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October 23, 2005
DDW 03
ooooh, all the design-goodness coming from the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show... they never cease to amaze me. the student projects revolved around themes like 'man and identity', 'man and well-being', 'man and leisure' and 'man and living'. the work ranged from "omg, weird!" to "hmmm, nice concept but unsure of the execution" to "oh, that's clever!" to "hahaha, wow, that's brilliant!"
image above, top half: entrance to the graduation show. bottom left: 'klittenlamp' by masanao tomioka, lamp shades from corrugated metals sheets that can be built-up modularly by hooking and looping clusters of lamps to get the right kind of lighting for your environment. bottom right: sietze kalkwijk's 'LED it bee' modular lighting object made up of Light-Emitting Diodes.
so here goes, highlights of the graduation show:
images, from left to right: (click for a larger image)
image one is the exhibit of hilde koenders, a project titled 'bleeding till death'. plastic blood pouches filled with dye act as a transfusion vase for dying flowers. as the dye is absorbed, the flowers take on the hue of the dye. clever. ironic. beautiful. and sad.
image two project by jeroen verhoeven. this 'cinderella table' combines crafts and high-tech production method of laser-cutting. amazing stuff. i actually saw this table by accident at the modelmakers bruns, when i was over at their workshop for the simplicity project and saw this beautiful table there.
image three 'orbital park bench' by nami mizuguchi. the bench orbits around the tree so sitters can shift around the rail for the best view, depending on season or time of day. i like this; you never get the same view, and imagine all the cool photography i can do on one of these benches!
image four top half: 'shopcycle' by leonart vissers. clever three-wheel bicycle to shop with, as it features a crate and front shopping bags, and the back of the bike can be snapped into the "cart position", enabling the user to easily guide the shopping cart through the store. leonart won a sustainability award for this design. i would definitely shop in one of these babies :)
image four bottom half: 'refugee radio' by mareike gast. this radio converts radio waves in the air into electricity and sound for people living in areas where basic utilities like water, and electricity is scarce.
image five top half, 'inner beauty' by gudrun gunnlaugsdottir. visualising the inner beauty of people through furniture.
image five bottom half: 'kloonkoffer' by sarah van gameren. your DIY vacuum-forming kit, using the power of your own vacuum cleaner at home. i love this because kids (and adults alike) can make so many cool things, omg, imagine what kind of wonderful things i can put in there! :) the downside is, it would create a lot of plastic waste. :(
image six top half: 'urban jewelry' by carmela bogman. the "beads" on the top of the fence spin on an axle, therefore acting as a security obstacle for possible thiefs/trespassers.
image six bottom half: 'grafsteen' by kristian van kuijk. designing your own gravestone. sounds morbid, i know. but it's built-up in pieces, where the name/d.o.b/details of the deceased is compiled online by family members and then realised in 3-D form.
my camera battery ran out before i could get to all of the exhibits. bummer. :(
but here's two more that i'd like to mention: 'zinnebeeldige stalenboek' by siriane hunia, a beautifully printed book, with different types of ink that react to heat and UV-light. 'concrete landscape' where a concrete slab is produced with an "invisible" water-sensitive print. when it rains, the concrete wall or landscape changes its look. brilliant. the name of the designer eludes (suzanne?) and there isn't a suzanne with this work in the showcase book... anyone care to enlighten me?
edit: her name is susanne happler and the work is called 'solid poetry' :)
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Posted by Yasmina at October 23, 2005 07:26 PM
