'V-Table' by Xavier Lust for Tacchini
Sheet metal is his material. With his sophisticated objects made of smartly folded sheet metal the Belgian designer Xavier Lust made his mark in the international design scene. For the Italian manufacturer Tacchini he designed this occasional table which meets, due to its simple but tricky three-leg base, the needs of large-scale production and distribution. ‘V-table’ is suitable for in and outdorr use.
'Torso' by Potocco
The company history of the Udine based manufacturer Potocco is exemplary for the North Italian furniture industry: Founded in 1919 by Domenico Potocco and his sons as a small artisan workshop Potocco S.p.A. is nowadays one of the most important chair producers in Italy and abroad.
One of the newest creations is ‘Torso’ a furniture family which consists of a round dining room table and an upholstered chair. The eye-catching table’s wooden base is composed of two different precisely milled elements. Connected to one another through a metal joint they form a complex and statically higly stable structure.
'Axis' new version by Acerbis
The Italian design duo Gabriele and Oscar Buratti developed this stainless steel dining room table for Acerbis. In order to support the thin top in an aerial and visibly light way, the flat legs are placed onto different perpendicular axes. At this year’s Milan fair Acerbis presented a new version with back-lacquered glass top.
'Prima' table by Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, photo by Alfonso Herranz
The Madrid based designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón cretaed this smart construction of an occasional table (Ø 900, h 740 mm) composed of three identical legs, a connecting central knot, and a glass table top. ‘Prima’ table is mountable by only one single screw.
'Grasshopper' by Wieki Somers for Tectona
The French manufacturer for outdoor furniture Tectona presented its new collection including pieces by Inga Sempé, Nendo and Wieki Somers. The latter created ‘Grasshopper’, a family of furniture which lives up to its name. The Dutch designer achieved what we often miss of weather resistant garden furniture – lightness and elegance. ‘Grasshopper’ consists of two tables and a chair in powder-coated aluminium and steel.
'PLET' low table by Dutch designer Reinier de Jong
Young Dutch designer Reinier de Jong has created a low table called ‘PLET’, whose translucent top consists of 80 different strips of reclaimed Perspex (PMMA). Its oak base comes from a former dining table.
'Toro' by Felix Klingmüller
The Freiburg and Cologne based designers Arwed Guderian and Felix Klingmüller – together they are Guderian&Klingmüller – presented their newest creations during this year’s DMY Festival in Berlin – amongst them these figurative trestles with the iconic name ‘Toro’ by Felix Klingmüller. The adjustable ‘cow horns’ enable the user to apply different sizes of table tops. The distance between the horns is scalable from 65 – 90 cm.
'Toro' by Felix Klingmüller
'Toro' by Felix Klingmüller
The stool or occasional table ‘Dot’ is also based on a clamping mechanism. The splay of the sheet metal stabilizes the seating surface and builds the holder of the legs.
'Toro' by Felix Klingmüller
'Toro' by Felix Klingmüller
'Franzl' by Sebastian Schneider
The young German design student and trained cabinet maker Sebastian Schneider recently presented this hinged table and bench – an elegant and smartly translated alternative to the typical German “beer bench”. The tripod base is composed of three loosly connected legs a joining rod and a collet made from aluminium and gets stabilised with the weight of the user. And the best thing is – all those who have had a few to many beers in a typical beer tent once know what I am talking about – due to the tripod you may sit on the one side and the bench will not overturn.
'Franzl' by Sebastian Schneider
'Franzl' by Sebastian Schneider
'Franzl' by Sebastian Schneider
'Wooden Carpet' by Elisa Strozyk for Böwer
Elisa Strozyk’s ‘Wooden Carpet’ has probably been one of the most published object of the last months. The old-established German manufacturer Böwer took it into production and developed in collaboration with the young German desiger a variety of patterns and details, composed of different types of wood for this beautiful sculptural piece.
'Wooden Carpet' by Elisa Strozyk for Böwer
'Wooden Carpet' by Elisa Strozyk for Böwer
'Wooden Carpet' by Elisa Strozyk for Böwer
‘Namu’ is a table series consisting of a coffee table and a side table designed by the Berlin based practice böttcher+henssler. The smartness of the tables lies in the triangular profile of the three identical laminated veneer elements, which are joined mid-way to form a trunk. ‘Namu’ is available in oak, olive and black.
'Namu' by böttcher+henssler for Böwer
'NAMU' by böttcher+henssler for Böwer
'Slot' by Matthias Ries Design Office
In occasion of this year’s Salone del Mobile the German Design Council opened the touring exhibition ‘Design Deutschland 2010′ and showcased 100 new pieces of established German studios and manufacturers next to 23 prototypes of young and upcoming designers. For those who did not have the chance to visit the exhibition in Milan: Next station will be New York from 15 – 18 May at Javits Convention Center during this year’s ICFF.
‘Slot’ by Matthias Ries Design Office is a multi-purpose table composed of a classical linoleum bord and an unreckoned leg construction. Their design provides structural strength in vertical, horizontal and diagonal directions, which additionally helps to strut the table.
'Poke' by Formfjord
The Berlin based designers of Formfjord presented this brand new prototype of a strip light. The elegant case consists of two identical halves of smartly bent sheet metal.
'Fridjof' by Johannes Hemann
'TEA' by llot llov
'Concrete' by Atelier Steffen Kehrle
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