-it-yourself designers.'

'This kind of thing seems to be the inevitable next step in modular design: cheap wood furniture that, like something from IKEA, is inexpensive, portable and easy to assemble but instead of coming with fixed plans it lends itself to custom crafted creations, from storage and shelving units to tables, desks chairs and stools made out of small multifunctional pieces and parts.'

http://dornob.com/diy-all-in-one-transforming-modular-wood-furniture-idea/

Nicola Zocca

shrink collection

It is a series of furniture designed using heat shrinkable tube. After heating it with hot air, it shrinks from three to six times its diameter. This material is usually used as protection for electrical cables, automotive and airplane parts. After heating, it shrinks and becomes hard enough to be used in new and different ways, for example as a furniture joint. So just using hot air, after a quick assembly, it's possible to build and fix chairs, bookshelves and tables without using any screws or nails.

http://www.nicolazocca.com/

Studio Gorm: Wood Peg

wood peg

an all wood version of our peg furniture.

peg is a family of furniture with diverse parentage. the shaker peg rail, the korean wall hung table and the lowly shop broom. a flexible furniture system made up of simple components, which can be assembled in a variety of ways to accommodate a multitude of scenarios. it can be just as easily disassembled, using no tools or fasteners. all components can be hung from a peg rail on the wall creating pleasing abstract compositions.

materials:

douglas fir
hemlock
oak
ash
walnut
hickory

http://www.studiogorm.com/woodpeg.html