Spun, sitting on a spinning top. Heatherwick Studio for Magis
Heatherwick studio collaborated with the Italian furniture manufacturer, Magis, to develop a version made with a different kind of rotational process, rotation-moulded plastic.
Heatherwick studio collaborated with the Italian furniture manufacturer, Magis, to develop a version made with a different kind of rotational process, rotation-moulded plastic.
The unconventional way the seat is fixed to the tubular frame is carefully considered in all details. Falstaff is the result of letting the eye wonder outside the limits of upholstering, resulting in an opulent seat.
Aura is a series of lamps in rolled sheet metal. The mesh of Aura dresses the light bulb with finesse and lightness. Normally destined for office objects this material plays with light in the same way as a delicate lace veil, allowing a diffused lighting.
Louise Campbell cutlery aims to be beautiful without being pretentious. It refers to the history of Georg Jensen by paying great attention to every tiny detail and respecting basic given proportions, but it is not afraid to emphasise its main purpose – being a useful, flexible, modern toolkit.
Kiko Milano selected designer Ross Lovegrove to create a packaging for a collection. With their ergonomic lines, the products are compact and easy to use, designed for what Lovegrove calls “nomadic portability”.
Alvaro Catalán de Ocon removes everything superfluous and unnecessary. Reduced to its essential elements: a positive pole, a negative pole and an insulator.
Released in April 2016, Pliè chair was designed by Studio Klass for FIAM Italia. The reference to the modern Milanese architecture of the post-war period, composed by lines and shapes always characterized by a rigorous logic.
A calyx shaped metal shell is inhabited by carefully organized holes made by the technique of punching metal sheets. This allows to create delicate shapes that recall textile sensations and are robust enough to stand the test of time.
“We wanted to make the 10 immediately recognizable from across the room,” said Hannes Harms, senior industrial designer. “To do that, we gave it a distinctive 3.3mm chamfer that runs around the outer edge and gives the phone a new, elegant silhouette.”
These days most jewelry is made by specialized machines. With this video IDIFILMS wanted to show the tenderness and dedication this artisan uses when he makes a ring. This is only a brush stroke to show what these jewel artisans are able to make.
More than one year long work process between URREA and Joel Escalona had as objective to develop a collection of bathroom products and accessories that stated a clear and accurate evolution in the current catalog.
Overgaard & Dyrman’s the Wire Collection finds inspiration in traditional saddlery and metal work, and challenges the synergy and contrast in the use of materials. The honesty in genuine materials and the balance between functionality, ergonomics and manufacturing define Wire and reflect its purpose.
Pressed chair is a light, stackable metal chair stamped out of a 2.5mm aluminium sheet. The value of the design excels in the intent of creating a piece out of one single material without any joints or connectors and the manufacturing produces no waste material and is 100% recyclable.
Wrough iron – the shaping of iron by hammering – is one of the oldest techniques for making objects. For Magis Officina collection, Bouroullec wanted to work with this ancient process and give it a new visual language.
Built according to the traditions of the art of engineering. The Leica T-System is the world’s first camera with a body made completely of aluminium. Leica subtracted the superfluous and reduced what remained to the essentials.
Is this the most boring ad ever made? Not if you appreciate obsessive craftsmanship. Leica Camera spends 45 minutes polishing the new Leica T by hand. Watch for yourself and decide. Boring or not?
They are Rextorn and they have made the Dragon Egg from Game of Thrones by using the technique of repousse, chasing and metal spinning.
The Stencil collection is the first series of aluminum pieces of furniture ever casted in fabric . It is the result of an experimental research aiming at turning the complex aluminum casting technique and flexibility into a system of low – cost production
Today, robots can shape pipes however one wishes—and Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner, together with Thonet and tube bending machine manufacturer BLM, has set out to explore the limits of present-day bending technology.
For the “No Cardboard Project“ a lightweight material well known in aircraft and maritime construction is used to make unusual furniture. Like cardboard the material has one corrugated layer glued between two flat layers, each made from coated aluminium.
“Olla” is the diploma project of Cesare Bizzotto, a young italian designer recently graduated in the Master program at ECAL.
Studio Swine has made a collection of aluminium objects from street materials in São Paulo. Using a mobile foundry to smelts aluminum cans using waste vegetable oil collected from local cafes as a fuel.
Sets of textured and tactile cutlery that have been inspired by the investigation into investment casting and an understanding that any organic material such as leather and cork can be burned out the same way wax can be.
The Second Object, designed by Jorge Diego Etienne in collaboration with Savvy Studio for Casa Bosques, is a mug that continues to work with the ideals of the brand by amplifying the rituals suggested by nature.
19.0 is an exploration of sand casting technique with various metals. The “overspill” is usually a by product of this process, which is cleaned up after production and re-finished.
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Sand casting is one of the earliest forms of casting due to its simplicity and low-tech materials required. Sand casting produces metal components with a rough sand-like texture, often with a crude degree of accuracy, and therefore requires various finishing techniques to improve the surface finish. This time, well known designer Max Lamb returned to his origins with sand-casting methods he experimented while studying at the RCA.
