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WOOD LIGHT 13&9 AUSTRIA
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WOOD LIGHT YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: 13&9 PRODUCER: XTEC
This project by 13&9, a designer duo working in Graz, unites traditional Austrian cabinet making with modern design and the latest LED technology. It is fascinating alone as an object for its decorative, sculptural appearance. But when lit, additional qualities unfold in the soft, evenly dispersed light and the translucent veneer brings out the natural beauty of the wood grain.
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DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD VICTOR PAPANEK AUSTRIA
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DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD YEAR: 1971 AUTHOR: VICTOR PAPANEK PUBLISHER: ACADEMY CHICAGO PUBLISHERS
Design for the Real World was written by the Vienna-born designer Victor Papanek. Together with Nomadic Furniture (illustrated by James Hennessey, US) these two books have become classics of the DIY culture and cornerstones of ecological design. There is scarcely another book on design theory that has come to be used as a standard text in so many design schools as Design for the Real World. It would also be difficult to find another book that has lost none of its relevance in over 40 years. At a time when design, consumption, and ecology did not yet appear to be at odds with one another, Victor Papanek scrutinized the irresponsible consequences and the absurdity of the goods being manufactured in the modern world.
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NOMADIC FURNITURE JAMES HENNESSEY, VICTOR PAPANEK AUSTRIA
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NOMADIC FURNITURE YEAR: 1973/74 AUTHOR: JAMES HENNESSEY, VICTOR PAPANEK PUBLISHER: SCHIFFER PUB CO
Nomadic Furniture was written by the Vienna-born designer Victor Papanek and illustrated by US graphic designer James Hennessey. Together with Design for the Real World these two books have become classics of the DIY culture and cornerstones of ecological design. There is scarcely another book on design theory that has come to be used as a standard text in so many design schools as Design for the Real World. It would also be difficult to find another book that has lost none of its relevance in over 40 years. At a time when design, consumption, and ecology did not yet appear to be at odds with one another, Victor Papanek scrutinized the irresponsible consequences and the absurdity of the goods being manufactured in the modern world.
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TOOLS FOR DESIGN REVOLUTION IDRV AUSTRIA
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TOOLS FOR DESIGN REVOLUTION YEAR: 2014 AUTHOR: IDRV/HARALD GRUENDL, MARCO KELLHAMMER, CHRISTINA NĂ„GELE PUBLISHER: NIGGLI
The book Tools for the Design Revolution is the result of a joint initiative in 2012 between the Institute for Design Research Vienna (IDRV) and designaustria. It reveals how many scarcely noticed everyday objects have an enormous negative impact on the environment. Still, not only problems and negative examples are presented here. The book also offers practical tips for designers, businesses, and consumers on how to lead a more mindful and environmentally friendly life. According to the IDRV, the solution to our ecological problems lies in the global solidarity of a sustainable society.
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JEAN II DE ROUBAIX BREADED ESCALOPE AUSTRIA
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JEAN II DE ROUBAIX YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: SASCHA MIKEL, MARTIN SCHNABL, MICHAEL TATSCHL PRODUCER: BREADED ESCALOPE
This object was created as part of Breaded Escalope’s project Love me Bender. The project by the Vienna-based Carinthian designers is driven by an archaic DIY aesthetic and an interest in reducing to a technical minimum processes, such as the one initiated by Thonet for bending wood, that are now industrialized. Their bentwood kitchen workshop consists largely of a galvanized pipe into which beechwood is shoved and a kettle heated on a hotplate to produce steam. The steaming makes the wood flexible and able to be bent into form. Michael Thonet probably did not do it much differently when he laid the foundation for the legend of Thonet bentwood furniture over 150 years ago. W W W. B R E A D E D E S C A L O P E . C O M
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DUNOON ELEMENTS CÉLIA-HANNES AUSTRIA
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DUNOON ELEMENTS YEAR: 2014 DESIGNER: CÉLIA-HANNES/CÉLIA PICARD, HANNES SCHRECKENSBERGER PRODUCER: CÉLIA-HANNES
Célia and Hannes, who are based in both France and Austria, completed a Design Residency in Cape Town in August and September of 2014, thanks to the organisation Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria. During their stay in Cape Town, the Frugal Collection Cape Town was created in collaboration with local crafts- and tradespeople there. The collection consists of hooks, stools, tapestries, and ... just objects that have an aesthetic appeal and whose function is up to the individual user to determine.
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EMISSAIRE CÉLIA-HANNES AUSTRIA
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EMISSAIRE YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: CÉLIA-HANNES/CÉLIA PICARD, HANNES SCHRECKENSBERGER PRODUCER: CENTRE INTERNATIONAL D´ART VERRIER
The work of Célia and Hannes, who commute between France and Austria, is characterised by a combination of experimental approaches and a design theory background. Emissaire is a collection of 10 individual glass objects which have no other purpose than simply to be beautiful and inspire. Their shapes prompt the creation of imaginary landscapes, and an attempt to form a balanced arrangement with them turns into a meditative game. The moulds come from the archives of the CIAV – Meisenthal. The objects are hand blown and individually coloured.
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MOBILE H O S P I TA L I T Y CHMARA.ROSINKE AUSTRIA
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MOBILE H O S P I TA L I T Y YEAR: 2011 DESIGNER: CHMARA.ROSINKE/ANIA ROSINKE, MACIEJ CHMARA PRODUCER: NEUE WIENER WERKSTAETTE
The Mobile Hospitality project was created by the Polish-born designers chmara.rosinke, who are based in Vienna. Since 2011 they have made trips throughout Europe and to New York with their mobile kitchen, table, and stools in order to invite random passers-by to share a meal. Folded up, the entire kitchen, table, and up to 12 stools fit onto a single EUR-pallet, which makes transporting them over long distances affordable. The example on exhibit here was made by the traditional Styrian furniture company KAPO/NWW. The model in white has been produced in a limited edition of 25.
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MAK STOOL CHMARA.ROSINKE AUSTRIA
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MAK STOOL YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: CHMARA.ROSINKE/ANIA ROSINKE, MACIEJ CHMARA PRODUCER: CHMARA.ROSINKE, MATERIAL: DOKA
The MAK Stool was created by the Vienna-based designers chmara.rosinke for MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art. Within the framework of the Nomadic Furniture 3.0. New Liberated Living? exhibition, the designers initiated a workshop at which museum visitors could take part in an improvised semi-industrial process that included the use of moulds. In only 3.5 hours, the designers and 200 visitors, including children, DIY enthusiasts as well as technical lays, managed to build 200 wooden stools!
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GUS PATRYCJA DOMANSKA, FELIX GIESELMANN AUSTRIA
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GUS YEAR: 2012 DESIGNER: PATRYCJA DOMANSKA, FELIX GIESELMANN PRODUCER: PROTOTYPE
The Polish-born Patrycja Domanska has teamed together with Felix Gieselmann in Vienna. Their lamp GUS has been inspired by the look and feel of the classic, almost obsolete gas and oil lamps. The simple form of the lamp, with its graphic art look, allows the light to glow in a geometric shape created by the designers. Incidentally, this table lamp is not a static object: it can also light the way for you on short walks through the house.
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DIVERSION TOILET EOOS & EAWAG AUSTRIA
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DIVERSION TOILET YEAR: 2011 DESIGNER: EOOS & EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology) PRODUCER: EOOS & EAWAG, COMM. BY BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
This toilet is the result of a joint effort between Eawag and the Vienna product design office EOOS. The project began in response to a competition initiated by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, called the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, and was presented in 2014 as a finished product. The necessary water circulates in a closed system and is sterilised in a procedure developed by Eawag. Urine and solid waste are separated and stored in specially designed containers that need to be emptied every 3-4 days. The service costs of this toilet amount to US$.05 per user per day. The product functions without any sort of electri-
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cal or sewer connections and is intended to improve the hygienic standards in those countries with infrastructure problems.
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CZECH HERMANN CZECH AUSTRIA
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CZECH YEAR: 1994 DESIGNER: HERMANN CZECH PRODUCER: GEBRÜDER THONET VIENNA
An object that seems rather out of place in terms of its year of origin compared with the other exhibits is the Czech chair, from 1994. Hermann Czech designed this piece of furniture for the company Gebrüder Thonet Vienna. With it, he succeeded in transporting the timeless classics into the present, which generated interest in them once again among interior decorators and designers. Czech has character, is ergonomically impeccable, and boasts a design that is at once modern and classic.
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WA D I HELIOZ AUSTRIA
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WA D I YEAR: 2010 DESIGNER: HELIOZ/MARTIN WESIAN PRODUCER: HELIOZ
WADI™ facilitates a simple method of purifying water with UV radiation, a method that has been used in many cultures for centuries. It offers an intelligent solution without attempting to be a new filter. Instead, WADI™ provides a visual indicator that shows when the water is clean. The device is screwed onto a PET bottle full of water and indicates – totally energy independent and powered by a single solar cell – when the water has been disinfected through sun exposure. WADI™ is simple and intuitive to use, inexpensive to produce, and lasts at least 2 years.
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COMEBACK STOOL KIM+HEEP AUSTRIA
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RCEOVM E RE SB EADC K STOOL VOLUMES YEAR: 2014 DESIGNER: MISCHER’TRAXLER KIM+HEEP/MIA KIM, NIKOLAS HEEP PRODUCER: PCM STILLFRIED WIEN
‘reversed volumes’ located is a collection From KIM+HEEP, in Vi- of bowls are this shaped by capturing enna, that comes interesting stool the imprint of aisfruit or vegetable. whose shape based on that of the African calabash. The design The space between a bowl and a is to be taken with a touch of fruit/vegetable is filled with casthumour and Once is meant to the convey ing material. dried, filling the positive ‘Don’t give material has attitude: adapted to the imprint up. Always stand again.’ Both of the container andup represents the designers have a strong imprint of the different fruitsinternaor vegetables in a very detailed way. These tional background, so that with imprints are for replicated as food-safe this object, example, the intent and proof resin The is to water join without biasobjects. Western bowls are hand-crafted in a semi and African or even northern and industrial process and this method southern cultures in one piece of allows slight variations in colour furniture. in order to achieve some variation within the series.
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‘reversed volumes’ was initially designed for FoodMarketo in 2010. Being developed further for serial production, it is now edited by PCM. WWW.MISCHERTRAXLER.COM
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L I LY M O K K A KIM+HEEP AUSTRIA
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L I LY M O K K A YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: KIM+HEEP/MIA KIM, NIKOLAS HEEP PRODUCER: LOBMEYR
The designer duo KIM+HEEP, who work out of Vienna, have launched this project in cooperation with Lobmeyr, a Viennese company of long-standing tradition. The Lily Mokka cups have no handles and were inspired by the ceramic bowls of the Far East and the tea glasses of the Middle East. The saucer, of brass with true gold plating, adds to the costliness of the elegant crystal cup while the fine craftsmanship of this traditional company brings the simple but elegant design to a new level.
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IMPERIAL B R E A K FA S T JULIA LANDSIEDL, DANKLHAMPEL AUSTRIA
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IMPERIAL B R E A K FA S T YEAR: 2009 DESIGNER: JULIA LANDSIEDL IN COOPERATION WITH DANKLHAMPEL PRODUCER: JULIA LANDSIEDL, DANKLHAMPEL
You can get this kind of breakfast in any Austrian coffee house. Julia Landsiedl has interpreted its presentation for the traditionsteeped Vienna company Staud, which produces jams, honey, and all manner of things that go in a jar. When the Imperial Breakfast is piled high like a sculptural tower with apricot jam, a cup of coffee, an egg, a bread roll, and a pat of butter, breakfast becomes a truly imperial occasion.
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O L D P O T, NEW TOP JULIA LANDSIEDL AUSTRIA
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O L D P O T, NEW TOP YEAR: 2010/2011-ONGOING DESIGNER: JULIA LANDSIEDL PRODUCER: JULIA LANDSIEDL
In a charming manner, Julia Landsiedl, a designer located in Vienna, has turned her attention here to things that are left over, imperfect, or incomplete. She collects vases, cups, jugs, and other things that are missing their tops at flea markets. Then she designs replacement parts for them, breathing new life into the objects and giving them a marked character and, above all, a surprising overall appearance. The new parts created with 3-D printing thus complete the incomplete.
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JOSEPHINE POLKA AUSTRIA
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JOSEPHINE YEAR: 2006 DESIGNER: POLKA/MONICA SINGER, MARIE RAHM PRODUCER: LOBMEYR
Josephine is the result of a cooperation between the Vienna studio POLKA and Lobmeyr, a company of long-standing tradition that has for generations won international acclaim for its crystals and chandeliers. The intent of this broader collaboration was to use exclusive objects to celebrate and draw attention to everyday rituals in new ways. In this carafe, cold water becomes a delicacy. Due to its timeless, simple, but absolutely elegant design and perfect workmanship, this set has the potential to become one the classics that Lobmeyr has been producing for decades.
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L A M P I E N TA MADELEINE PLASS AUSTRIA
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L A M P I E N TA YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: MADELEINE PLASS PRODUCER: WIENER KORBFLECHTEREI (Ă–HTB)
Madeleine Plass is a young designer from Linz who is also concerned with the social potential of product design. LAMPIENTA comes in three different sizes, as a lamp or a basket. The objects are produced by the Wiener Korbflechterei, an organisation that employs the physically and intellectually challenged. In her work, it is not only the oftdiscussed ecological sustainability that interest Madeleine: the social sustainability of a product is also a central and topical theme in her design.
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COMMANDER MARCH GUT AUSTRIA
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COMMANDER YEAR: 2012 DESIGNER: MARCH GUT/CHRISTOPH MARCH, MAREK GUT PRODUCER: TISCHLERBETRIEB PĂœHRINGER
The design duo MARCH GUT, who operate out of Linz, have created this intriguing furniture. What is immediately noticeable about COMMANDER is the rubber laminate on the cupboard faces and the bent steel. A sliding system has been specially developed for this furniture, with felt inserts allowing the moving parts to glide over the guide rails. The surface grooves indicate the opening direction of the individual elements of the cupboard while creating a pleasant tactile experience and an attractive look.
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M A R I N A’ S DESIRE MARCH GUT AUSTRIA
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M A R I N A’ S DESIRE YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: MARCH GUT/CHRISTOPH MARCH, MAREK GUT PRODUCER: GEBRÜDER THONET VIENNA
The name ‘MARINA’S DESIRE’ is an allusion to Marina Abramovic’s piece of performance art, ‘The Artist Is Present’. The project was realised by the Linz design studio MARCH GUT in cooperation with the company Gebrüder Thonet Vienna. The basic design was regarded as a functional as well as formal upgrade for the classic Thonet No. 14. The modular armrest can also be mounted on other, existing chairs and be adapted accordingly. In addition, the project is intended to provoke discussion about contemporary design, the lifespan of objects, and adaptation to changing needs.
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CAPS YEAR: 2008 DESIGNER: MARCO DESSÍ & VIENNA DESIGN WEEK COMMISION PRODUCER: AUGARTEN WIEN
These vases are the result of a collaboration between the Vienna-based designer Marco Dessí and the nearly 300-year-old porcelain manufacturer Augarten. The objects were commissioned by the Vienna Design Week within the framework of their so-called ‘Passionswege’. In this format contemporary designers come together with classical Viennese artisan enterprises with the object of enriching each other’s work. On the one hand, the diverse forms in this vase series correspond to prototypes made by the porcelain manufacturer. On the other hand, unusual forms arise
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as a result of the designer’s having left on the upper rim, which is normally cut off, so that the production process would be visible in the end product. The Augarten logo, which is customarily stamped small on the underside of an object, serves here instead as a dominant graphic pattern as well as a decorative element and, despite its age and tradition, lends the vase a modern appearance. The colour, which is otherwise applied by hand to perfection, in this case has been intuitively sprayed onto the entire surface, again highlighting the production process.
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P R AT E R C H A I R YEAR: 2009 DESIGNER: MARCO DESSĂ? PRODUCER: RICHARD LAMPERT
Marco Dessi is a product designer from South Tirol who works in Vienna. The Prater Chair is a simple, stackable chair that has a unique, ornamental look as a result of its production process. Like many other chairs, this one is made of birch plywood. However, for most of the common seats and backrests, the plywood is pressed into moulds to create the curved forms and is then glued together. For the Prater Chair, by contrast, the final shapes are CNC-milled from rather thick sheets of plywood. The result is that the layers, which are bonded together with a phenolic glue, produce a chance pattern that lends the
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rather simple material an unusual decorative surface and a distinctive character.
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FLAXX CHAIR MARTIN MOSTBÖCK AUSTRIA
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FLAXX CHAIR YEAR: 2010 DESIGNER: MARTIN MOSTBร CK PRODUCER: FLAXX
The Viennese architect Martin Mostbรถck is the creator of this chair, with its interesting material content. It is made from the sustainable material flax, which also has outstanding mechanical properties and whose fibres have found increasing industrial use in the last decades. Besides the fact that the basic raw material of the seat shell is carbon neutral and a renewable resource, the entire chair is 100% recyclable.
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REVERSED VOLUMES YEAR: 2010 DESIGNER: MISCHER’TRAXLER/KATHARINA MISCHER, THOMAS TRAXLER PRODUCER: PCM (FROM 2013)
The Vienna-based designers mischer’traxler, who have attained international acclaim for their experimental approach and who normally deal with production and the medium of machine, have created this collection of containers with an aesthetic and tactile appeal. The basic moulds, which have been made from bowls found at a flea market, are filled with a casting mixture into which pieces of fruit or vegetables are pressed. What began as conceptual and process-oriented objects has since become a manufactured product in serial production.
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THE IDEA OF A TREE MISCHER’TRAXLER AUSTRIA
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THE IDEA OF A TREE YEAR: 2008 - ONGOING DESIGNER: MISCHER’TRAXLER/KATHARINA MISCHER, THOMAS TRAXLER PRODUCER: MISCHER’TRAXLER
The internationally known, Vienna-based designers mischer’traxler have devoted themselves to production processes and the more experimental aspects of design. The lamps and benches in the series Idea of a Tree are produced with a machine built by the designers themselves that only produces one-of-a-kinds. This apparent contradiction is simply explained in that the machine is powered by a solar cell which has an additional parameter; namely, the amount of sunlight. If there is more sun, the individual layers wound on are thicker and paler in colour. That means that
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the objects produced in winter tend to be smaller but with more intense colours. Each object is labelled with the date and locality of its creation.
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BOICUT X M O S T L I K E LY MOSTLIKELY, BOICUT AUSTRIA
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BOICUT X M O S T L I K E LY YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: MOSTLIKELY/MAIK PERFAHL, WOLFGANG LIST/BOICUT PRODUCER: MOSTLIKELY
These animal heads/lampshades and the poster have been created by the Vienna-based designers Mostlikely in collaboration with the artist BOICUT. Mostlikely’s first paper sculptural heads were white and were stacked on top of each other to build a totem pole, the classical symbol of a family or tribe, as the designers note. Since teaming up with BOICUT, they have invited other artists to workshops, one of which will also take place at WDC Cape Town, where the paper models will be given a local flavour and more individuality.
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ORGANOID MOULDS DANIEL KUENZ, CHRISTIAN POSCHNER, VERENA KIRCHNER AUSTRIA
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ORGANOID MOULDS YEAR: 2013 DESIGNER: DANIEL KUENZ, CHRISTIAN POSCHNER, VERENA KIRCHNER PRODUCER: ORGANOID TECHNOLOGIES
The patented organoid速 process allows the production of both doubly bent freeforms and the simplest of surfaces. The interesting thing about it is that the process and the final product are sustainable and affordable. The seat shells presented here were built as prototypes for the Austrian House L.I.S.I. at the US Solardecathlon 2013 in California. It will be fascinating to see if this material leads to a renaissance of free-form furniture, which has been disappearing of late. Until now, this furniture has predominantly been made of ecologically unsound glass fibre laminate or other mineral-oil-based plastics.
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With being built out spruce chips and larch bark combined with a natural binder they are pointing in a most promising direction.
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C O N S TA N T I N PERLUDI AUSTRIA
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C O N S TA N T I N YEAR: 2009 DESIGNER: PERLUDI/THOMAS MAITZ, MARTIN PABIS PRODUCER: PERLUDI
Constantin is produced by Perludi, a company specialising in children’s furniture. It is made of birch plywood and Austrian loden (100% felted new wool). In a charming way, this piece of furniture breathes new life into the somewhat old-fashioned rocking horse idea and, most importantly, leaves you with a smile. The Perludi objects are designed so that one clearly thinks of animals, but in terms of form are abstract enough to give free rein to the imagination.
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C A S PA R YEAR: 2010 DESIGNER: PERLUDI/THOMAS MAITZ, MARTIN PABIS PRODUCER: PERLUDI
The Styrian company Perludi specialises in children’s furniture. Their Caspar table is made of solid wood and, despite its great stability, weighs less than 10 kg. This table, like the rest of the Perludi collection, invites fun and activity while maintaining a wonderful simplicity of design. Another of Caspar’s special features is that it can accompany a child throughout the years: when the tabletop is set to a higher position on the legs, the table grows along with your child!
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PILOT PATRICK RAMPELOTTO, FRITZ PERNKOPF AUSTRIA
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PILOT YEAR: 2012 DESIGNER: PATRICK RAMPELOTTO, FRITZ PERNKOPF PRODUCER: QUINZE & MILAN
The Vienna-based designer Patrick Rampelotto and Fritz Pernkopf developed this stool in collaboration with the Austrian company Hammerschmid MB. The product is made with 3D polypropylene. The material, along with the employed technology facilitates the affordable production of smaller batches. The design is based on classical stool archetypes, with the plastic seat providing an aesthetic contrast to the legs made of oiled European oak.
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KITCHEN MANAGEMENT YEAR: 2006 DESIGNER: DOTTINGS/SOFIA PODREKA, KATRIN RADANITSCH PRODUCER: RIESS
The story of Dottings tells of the successful collaboration of a Vienna design studio with an old, established Austrian company, Riess. Riess is a producer of enamelware whose products have become classics, finding their way into almost every Austrian kitchen. Their enamel pots, casserole and baking dishes, and bowls and mugs are robust and beautiful in a charming way. An important advantage they offer is that a newly purchased pot doesn’t really stand out next to a 30-year-old one by Riess. With this product, Dottings wished to interpret the company’s production methods in a new way
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and to bridge the gap between the traditional products and modern design by employing a classical colour scheme and enamel. These stackable jars have limitless possibilities. Fill them with anything you like!
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AROMAPOTS DOTTINGS AUSTRIA
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AROMAPOTS YEAR: 2006 DESIGNER: DOTTINGS/SOFIA PODREKA, KATRIN RADANITSCH PRODUCER: RIESS
The story of Dottings tells of the successful collaboration of a Vienna design studio with an old, established Austrian company, Riess. Riess is a producer of enamelware whose products have become classics, finding their way into almost every Austrian kitchen. Their enamel pots, casserole and baking dishes, bowls and mugs are robust and beautiful in a charming way. The Aromapots clearly reflect modern design while still conforming to the company’s traditional philosophy. Because they have no screwed-on parts, no plastic, and are cast in one piece, they can be used in
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ovens or on gas, induction, and other types of cookers, withstanding even high temperatures for years. Compared to their classical counterparts, the Aromapots feature additional functions. Their conical form lets them be stacked; and the inverted lid can hold your ingredients while you cook, or it can serve as a coaster at the table.
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C O AT S TA N D ROBERT RÜF AUSTRIA
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C O AT S TA N D YEAR: 2009 DESIGNER: ROBERT RÜF PRODUCER: DÜR NATURHOLZMÖBEL
This coat stand was designed by Robert Rüf, a Vorarlberger living in Vienna, for the installation Hello Biedermaier. He is known for his simple but elegant designs, which he realises in close cooperation with cabinet-makers from the Bregenzer Wald. These craftspeople, who have united in the umbrella organisation Werkraum, are considered the best of the trade and are known far beyond the borders of Austria.
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FEEN ROBERT RÜF AUSTRIA
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FEEN YEAR: 2009 DESIGNER: ROBERT RÜF PRODUCER: DÜR NATURHOLZMÖBEL
Feen is a project designed by Robert Rüf, a Vorarlberger living in Vienna, which has been produced by cabinet-makers belonging to Werkraum, a cooperative of crafts- and tradespeople in the Bregenzer Wald. This piece of furniture, made of solid ash, combines classical craftsmanship and contemporary design in both appearance and production. Robert subtly bases his work on traditional farm furniture, so that an object has an air of familiarity about it. But at the same time, he manages to maintain a balance, avoiding falling into direct references or regional kitsch: it’s simply a plain,
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elegant, high-quality chair that anyone would be pleased to have around.
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107 ROBERT STADLER AUSTRIA
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107 YEAR: 2011 DESIGNER: ROBERT STADLER PRODUCER: THONET
Another project that takes up the legacy of the world-renowned Thonet company, with its long and rich tradition, is chair 107 by Robert Stadler. This Paris-based Austrian designer has succeeded in creating a piece of Thonet furniture that clearly displays its heritage. In form, it borrows heavily from the classic 214 (the name 107 is no accident). Even so, it is obviously a piece of modern coffee house or bistro furniture, in terms of both form and construction – definitely an object that has filled a long-time void in Thonet’s product portfolio.
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POLKAPOTS YEAR: 2006 DESIGNER: POLKA/MONICA SINGER, MARIE RAHM PRODUCER: RIESS/VIENNA DESIGN WEEK
The Vienna-based designers POLKA were commissioned by the Vienna Design Week as part of the ‘Passionswege’ programme to work together on a project with the classical enamelware producer Riess. The result was a conceptual collection of ‘kitchen mutants’. Pots and long and loop handles produced by Riess were rearranged; and although the resulting objects have something familiar about them because of the common forms used, somehow we are left with a bitter aftertaste and a hint of Frankenstein’s attic.
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MINGO YEAR: 2014 DESIGNER: MINGO PRODUCER: MINGO
Mingo promotes the development of cognitive and motor skills through play. A child can use Mingo to put together a real rideon toy to a scale of 1:1 (life size). The skills children learn here are sure to stimulate their creativity and inspire them to take up projects of their own more quickly.
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VIENNA BIKE YEAR: 2011 DESIGNER: VALENTIN VODEV PRODUCER: VALENTIN VODEV
The Vienna Bike is a creation of the designer Valentin Vodev, who is based in Vienna. It is a city bike that can be loaded with up to 150 litres or 40 kg of goods, which is more than a shopping trolley or the boots of many small cars can handle. To conserve the rider’s energy, the pedals are electrically assisted. It takes 3 hours to charge, which lasts for up to 60 km. An innovative suspension system improves the riding comfort and also allows the rider to lean into the curves as if it were a normal bike.
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CARDBOARD CLOCK YEAR: 2010 DESIGNER: VANDASYE/GEORG SCHNITZER, PETER UMGEHER PRODUCER: VANDASYE
The designers Vandasye are based in Vienna and enjoy being involved with self-production. Simple materials, laser cutting, and 3D printing are important media for them. The clock exhibited here is constructed from a single piece of laser-cut cardboard. The upper part is attached through a single slot in the base, which forms a solid stand. The hands, created with 3D printing, and a finished Junghans clockwork round out the clean aesthetics and make the clock tick.
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SLIM DINING TA B L E YEAR: 2011 DESIGNER: WOLFGANG PICHLER PRODUCER: VITEO
The Slim Dining Table is produced by the Styrian specialists for outdoor furniture Viteo. It is a large table, with a robust Corian速 tabletop that tapers at the ends to only 3mm. The sleek aluminium legs guarantee stability and ensure that the furniture is not too heavy. This beautifully constructed outdoor table, which has been reduced to the essentials in terms of appearance, was created by Wolfgang Pichler in 2011.
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