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Innovation, Creation, Celebration: Mark your diary for London Design Festival 2015 !

30 Sunday Aug 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in design collaboration, design inspiration, design inventive, design work, mark your diary, product design, product designers

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Launched in 2003,

London Design Festival (LDF)

highlights outstanding works of product design

from the best of the British design community.

 

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Installations will be presented citywide from 19 – 27 September.

Many will be staged in studio at Somerset House,  the Strand

and at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.

 

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(image from londondesignfestival.com):

LDF, 2015, zotem, v and a,

the “Zotem”

a linear piece in black with multi-coloured lights

by London-based Norwegian designer Kim Thomé –

welcomes visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

for LDF, 2015

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British and international designers

will showcase cutting-edge product design work for

practical and/or idealised intent.

Examine the creations of talented individuals/partners from

emerging student creatives to established designers.

 

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For 2015, LDF honours celebrated British furniture designer

Robin Day (1915 – 2010) –

in recognition of the centenary of his birth.

Mr. Day is famed for the creation of the

“Polyprop” (1963)-

a stackable chair made from

durable polypropylene (a type of resin).

The “Polyprop” is utilitarian, uncomplicated, versatile.

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(image from designguide.com):

LDF 2015, Robin Day, use, stackable chairs, designguide.com red-chair

the “Polyprop” chair by designer, Robin Day

to date over 14 million have been sold

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For further information on London Design Festival (LDF), 2015 visit:

http://www.londondesignfestival.com/

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Product and furniture design: “dripping” with whimsy

28 Wednesday Jan 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in avant garde, design philosophy, design work, furniture design, furniture designers, product designers

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abstract design, abstract design - houseware, abstract design - lighting, abstract design - tables, conceptual furniture, Florent Degourc, furniture design, houseware items, John Nouanesing, product/furniture design, product/furniture designers

 

Original pieces designed for interior living spaces

offer elements of innovation, artistic perspectives and functionality.

These unique items inject doses of novelty,

which further define and enhance a given space.

 

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John Nouanesing and Florent Degourc

are two French product and furniture designers–

each with a clear creative vision, which features:

minimalist style, natural form/flow, and buckets of whimsy.

 

 

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From the workshop of John Nouanesing

 

(images from johnnouanesing.fr):

 

product designer, John Nouanesing

Product/furniture designer, John Nouanesing

 

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Magena Lune Montante (2013)

reminiscent of a toddler playtime toy

Table lamp with an ash wood base

 steel frame and coloured, stackable, interchangeable plastic pieces

 

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Hello & Goodbye (2008)

quirky reference to lifting floorboards

Hanging coat rack to accommodate a small space

made of  ash wood

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Photographies:  Questions and Responses (2012)

steam rises

 Cup and saucer set with insert glass “steam”

the cup is made of glass / stainless steel rim; saucer is white ceramic

 

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(images from arch2o.com):

Love Me (2007)

Ooops!

john nouansesing, red paint drip table

Table made from resin

A possible design narrative:

 a bucket of fire engine red nail varnish

spills over the table

drips down the sides and pools on the floor

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‘Paint spill lighting’

john nouanesing, paint drip lamps

‘paint drip’ light fixtures in white

wall mount and table top

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From the workshop of Florent Degourc

 

(image from lejsl.com):

florent degourc, portrait

Product/furniture designer,  Florent Degourc

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(images from florentdegourc.com):

Smooth and Smoothie (2010)

melting matter motif

florent degourc, smooth and smoothie table bench, drip paint

Mint green and cherry blossom pink table and bench set

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L01 – L02 (2012)

florent degorc white table lamps

Stark, clinical white

metallic table lamps with wood centre

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Groove (2009)

of centipedean aspect

florent degourc, grove table, 2009 tablebassemikado_web

 Metal table coated in lime green lacquer with multi-base legs

 
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Stic (2011)

florent degourc, stic, hanging light fixture, single candle
 

Hanging light fixture

single white ‘candlestick’ on the horizontal with blue electric cord

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Verone  (2009)

interconnected

florent degourc, verone, 2 connected tables

Coffee table unit wood, white surfaces at perpendicular angle

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For more details on John Nouanesing and his work, visit:

http://www.johnnouanesing.fr/catalogueuk.html

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For more details on Florent Degourc and his work, visit:

http://www.florentdegourc.com/

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