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Else by Michal Fargo

Else is a project dealing with the gaps between craft and design. The aim of this project was to create different and authentic ceramic surfaces. By creating a different working technique that does not require molds she was able to design free forms that are not restricted by parting lines and pouring points, she was also able to get different and diverse surfaces. By using sponge models and dipping them into especially composed porcelain mix the mold was eliminated from the process and a new kind of surface was created.

Schwarzes Gold by Ingo Schuppler

“Schwarzes Gold” wants to make people think. It wants to remind customers that an energy-efficient light bulb is not enough to make a lamp eco-friendly. The dark coal material wants people to think about whether their energy comes from coal or renewable resources, since this is also a vital part of the eco-friendliness of a lamp.

Award Ei! by Hansel Schloupt and Oriol Castellar

Hatching from the egg, the birth and awakening of a chicken ready to face the real hard life after a formation and maturation process . A similar process as a student designer, for this reason the Award Ei! has born.

Ou Pack – Jonas Feliu Rodriguez

Ou pack project by Jonas Feliu Rodriguez was born from the idea of a closer packaging to the consumer, which is not limited to package the product itself: it must project a set of values that have often been forgotten or disused when packaging design: the ritual, the stimulation and pleasure, reconciliation of body and mind, animism and food as primary need. It is a new way to understand the packaging and how it interacts with food and the consumer.

Life – Patterns – Objects by Bram Amendt

Can the sound of a roaring lion or the movement of your child’s first steps be rendered in shapes? Bram Amendt has designed Life – Patterns – Objects: an interactive installation that cuts out shapes dictated by sounds or moving images. The user supplies a video that’s meaningful to them, which in turn will be transformed into a physical shape.

Mine Kafon by Massoud Hassani

I grew up in Qasaba, Kabul. My family moved there when I was 5, and at the time there were several wars going on. My brother Mahmud and I we played every day on the fields surrounded with the highest mountains in our neighbourhood.

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Low-Tech Factory / Swing by Léonard Golay, Camille Rein

Swing is a giant punch that transforms pieces of stretch tarpaulin into extendable openwork sacks. The items
are produced by the weight of the user who, gyrating, executes a production movement resembling
a dance step.

Original stools by breadedEscalope

The “Original Stools” are produced in an unique process which is based on interaction & serendipity. The objects are manufactured with a solid hollow orb which houses a flexible silicone mould of the Stool. Resin is filled into the silicone form in the orb.

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Performing Appliances by Amelia Desnoyers

An interactive display that reintroduces human actions as a motor for emotional responses. This project is an experience which characteristic focuses on human motions, interaction and awareness as a key driver in the design process.

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“Areniscos”, tableware made from sand by Victor Castanera

The Areniscos project is a perfect example of methodology as Victor Castanera embarks on a process of shaping the sand by pouring water. A simple process that creates an organic and somewhat improvised collection of plates, cups and trays that is light and beautiful in form. Areniscos demonstrates an integrated object that speaks to nature and to each one of us.

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Organic Factory by Ruben Thier

In a factory, overproduction is common. In between shifts, plastic is dripping on the floor. Instead of this, Ruben Thier created containers for under every extruder. By this, the plastic is collected as an overproduction archive.

Forgotten Memory by Jetske Visser

In the movie ” Forgotten memory” you step into the world of dementia. An invisible and hidden world is exposed. I wonder how daily things look like with the view of a demented person. How do they experience their environment? What is a teapot if you don’t know what a teapot is?

Respond, mechanical cat rack by Nicole Schindelholz

“Respond” is an interactive coat rack, which moves when a coat is hung on it. It is an ingenious weight system, using precision carpentry and the element of surprise. After all, surprise arouses curiosity, and curiosity can lead you to the pleasure of understanding.

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The thread wrapping machine by Anton Alvarez

The Thread Wrapping Machine is a tool to joint different types of material with only the glue-coated thread as its cement. Through using this construction method, many different materials can be joined to form objects and spaces such as wood, steel, plastic, bricks.

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Sous les paves, la plage by Marlies van Putten

Sous les pavés, la plage is a Project where experimentation with process and material is a central theme in the work of Marlies van Putten. From Royal Art Academy in The Hague (The Netherlands) she presents her research into the production of organic forms by means of a special technique to cast aluminium.

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Foam party by Martijn Rigters

Foam party is one of those projects that perfectly define our vision and brand identity. At The Method Case we usually affirm that we cannot only judge a project because of its final result. Rather, we do believe in designing the process, which will contribute to the outcome. Foam party is a project where Martijn Rigthers designed a process that is partially controlled by him, partly by the visitor.

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Pulp Lamps by Enrique Romero de la Llana

PulpLamp is a collection of lamps made solely of paper paste from recycled newspapers, which thus acquire a second life. They are not standard models, each new creation will have a new shape, color and texture. All the shapes are made with inflatable molds, which makes it possible to deform them and make each one unique.

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Haz Puff by Mikel Garate

Based on the simplicity, experimental and creating a new experience in everyday activities, young basque designer Mikel Garate, recent graduated at the School of Design ELISAVA (2010, Barcelona) presents “Haz Puff”

From here for here by Ariane Prin

This new production system treats the Royal College of Art as an experimental site for demonstrating these principles. It uses waste from the various departments of the school for a local pencil factory that will supply drawing tools to present and future students.

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Tide by Nature Aided Design Lab

Nature Aided Design Lab creates unique street furniture pieces using the power and variability of the Thames in London, one of only two tidal rivers in the UK. A flexible mould containing a concrete mixture is attached to floating buoys and shaped using the tidal forces and currents. The mixture hardens and freezes the form after a certain time and is revealed and harvested during low tide. This is a self-sustained repeatable production system where we manipulate the energy and variability of Nature to grow objects which are revealed during the low tide. The final form can be “predicted” using an interactive program developed by Nature Aided Design Lab. Preset constraints, tidal rates and macro currents can be inputted to give an idea of the desired form. However, the inherent unpredictability of nature will also have an effect which cannot be foreseen.