Tent London – London Design Festival
24th September 2012
After a great 100% design I decided to check out Tent London. It was a well put together show with a huge range of interesting projects from establish companies and graduates alike. Like 100% design there was a real buzz about the show and about people show and launching their products. I have selected a few that stood out from the show.
Martijn Rigters
This project really stood out as being conceptually interesting. The project is a reaction against mass production. Designers and business have honed the way products can be made efficiently and as cost effective as possible. Martijin Rigters felt that why make everything the same why not apply our knowledge of mould making to create individual products for individual people. The pictures above left show the mould. It is filled with foam, once filled a person sits in the chair for 6 minutes so that the chair forms a personal shape. After 15 minutes the chair is ready to take out of the mould. One interesting direction for this project would be to try and reduce its carbon foot print as expanded foam is not a great friend of the earth.
These lamps are made by Kimu, www.kimudesign.blogspot.tw
I loved the way the metal lamps seem to be restraining a larger paper a lamp shade. These paper shades can be push up inside the metal light shade if you fancy a change of style. It is a great mix of textures and materials that adds a little fun to lighting.
Invisible City made this lovely piece which is made in the UK. Each panel is either a push to open drawer or door. More information can be found at http://www.invisiblecity.co.uk/
Conceptual Crap! This sticker points fun at the Art World in a great way. When the Fountain was first shown it challenged the way people perceived art as R. Mutt just placed his signature on a standard urinal.
Sebastian Cox launched his delicately wonderful lights at this years Tent. These are all hand made in his London workshop and created from coppiced hazel.
Visit http://sebastiancox.co.uk/ for more information.
