HO+LA. is it misuse or different use when you give objects in your home a new function? Exploring how people interact with their surroundings & offering a new life to utility products in the household environment. Giandaniele Asquini London + Italy giandaniele_asquini@hotmail.com
The rocking platforms offer salvation to a discarded chair’s life by re-using it, but also a new relationship with its user. The dawn of this relationship is also enhanced by the new experience the rocking platform has to offer. Nonetheless, the use of one’s favourite chair, therefore transforming it into a rocking one, would enhance more experiences by using it extending in this way what the user cherishes into a higher level. The rocking platforms are made form solid ash and were built by Batch Design in Brighton.
Hestia Our current way of living in urban environments fills up our crowded days with deadlines and stress. Proximity in big metropolitan cities is present but intimacy is not. The only chance to escape all distractions is holidays, where time is given to the people we spend it with and experiences are shared. But why could we not take our time off while living in the city? Why could we not spend some quality time with one another, contemplate, relax and build up the missing intimacy instead of watching TV? Hestia is a heating coffee table, for indoor or outdoor use, designed to promote the sense of community and trust among those around it. Costas Bissas costas@costasbissas.com www.costasbissas.com
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The main concept is the combination between my specialization as a Hydrodynamics Engineer and Industrial Designer. Therefore, the introduction of the flow concept is characterized as a distinctive design among ordinary design which is based on the common aesthetic discipline. At this stage, the flow concept is developed from natural investigations and mathematical researches and its representation is especially converted into solid material constructions as it is distinguished by the flow concept. Taichiro Wasada : taichirowasada@hotmail.com
Introduction of Flow Concept The main concept is the combination between my specialization as a Hydrodynamics Engineer and Industrial Designer. Therefore, the introduction of the flow concept is characterized as a distinctive design among ordinary design which is based on the common aesthetic discipline. At this stage, the flow concept is developed from natural investigations and mathematical researches and its representation is especially converted into solid material constructions as it is distinguished by the flow concept. Taichiro Wasada : taichirowasada@hotmail.com
Magnetic drawers Using magnetic handles, this system turns something as thoughtless as opening a draw, into an interactive and playful experience. A single magnetic handle inserts an element of mystery into the moment of first encounter, provoking strange questions. The magnetic effect adds to the feeling that something a little bit magic is going on and it alters the nature of the experience. The magnetic drawers are made from solid oak and birch plywood and were build by Batch Design in Brighton.
Flex pots The idea for the flex pots came through careful observation of how we look at plant life. Flowerpots are about control, they are constraining dirt in a defined space. Plants don’t think like that. For them life means spreading themselves out as far as possible and utilizing any given space. The Flex pot allows man to explore unusual planting spaces and create space for live where there didn’t use to be any. Wedged and planted in place the roots consolidate the soil capturing the shape of the pot’s surroundings and the pot keeps its shape. Prototypes made from PU rubber. dmeyer_id@yahoo.de
Hamster Shredder Is it possible to make ‘product compost’? Compost is great because you put waste in and you get something useful out. If the stuff that we would normally throw away had this ability to become something useful again, we might think about waste in a new way. It might not even be waste any more, just material. The hamster runs on his wheel, powering a shredder that shreds your unwanted documents into his bedding. Because micro generation is the future and everyone is responsible. Tom Ballhatchet | tom@tomballhatchet.com
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TV packaging that changes into a TV stand once you get it home. tom@tomballhatchet.com
Jugs These jugs form part of my work on the communication of science through household products. Much of science involves the use of apparatus to make invisible things visible and, therefore, measurable. It is these apparatus, and the very small and large things they detect that cause much of the difficulty in the understanding of science. The jugs are dealing with issues of scale and large numbers and how to make them tangible, and also with issues of arbitrariness – how we like to put things in boxes to make them easy to understand, even though there is no scientific reason to do this. Harry White harry@devonmoor.org www.devonmoor.org
Rest by the Lamp This lamp makes people feel like they are out of doors and feel sense of nature in terms of Well-being by using Bamboo and Bamboo charcoal when they are actually inside. By using materials such as Bamboo and Bamboo charcoal, people feel nature even though the lamp is actually used indoors. This also provides the opportunity to come closer to nature, for their well-being. The shade of the lamp is adjustable through the use Bamboo charcoal. Ik-Soo Shin isisi71@hotmail.com
Rebecca Otero Project name Chairs in Conversation ( Scala Amores ) Chairs in Conversation; Inspired by Plato¹s definitions of love set the scene and reflect the imperceptible beauty of human relation, through the subtle layers of communication that happen in close proximity, so that intimate social moments are celebrated and indulged in our fast paced society, making the intangible tangible. The two seats join together at a point for correct sitting posture for positive conversation... On doing so they glow a gentle light from within revealing a beautiful pattern unique to each chair
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Rebecca Otero Project name Chairs in Conversation ( Scala Amores ) Chairs in Conversation; Inspired by Plato¹s definitions of love set the scene and reflect the imperceptible beauty of human relation, through the subtle layers of communication that happen in close proximity, so that intimate social moments are celebrated and indulged in our fast paced society, making the intangible tangible. The two seats join together at a point for correct sitting posture for positive conversation... On doing so they glow a gentle light from within revealing a beautiful pattern unique to each chair rebecca.otero@gmail.com
Flect- magic mirror. Don’t like how you look, change it! Flect is a mirror with a hidden agenda. Discover the magic, Interact with your surroundings, Give the brush and mirror a try. Frezenda, Imagination Friendly Environments. When play meets style parents and children agree, Flect is the kind of mirror every growing family needs. Will Gurley willgurley.com will@willgurley.com
Flex'tick, the not so ordinary stick. The world's first toy just got a whole lot better! Flex'ticks bend, they don't break. More than just sticks, they are what ever you want them to be. Flex'ticks are an engaging building tool. Fueling creativity and imagination for hours of fun-ta-stick play, they allow children to transform their environment. Enjoyed both indoors and out, Flex'ticks are universal, kids think they are a blast and parents love them too. Bend me! twist me! tie me! try me! Frezenda, Imagination Friendly Environments. What Have You Made Today? Will Gurley willgurley.com will@willgurley.com
Magnetic Stool We are all designers. We select what items to own, which to have around us. We buy, arrange, and restructure: all this is a form of design. Through these personal acts of design, we transform houses into homes, spaces into places, things into belongings. The best kind of design isn't necessarily an object, a space, or a structure: it's a process -- dynamic and adaptable. Boxes become chairs and newspapers become cup mats. Bricks and wood make shelves. Rugs become wall hangings… Not only can be simply used as stools, with the hidden magnets underneath the surface, but also Magnetic Stools can be assembled in many different ways, which provides the users more freedom of arrangement and personal interpretations of functions. Zhen Yuan Liu zyl.delta@googlemail.com
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Glowing Meditation! Innovation from traditional ceramic and Korean paper for Korean way of meditation serene but dynamic. It enables lightings to glow with more delicate colored and relaxed lights of nature. They are made only from paper, water, flour as adhesive, and being dried in normal temperature, away from sunlight. Designer: Jin Kim jiniway@yahoo.co.uk
