Saturday, October 30, 2010

Chandabrabhu - occasional table


Chandabrabhu is a grey Savoy marble occasional table, an Indian gothic gargoyle forming the basis of a neo Art Nouveau
as if part of a larger architecture’
according to Sylvain Rieu-Piquet. That is a Hindu temple atomized by the anger of a capricious divinity, the great splendour of which ended up in Paris in the 21st century. Sculpted with a digital cutter, ‘Chandabrabhu’ proudly displays the grooves left by the contemporary tool to hide nothing of its industrial origins
A designer and a artist, Sylvain Rieu-Piquet assumes a double life as a designer for Thomson and with a personal career which is liberated from design constraints, to let an extravagant and romantic plastic vocabulary radiate. The assurance of his style and confidence in a universe where fantasy and luxuriance meet a priori, far from classical marketing design successes, today make him one of the most interesting designers of his generation.

Dimensions: 50x50x40 cm
Edition of 8 numbered copies
Material: Savoy marble


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Premiere for the textile editors at imm cologne in January 2011

Left photo - Kinnasand collection 2010
The international furnishing show imm cologne is the new fair platform for the premium textile editors in Germany.
The decision has been made: the textile brands Création Baumann, Christian Fischbacher, Kinnasand, Nya Nordiska, Sahco, Zimmer + Rohde and JAB Anstoetz with Chivasso and Wellmann will stand side-by-side once again at a German trade fair in January 2011, exhibiting together for the very first time at the imm cologne.
Intensive dialogues with different German fair locations led the majority of textile editors to make a long-term commitment to Cologne.
The persuasive factors in the end were the pioneering exhibition concept PURE TEXTILE, the target group orientation and relevance for the future, the brand environment and the fair’s premium marketing strategy.
The participation of the textiles editors at imm cologne is planned for every two years on a long-term basis.

>> related article: domestic-ponds


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New lamp by Guillaume Delvigne


To celebrate its launch during Designers Days event in Paris, Specimen was proposing a special co-edition in partnership with Terres Nuages. The O10* lamp designed by Guillaume Delvigne is a piece which is joining the realms of furnishing. The light is reduced to its simplest expression: brightness in space. In the background, the object takes shape in a single precise line. Snaking from one space to another, the electric flex draws the contours. The first Specimen collection was on view with exclusive pieces by Sylvain Rieu-Piquet, Constance Guisset, Guillaume Delvigne, Pierre Lota and Olivier Grégoire.
010 is a medical term meaning puerperium, which is the state of a woman who, having given birth is in the period following childbirth
.

Bordering art and industrial produce, Specimen is a new design house in perpetual movement, the only mode which functions in its urgency to continually produce new pieces which do not adhere to the standard set of rules. No permanent showroom; no artistic restrictions; just one absolute rule: to offer limited edition pieces by up and coming designers who find it possible to freely assert their individuality with Specimen.

Personal, extraordinary, poetic and technically innovative, each piece is an example in itself. It is futile looking for a similarity or resemblance between each of them. Based on love at first sight and meeting with designers, this business venture between Tristan Pannier and Alaric Miaume makes any attempt at classification obsolete.

Specimen will meet collectors in France and abroad, in contemporary art fairs and design events promoting French design, creation and a certain state of mind which is equally ephemeral and irrepressible: youth and desire.


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new vase called TOURBILLON or Vortex


A vase evokes the water cycle, snap shot of a subtle natural harmony.
The dynamic of the water is accentuated by the rigidity of a glass bubble that surrounds.

This vase is the result of a meeting between computer technology and a French high quality craftsmanship. Realized by a glass craftsman who has implemented the necessary technique to realize the vortex.

Composed of two parts in borosilicate glass. The main part and a small cup which receives water.

Available in 3 different sizes
limited edition (21 pieces)

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Domestic Ponds


At Galerie BSL from 17th September to 27th November 2010, Duende Studio is proposing ‘Domestic Ponds,’ a piece of work about the pond as a domestic water point, with three new pieces by Mathieu Lehanneur, Benjamin Graindorge and Eric Jourdan.
A liquid hollow, a matrix swarming with life, the pond is a true open air breeding spot, the antithesis of a vase or an aquarium
for Anthony van den Bossche / Duende Studio.
The water, overflowing with nutrients, drawn from the bottom of the garden, irrigates as well as fertilises the vegetable garden.
This practice is pushed to its limit with aquaponic agriculture allowing the symbiosis of fish and plants. The plants are nourished by the fish water full of nitrate-rich waste. The plants therefore play the role of natural filter by retaining the nitrates and assist in maintaining balanced water for the fish.
For two years, Duende Studio has been developing a work of adaptation of the principle of aquaponics in the domestic world, with two prototypes produced with Mathieu Lehanneur (‘Local River,’ 2008) and Benjamin Graindorge (‘Floating Garden,’ 2009). Today, the research and experimentation process has been taken even further, with a three piece limited edition series presented and edited by Galerie BSL. Three new projects the functioning of which requires minimum maintenance by the user, by three designers who each impose a radical plastic interpretation of the pond for three foundation stones of a new domestic typology. A metaphoric ecosystem of our way of living, that is, a closed world whose primary problem is the management of its own waste, for which the series ‘Domestic Ponds’ formally and technically brings the most successfully completed response.


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Story of a Formula One car and furniture designer


John Barnard is widely regarded as one of the great technical innovators in Formula One and is credited with the introduction of amongst others the first carbon fibre monocoque chassis.

With his immense experience and now working alongside Terence Woodgate, they have been designing an astonishing surface table that spans 4 metres and has a thickness of just 2 mm at the edge = five times thinner than its nearest equivalent! In a special installation during INTERIEUR 2010 this table is utilitarian enough to function as a workspace and a presentation table for a Formula One car!

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The pure form of comfort in the sofa designed by Mauro Lipparini


Klub inherits and carries on the idea of comfort in the family of soft sofas made in Italy produced by i 4 Mariani, fully declared in its mono-volume. Through a wise effects of full and soft lines, as lied, it answers to the contemporary requirements of a peaceful life free of excess.

Behind all, a close selection of materials and attention to details, followed by the continuous research of design always inclined to the essential. Compactness and linearity are the key features of this product where all the elements like seating, backs, arms and cushions are so homogeneous and uniform to look like a unique very comfortable block which invites to conviviality and relax.

KLUB is available either in leather – field on which the factory is proud of his wide know-how since three generations – or in fabric, offering a range of more than 215 sorts and colors, to satisfy even the most particular tastes. The load-bearing frame is made of poplar heartwood naturally seasoned for at least three years on the company’s premises. The framework is upholstered with contoured sheets of resilient, CFC-free polyurethane foam while the removable back cushions are completely made in feather. All the above to have an high quality product with an essential design and completely comfort-oriented.

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SICI 2010, INTERNATIONAL INTEGRAL KITCHEN EXHIBITION

Organised by IFEMA and promoted by AMC, SICI staged its sixth edition between 5th and 8th October 2010 at FERIA DE MADRID. For the first time, this event coincided with the staging of CONSTRUTEC, the Building Exhibition, with a view to generating a sense of synergy and creating a highly dynamic and attractive presentational showcase for professional groups targeted by both fairs.

Exports


France, Portugal, Morocco and United Kingdom are the main Spain’s kitchen furniture purchasers in the first half of the year 2010. France, whose kitchen furniture purchases from Spain amounted to 30.251.6 thousands of euros, stands out as the top Spanish furniture importer (65,1%). On the whole, it should be pointed out that Spanish kitchen furniture sales have shown an upward trend during 2010 first half of the year. Except for Morocco, the main markets are EU countries, such as France, Portugal, United Kingdom and Germany. However, countries like the United States (31,9%), United Arab Emirates (2011,2%) and Switzerland (145,9%) have experienced a big increase of their Spain’s purchases if compared to previous year for the same period. It is important to emphasize that exports to Germany, the main kitchen manufacturer in Europe, have also recorded an encouraging increase (78,8%). On the other hand, exports to Mexico (-38,1%), Austria (-17,4%), Greece (-40%), Poland (-22,8%), Bulgaria (-20,5%) and Estonia (-11,9%) have registered a significant decline.



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