Lacquered paper-pots boxes
Design concept a small container created using a 3D printer that cuts, stacks and pastes sheets of paper one by one.
Design concept a small container created using a 3D printer that cuts, stacks and pastes sheets of paper one by one.
Ott-chil is a type of Korean lacquer technique that is done by adding the secretions of the “Ott” tree, released as a protective response to wounds.
WASARA was born from a desire to design tableware that perfectly complements the dishes you serve and creates a heartwarming and comfortable setting, even though it can only be used once.
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by Noguchi beginning in 1951 and handmade for a half century by the original manufacturer in Gifu, Japan, the paper lanterns are a harmonious blend of Japanese handcraft and modernist form. The lamps are created from handmade washi paper and bamboo ribbing, supported by a metal frame.
While the paper industry across Japan has changed dramatically over the years from Japanese paper to western paper, hand-made processes to automated processes, Kurotani Washi has remained true to its hand-made heritage, preserving a craft from the Japan of old.
(Sur)Volant, a collaboration between Barba y The Tree on the Sea. Video on the stamping process using the technique of screen printing, artwork by Àfrica Fanlo.
Chair made of concertina-folded translucent white paper, partially opened to form a fan shape with the vertical spine of the fan at the back of the chair, and the impression of the designer’s body partially crushing the paper to form the seat.
Emptied Gestures is an experiment in kinetic drawing. In this series she are exploring ways to download his movement directly onto paper, emptying gestures from one form to another.
This is a paper bowl that enfolds air. You can freely change its shape by molding it into a dish, a small bowl or a vase according to the intended usage.
Design and build a torso with removable paper organs. Horst Kiechle had completed a first version and uploaded some images to Horst’s Flickr account.
This is a project that was inspired by the emerge of open design, which is using the same principles as open source in software and is part of her exploration of the subject “consumers becoming co-producers and makers”.
Together with Delta Awards, this year ADI-FAD has commissioned the preparation of communication material to the well-known graphic studio Lo Siento. Directed by Borja Martínez, its main feature is an organic and physical approach to the solutions, resulting in a field where graphic and industrial design dialogue, always searching an alliance with the artisan processes.
“This visual impact had me realize that an alternative possibility existed in the language of paper texture and form: from concrete to abstract; from physical to the intangible; from standardization to liberation; or vice versa. The continuity of paper has thus become a key element in the language expression here; its gathering and dispersing, ups and downs, twists and turns have presented to us a set of unpredictable images.”
Lo Siento is a small studio that specially enjoys taking over the whole concept of the identity projects. Its main feature is an organic and physical approach to the solutions, resulting in a field where graphic and industrial design dialogue, always searching an alliance with the artisan processes.
At Herman Miller design is the language we use to ask questions and seek answers to the problems our customers face. The design process is a journey into the unknown
Glithero are British designer Tim Simpson and Dutch designer Sarah van Gameren, who met and studied at the Royal College of Art. From their studio in London they create product, furniture, and time-based installations that give birth to unique and wonderful products.
The ‘Tube Toys’ are a series of vehicles to assemble were the packaging is also part of the product, reducing considerably the amount of material discarded after purchase, and the added cost that traditional packaging involves. All the parts needed to built each vehicle are contained on a standard cardboard tube which doubles as the packaging and becomes the body of the car, fire engine, train or tractor.
Dry the River created these huge 3D paper-craft horse posters in collaboration with FOAM/Sony Music creative Xavier Barrade to promote the new UK band.
Blinkink and Blinkart collaborate on a stunning paper stop motion film for Peugeot. Blinkink director Joseph Mann has teamed up with Blinkart designer extraordinaire Kyle Bean to create a stunning stop motion paper world for Euro RSCG and Peugeot. Mann and Bean, along with their team of paper artists, created everything in the 30″ film, including hundreds of individual spanners and bollards, over a period of 4 weeks entirely bespoke. Enjoy!
Rick Tegelaar developed a machine and a set of tools that enable him to form chicken wire very controlled and accurately. The lamps are covered with a layer of bamboo paper. This paper expands when moistened because of it’s long fibers.
