'Spacecross' by Jan Ulmer

Jan Ulmer designed this shelf system for the German company Schneiderschram. ‘Spacecross’ is assembled quickly. Simply interconnect the four equally sized shelves to create a SPACECROSS room module and combine numerous modules by just pushing them together. This allows you to design shelves of various shapes and sizes and, depending on the module layout, individual shelf configurations.

A modular shelf system

The shelf configurations can be individually modified and extended in each and every direction. And ‘Spacecross’ has the ability to adapt to bespoke room designs. It is made of MDF and available fully powder coated in white or anthracite or melamine resin coated in white.

'Spacecross' by Jan Ulmer

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Detail of 'Blossom'

It was the 100% Design in London last year when the Japanese architect Ryuji Nakamura sparked my intrest in her work for the first time. Then she presented her impressive chair ‘hechima 4′, a porous and light furniture – visually and physically. It is made of vulcanized fibres which are cut in a reticular and molded in a waved  structure.

Her newest project is ‘blossom’ the interior design of a restaurant in Nagano, Japan. Again Ryuji Nakamura presented with a very poetic concept.

'Blossom' by Ryuji Nakamura

Here in the words of the architect:

“I decided to use the light that entered by a window barely. I wanted to make one to pick up the moving light sensitively and amplify it. So I thought I could make the place people did not get tired even if it was the closed space.

The room is painted white. And metallic plates to have shape of flower painted white similarly are past. If the thickness is reduced, the warp by heat is caused because a metallic plate is cut by the laser. I made the warp intentionally by selecting the thickness where a moderate warp was caused. The part that has stuck to the wall and the part away from the wall come by pasting the warping flower to a flat wall. The part that stuck to the wall assimilates with the wall, and the part away from the wall throws a shadow out to the wall and makes the outline come to the surface. The number of flowers is about 12000.”

'hechima 4', presented at the 100% Design London, 2008

The 'insect cage' is made without a joint by rapid prototyping technique

to the Ryuji Nakamura website

Designpost Cologne

The Design Post invites you to discover the newest trends of the Salone del Mobili 2009 in Cologne. Architonic will also be represented at Design Post. 

visitor special 

Milano Review 

Fr 05.06.09 10 – 18h

Sat 06.06.09 10 – 18h

for professionals

Milano Review

So 07.06.09 12 – 19h

Mo 08.06.09 10 – 19h

to the Designpost website