Milano 2011

andreas aas

milano 2011 022mirror 023table

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*invitation for ‘Making Of’ exhibition, Milano Fuori Salone 2011 **by BETC Design

FUORI SALONE MILANO 2011 @ GALLERIA GROSSETTI as the furniture fair in Milano celebrated its 50th edition, i had the opportunity to expose new projects with Meet My Project in the exhibition ‘Making Of’ from the 12th to the 17th of april this year. situated in the heart of Milano, ‘Grossetti Arte Contemporanea’ hosted the event which was composed of 18 different exhibitors selected from a wide variety of countries. with the ambition of presenting my latest work on the theme of structure and its visual clarity and expression, i presented 2 new designs that both in their own manner illustrate different ways to embody my current research.

a table where typologies are mixed and transparency ensures that each component can be seen and understood simultaneously, a mirror that is layered as to illustrate how reflections varies according to a viewpoint but also comes together perfectly at the right angle. aa

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023 TABLE - 2011

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made out of translucent plastic (pmma), the table is assembled as to compose an original mono-material structure that offer strength and functionality. visually, the translucent properties of pmma is used to strengthen the tables own typology as a low table and discretely supersedes two distinct, but recognisable, classic forms.

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the mirror is based on a vertical double layered structure that gives the observer slightly different reflections according position and angle. when looking straight ahead (90째), the mirror behaves as a regular mirror where no interference from the layered structure is apprehended.

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photography:

alex sirvin, andreas aas design, graphic design, drawings, text:

andreas aas

manufacture 023 table:

Plexilux, 118 rue des terres blanches, 77000 Vaux le Penil www.plaxilux.fr manufacture 022 mirror:

ateliers Bernard Pictet, 47 rue oberkampf 75011 Paris www.bernardpictet.com edition:

portable document format (pdf) self-print edition date of publication:

april 2011, 1st edition acknowledgements:

pascal boissière, lionel marillot, olivier ménégol, nanaëlle, massimiliano pescio, bernard pictet (gilbert, azis), francesco pirrello, guiseppe rocco, eva sauer, damien sanglade, alex sirvin, jacques steinbach, line tran copyleft © andreas aas 2011

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in design, i strive to give furniture sense and senses. as we become better informed and more instructed than ever before, i believe that contemporary design evolves towards intelligence and not formal appearance. the purest expression of this intelligence is soon to become the most beatiful design.

- aa, 2003 -

andreas aas paris fredrikstad http : // www . andreasaas . net

andreasaas @ andreasaas . net