Learning From is a project by Nora Korn & Christoph Köhler. Over a period of 3 months, they collected and documented bulky trash. This resulted in fifty piles of
bulky waste and in eleven items of newly combined, rebuilt or converted bulky waste. Here are my 4 favorites:
found at It’s Nice That
Alejandro Aravena designed the Chairless, a seating device for the modern nomad, for Vitra. It’s just a strap of fabric which you put around your knees and back. Alejandro was inspired by a picture of an Ayoreo Indian sitting with such a strap. This is definitely not a typical Vitra product.
A part of the proceeds will be used to support the “Foundation for Paraguayan Indian Communities”.
“Cinderella’s Chair” by Anna Ter Haar is a collection of chairs with prostheses made of glass. Each prothesis was blown onto the chair to make fit perfectly. Glass however, is a very fragile material but the legs of glass are strong enough to carry weight.
Homerun by Sylvain Willenz.
Origami Chair by So Takahashi.
Rocker is an universal attachment to turn almost any four-legged chair into a real rocking chair. Designed by Oooms in cooperation with Meinte van de Meulen.
found at It’s Nice That
In 2004, Simon Faithfull was commissioned to do a live event by The Arts Catalyst for its Artists Airshow. He decided to launch a weather balloon with a chair attached to it. The audience could follow the live video feed on a large screen. A typical art project.
In 2009, the advertising agency Grey London did The Space Chair Project for their client Toshiba. They also launched a chair with a weather balloon, except that they used HD cameras to create the highest HD TV ad in the world. But somehow they don’t mention Simon Faithfull anywhere …
Update: According to this article, Simon was part of the team who did the ad.
Escape Vehicle No 6 by Simon Faithfull (2004)
The Space Chair Project
The Making of Space Chair
found via @golan
This Sofa Dress concept by Studio MAEZM is definitely one of the better design projects I have seen lately.
found at Yatzer
