Tag: design

LENNART BRAS, THE BLUEPRINT STATEMENT

Introducing Lennart Bras, ArtEZ Product Design class of 2016 graduate with a niche interest in the industrial production process and how one can simplify building principles. For a question in mind: ‘How can a production process bring forward a new readability for the user?‘, Lennard replies with his latest creation entitled ‘Bottom Up’, as part of his graduation project.

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bottom-up-black-2‘Bottom Up Bench’ by Lennart Bras

Bottom Up‘ is a collection of products – shoes, a table, and a bench that unveils the manufacturing process, to be part of the design outlook in itself. The creative process featured thorough research and analysis of existing semi-finished products, readability, and focus on construction. ‘It’s all about the clarity of construction’, explains Lennart. For the ‘Bottom Up Bench‘, a traditional production process from an upholsterer was taken as inspiration, and applied from the legs of the product onwards. The result is Lennart’s way of smart construction thinking to show the inside-out of the manufacturing industry, from the bottom to the top.

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‘Bottom Up Bench’ by Lennart Bras


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BALL CLAMP BY DIETER VOLKERS

Dieter Volkers is a designer from Maastricht, graduated from the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem where he is based today. His work space is the place to set his mind free, the place where he developed a series of functional, but also aesthetically strong objects. With his ‘Tools and Objects’ he knows how to attract attention to everyday products and acts. As Dieter explains:

“The products are the result of functional objects.
Objects which are powerful in their aesthetics.
My collection represents the actions of our daily lives.
Central is the value of ‘normal’ things and acts, such as passing a door.”

Present at OODE, is a piece of Dieter’s ‘normal’ things – the Ball Clamp. This opaque lamp looks like a squeezed ball with a clamp, to put wherever. The ball itself is open from the bottom,  to easily put a regular light bulb. A typical dutch design lamp – very useful and with a bit of humor. Available for purchase, also in the webshop.

Ball Clamp by Dieter Volkers

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PICTURESQUE MIRRORS BY TJIMKJE DE BOER

Interior and product designer Tjimkje de Boer is the brain behind designstudio Knapontwerp. Knapontwerp draws its inspiration from daily scenery and objects. Captured in photography, Tjimkje dives into detailed observation and poetic analysis of ordinary moments and taking the best of old crafts and traditional production methods, new ideas take hold and lead to the development of products.

Picturesque Mirrors by Tjimkje de Boer

 In such manner, a slushy paddle turns intoPicturesque Mirrors,   balancing on the verge of art and design as the reflective functionality is complemented by an interaction of lustrous colours. While across it, in collaboration with Anne Marie Twigge, the studio constructs a Converso Simplex, a minimalistic cube of a base and a loose interlocking element. This object tributes the physical posture in (public) speaking in various adjustable structures of formal and informal presentations. Offering the speaker all of the settings to present: seater, presenter, activator, highriser and converser.

dsc00822_orig-1Converso Simplex by Tjimkje de Boer and Anne Marie Twigge

 Knapontwerp’s creations are focused on bringing both functionality and scenery to the indoors for personal use and fascination. All of the products are available for purchase on demand.

 

 

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ANALOGOUS WOOD-WORK BY MICHIEL LELIVELT

Michiel Lelivelt is a third-generation design representative and a follower of his father’s and grandfather’s woodwork passion, united under the Lelivelt family business, running for over one hundred years. ‘My challenge is to make beautiful and functional furniture. Since childhood, I have been interested in architecture and design, and later trained as a carpenter’, explains Michiel. The long experience and the relentless interest in the development of the profession encouraged Michiel to choose his own path and in 2005, become the founder of Stong Wood. From that moment on I keep myself busy with old style timber and wood furniture.’


The birth of the Analogue table series in 2013, illustrates Michiel’s special approach to design. ‘I am convinced that design is not a sketch or a drawing but a creative process. I fit to rely on intuition and feeling as my mind works with the material (wood) to achieve the correct shape, in the process of trying again and again. Over the years, this awareness has grown and I work with more and more confidence in my own real product.’

Analogously, the Analoog table is a good example of this ‘Hand Framed’ approach. The table consists of a solid American walnut wood frame and a ‘berkenplex’ (thickened) sheet veneer. The sturdy yet lightweight and flexible design ensures that the table easily adapts to uneven surfaces. While the aesthetic lines and smooth edges relate to the Art Nouveau and Scandinavian design for a contemporary look that fits in both classic and modern interiors. A very refined dining table. Available for purchase at the OODE webshop.

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WIRE LAMPS BY SALVATORE FRANZESE

Salvatore Franzese is an Italian born and Dutch based product designer, residing in his own Eindhoven studio. Salvatore’s design approach involves being on the look for new goals and challenges in the handmade technical approach. ”Producing an object with your hands is a way of projecting yourself, involving your head, heart and soul and therefore this is the reason why the piece doesn’t just express a concept but also talks about you it’s you.”, explains Salvatore. OODE currently features a part of his Procreation series, entitled Wire Lamps that are covered and rolled up with kilometers of silk thread, available in a variety of colour.

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Wire Lamps by Salvatore Franzese

Wire Lamps by Salvatore Franzese

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MAKE&MOLD RYB BY HANDMADE INDUSTRIALS

HandMade Industrials duo Rutger de Regt and Marlies van Putten share an interest in experimental design by process-based principles to create and combine a poetic reflection on current societal themes. Their recent work entitled Make&Mold RYB is a series of unique and wonky vases of colourful hues and blown bubbly shapes, currently on display at OODE. The flexible mold and bio-degradable polymers go through a handcrafted production technique to form gummy skews but keep an organic structure of sculptured pottery. As for the colour blend, the designers use red, yellow and blue pigments, to mix and mingle patterns and give the object a pleasingly soft vibrancy.

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Photos derived from HandMade Industrials

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