Fibra

Design: Heidi Jalkh
Thursday 29 December 2011

The combination of high precision cnc (waterjet) cut wood with textiles, fusing contemporary design with traditional craft skills. It is industrially fabricated, but made unique via the upholstery process, through which cultural diversity is interpreted and singularity maintained.Textile design by Gisela Pozzetti.

Lluvia

Design: Pablo Gironés for Gan
Wednesday 28 December 2011

Hand tufted 100% wool rug

TamTam

design: Fabien Dumas

TamTam is a new lamp designed in collaboration with the spain-based company marset. it describes a suspended light fixture built out of 3 to 5 small lampshades arranged around a central larger lampshade. if the small satellite lamps are swiveled, the gravitational centre of the lamp is ...

TOOLS 1/100

design: Fabien Dumas

TOOLS 1/100 is a limited edition of 100 pieces inspired by the 'tools' lamp made out of measuring sticks. it is a hybrid between archetype and everyday item, and the purpose of this object is to turn the common into the uncommon. using existing products as parts of new objects consequently ...

Oslo Cooking

Short documentary on Oslo's architectural and urban development

Oslo, August 2011

by Martin Hogsnes Solvang
Commissioned by DAMn° and Designers Saturday


Short documentary on Oslo's architectural and urban development - featuring Julien De Smedt (JDS Architects), Kjetil T. Thorsen (Snøhetta) and Gary Bates (Space Group) - interview conducted by Halvor Weider ...

Pouf Pasha

Design: Claudio Dondoli and Marco Pocci

Lento, fire

Design: Paola Suhonen

Bau, sculptural hanging lamp

Design: Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt

d’tail

Design: Dcell

Les Cheminées, vases made out of used 35mm films

Design: Raphaël Charles

Around, coffee table

Design: Thomas Bentzen

Dressed Up Stool

Design: Hyunjin Seo & Jaekyung Kim

Pop nomade et Yildiz, felt rugs

Design: Linda Topic & Antonin Bachet

Divisible

Design: Hansol Kwon

Air-Frame

Design: James Kim

Copy by Kueng Caputo

Design: Milena Krais, Thomas Schnur, Dirk vander Kooij

The market for design objects is small and exclusive – only copies make them suitable for mass
consumption. Despite apparent close similarities, deciding attributes are often lost in the process.
Such copies insult the original, even if at heart they pay a compliment to the original idea. “Copy

Photos: Raphael Hefti

Autumn in the city means design festivals bubbling to the surface in fast and furious fashion. DAMn° travelled
to several of these prime places in order to spot fresh design — while the paint and glue were not yet dry.
Sojourns to Paris, London, Brussels and Oslo revealed that indeed there are ...

Opera, outdoor tools

Design: R&D De Castelli

The Balloon Bowls

Design: Maarten De Ceulaer

The Balloon Bowls

Design: Maarten De Ceulaer

created by casting strong
synthetic plaster into a balloon,
after which a second balloon is
inserted, and inflated. These two
balloons act as flexible moulds,
ensuring a unique shape for each
and every bowl. Once the plaster
is set, the balloons are removed,
and a bowl appears