During the Milan Design Week 2010, sixth international designers have chosen to immerse themselves in the extraordinary richness of the world of artisans, and present works to the public with the added value of sharing their knowledge and techniques used, which guarantee the reproducibility of their projects.
A united effort where timeless natural materials and traditional intuitive working techniques give life to a series of open projects, born from the minds of designers ( Elia Mangia, Giopato&Coombes, Elisa Honkanen, Jim Hannon-Tan, Line Depping&Jakob Jørgensen and Peter Johansen ) who, on this occasion, have decided to work free from the commercial and practical constraints of industry.
First Round by Elia Mangia is a chair heavily inspired by traditional handcraft, referring in particular to the technique used to fix metal working tools to the handle. It consists of a chair in solid cedar wood turned by hand, around which is wrapped a sheet of painted aluminium to form the backrest. Three chairs, with three different forms and colours.
Alfred by Giopato&Coombes is the special armchair. The structure, in maple wood, is composed of a line segmented in space, forming the seat and backrest. Fixed to the structure is a high tension network of fabric. Two feather-filled cushions make the armchair comfortable.
Fly by Elisa Honkanen; Coat hook in the shape of an aeroplane.
Kaldei by Jim Hannon-Tan; Inspired by the recognition that the stain-glass doorway in Victoria Cafe in Milan looked a lot like the geometry found in a familiar CAD program. Kaldei mixes the traditional artisan techniques of lead lighting with computer generated 3D forms.
Io by Jakob Joergensenis a storage system that provides an organic three-dimensional effect in space. It achieves a sculptural expression with simple means, and in a free way it breaks the horizontal and vertical lines.
Handle chair by Peter Johansen is made by a frame in steel and a seat in pressed veneer. The idea was to make a simple and compact chair which easily can be shipped in a small box and be assembled by the user. On the frame I have made a handle which is very useful but also gives the chair its character. A simple and poetic chair.
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