From Russian industrial designer Tembolat Gugkaev comes a line of unique, and most definitely quirky, furniture and housewares. He has an uncommon way of looking at things and throws in an unexpected twist that gives each piece a fresh and super fun feel.
Werner Neumann, a furniture designer from The Netherlands, has two new collections of furniture, Organic and Birchwood, that he exhibited at Ventura Lambrate in Milan.
The students from the Department of Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design have created a collection entitled Prototyping the Domestic Environment currently being exhibited in Milan at Salone del Mobile 2012. The five works are interactive and multi-functional with the focus on “the formal adaptation of utilitarian furniture pieces into domestic spatial components.” Each object is not only a functioning interior piece, but they also act as adjustable devices for play, i.e., “tactile or optical sensory exploration or kinetic transformation.” The designs are well thought out, as well as being aesthetically pleasing with their geometric attributes.
London-based designer Andy Martin will show his new exciting furniture project at Meet My Project in Milan. This shelving system, called Undergraduate, is a reinvention and reimagining of a classic building bricks made of wood that are stacked to form shelves and nooks. Andy Martin took inspiration from the brick-built shelving used in student accommodations.
www is a new series by Viktormatic that comments on the digital communication, networking and web that have become so precious in out society. An interpretation of the shelf archetype, sets of movable strings become the shelving.
The Juliette wall shelf, designed by Jean-Marc Gady, is made from lacquered bent steel and can work in just about any room. The staircase-like design is not just a unique way to display your books and knick-knacks, it can also work as a room divider.
Brad Ascalon Studio is launching a new shelving series called Element for Italian company FASEM at this year’s Salone in Milan.
Jacob Bookcase comes from the creative group of Clark Art Center in Brazil. The group was inspired by the Jacob’s Ladder toy – you know, the one from childhood where wood blocks are held together by ribbon? Made from five square wood frames that are joined with nylon strips, the piece can be configured in more ways than you could imagine.
Young UK-based designer Andy Murray’s SD2.0 shelves were shown last year at Tent London and are now available for preorder. The design is nice and geometric, very simple and yet when you first look at them they look a bit lopsided. Playing tricks on your eyes, the shelves are actually level, but the middle one faces the opposite way, making them only appear to be wonky.
