OVO editions is a new editor of design furniture. They are based in Brussels and start their  work with the famous Belgian designer, Pol Quadens. Their goal is to develop innovative and composite materials and put forward talented designers interested in new experiences. Pol Quadens designed for OVO an exceptional collection in Corian® and carbon fiber. His creativity was challenged by the multiple properties of the Corian®.

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Great design by Ellen Ectors,  SwiTCh is a “turneable” furniture that switches between table and armchair with a single movement.

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Designer Peter Van de Water has made this beautiful coat stand for CASCANDO.

The coat hook that likes to hold more than just coats! Ideal for storing all items that you need when leaving the house, such as keys, bags, mail and gloves.

Available in white, orange and grey.

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This is one of the best ideas I´ve ever seen. A curtain which you can shape to any form. Through the incorporated structure and magnets, it stays in the shape you push and pull it to. Really great worl Florian.

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Mulgui

Mulgui is a fish form lamp made with traditional Korean paper. Using the ready made base scales and extremities are added. There are several Mulgui sizes to extend until 90 diameter centimeters. Although most of the most are inspired by different aquatic animals there are also panda and bird forms available just changing the Korean traditional paper pieces . The lamp plays with the surprising effect of putting a light focus in an element related to the darkness, changing the logic of the atmosphere. Mulgui can also be present in any sort os space such as high standing design living rooms or child bedroom.

Pescando lámparas:

My house which was built over 100 years ago has a beautiful balcon. It has a view towards ‘La Sagrada Familia’ and there I spend lots of time deep in imagination.

Using Korean traditional paper, I made a fish like a white moon. With a long fishing rod I try to fish the moon on my balcon.

The fish swims through the city’s road.

Immediately, I drop a line on the air.

I have hooked a fish brighter than the moon.

Hye Young Yu (Chungju, South Korea 1971) Korean artist and designer. She studied in Seoul, Barcelona, an United States. She worked as graphic, multimedia and interior design. She works for Elisava design school as professor in Barcelona. As artist and designer she has participated in several exhibitions in Seoul, Barcelona, Milan and Berlin. She has also been curator in the Design Made exhibition that is celebrate every year in Seoul Arts Center. She has been also commissioner of sonarsoundseoul in Korea.

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La Mamba Studio, a new young Spanish creative group makes its debut at Valencia Furniture Show in Spain. With an entrepreneur character and eagerness by finding out new solutions & material usage for furniture sector, La Mamba shows 3 stands with a common philosophy & own identity.

Blou

This table, inspired by the waves of the sea and the Mediterranean culture, is perfect to interact / socialised at cocktails or events and represents the future of Valencian design. Endowed with a strong & sculptural personality, it does not forget its functional aspect being a simple design to be used in the most exclusive catering.

Made of LG Hi-Macs, got the first award at The Design Contest from LG Hi-Macs, was shown at Milan 2008 in Tortona Zone last April and it has been selected by the Youth Institute for the Injuve 2008 Award

At the end, it was be shown from 23-27th September at the 7th NUDE Edition in Habitat Show,Valencia.

Panelate Project

In cooperation with  Panelate, MDF decorative panels manufacturer and with the support of the Didlab Group, La Mamba shows its furniture collection called “four stories” As a part of this collection there is a funny container-table and a sophisticated triple chair that has been named “Whisper Chair”. Some pieces of furniture that shows La Mamba´s  search of personal language & the Panelate´s  infinite possibilities as a decorative element & new material for making furnitures.

Drombo Collection

Is the ceramica a coating material? Can have it another usages? These are the questions that an important company of the ceramica sector such as Dune Direction posted some months ago. At that moment they had the opportunity  to colaborate with”La Mamba Studio” with the purpose of  experiencing and maximising its material usage and applications.

The results is the “Drombo”, a sofa &  armchairs made of vitreus ceramica with organics shapes. Its presentation at the Nude stand is an important milestone and the trial to check how this experience is going to be understood by the public and potential customers

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The idea for this shelf came from seeing that a pencil inserted at an angle into a set square can stand up on its own.Direction and height are able to change freely by the principle of a lever.

 CRAC DESIGN STUDIO

Swedish design duo Folkform think not, and have continued their work with the local factories in the small village of Rundvik in Vasterbotten in the very north of Sweden.

They believe globalisation has given rise to a new local dimension in design.

-The new Folkform products carry with them the spirit and history of the place where they are produced.

Folkform will also present a collection in the new Masonite hardboard range which is made by Folkform in the factory in Rundvik. By combining the wood fibres with other organic material it has been possible to give this down to earth material an entirely new look. Natural flowers and dead butterflies have been inserted into the huge masonite presses to create a permanent organic decoration embedded in the masonite hardboard.

Folkform

Folkform design studio in Stockholm, Sweden is owned and run by industrial designers Anna Holmquist and Chandra Ahlsell.

Anna and Chandra, both of whom gained an MA at Konstfack, Stockholm, in 2005, work on own projects, as well as customer assignments in the borderland between art and design. They experiments with materials, both traditional and new, exploring the scope for using them in new ways and new application areas.

“Folkform transforms simplicity into all its complexity, and gives the obvious an underlying and ambiguous meaning. Seeing the subtle in the simple, and challenging prevalent design codes is one of their absolute strengths” Motivation Future Design Days Award 2006

Awards

Future Design Days Award 2006
Swedish Design Year Award 2005

Exhibitions (selected)

Future Design Days 2006
Stockholm Fair

Salone Satellite, Milan 2006

The Design Marathon 2006
Ministry of Culture, Stockholm

Contemporary Swedish Design 2006

Ambiente Internationale Frankfurter Messe Frankfurt

Designers Block, Milan 2005

Swedish Style Milan 2005

Swedish Style Tokyo 2004

Coming up exhibition: Typically Scandinavian, Berlin 11-14 may 2007

Image texts

1.The Factory The masonite hardboard factory is located in the north of Sweden in Västerbotten where the professional experience of processing wood spans over generations in places such as Sorsele, Burträsk and Vännäs.

2.Sawmill 3. The hardboard material is made out of the left over sawdust from the sawmills in the area.

3. Making the new material Real flowers are placed on the masonite pulp.

4. The Masonite press By combining wood-fibre with organic materials under high pressure it has been possible to give this down to earth material an entirely new look.

5. Samples of masonite How can we create new forms of expression by combining materials in new ways?
How do we add new value to traditional down-to-earth materials such as the humble masonite?

6. Atlas pouffe Laser-cut steel merges with the soft fabric. The swarm of insects forms the pouffe.

7. Atlas table A real Atlas butterfly has been inserted into the huge masonite presses to create a permanent organic decoration embedded in the masonite hardboard

8. Rotation Pendant lamp inspired by the rotation of the huge gear-wheels in the factory. The lamp is moving slowly round its axis, transforming the movement to the next lamp.

Contact

Folkform
+46 737 67 55 45
Stora skuggans vag 11
115 42 Stockholm
Sweden

The PLAY! Coffee table has a slide-puzzle top. With each arrangement, the missing
piece reveals one of sixteen storage boxes.

Materials: Walnut veneered plywood, swivel castors and lacquer print

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