Second collection by Vík Prjónsdóttir

ABOUT: Woolen blanket collection by Icelandic design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir.

CREATOR: VÍK PRJÓNSDÓTTIR consists of Egill Kalevi Karlsson, Thurídur Rós Sigurthorsdóttir, Hrafnkell Birgisson, Brynhildur Pálsdóttir and Gudfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir, five Icelandic designers who work with product design, art, fashion and food design.

RULES: All the pieces in the collection are inspired in some way or another from Icelandic customs, mythology and the country’s characteristic climate.

COMMENTS: Collection is beautiful and the same time playful which I really like. The blankets seems to be very high quality and handmade and I would definitely buy one of those to myself.

LINKS: http://www.dezeen.com/2010/03/23/second-collection-by-vik-prjonsdottir/

Cover collection by Daphna Laurens

ABOUT: Dutch designers Daphna Laurens have created a series of storage containers that partially conceal their contents behind metal grilles. The covers can be separated from the bowls to fill them, or they can be used singly as open containers.

CREATOR: Daphna Laurens

RULES: Using material; aluminium and cork to create a series of storage containers.

COMMENTS: I think this is a really clever and nice idea to combine three different materials by creating a totally new kind of containers.

LINKS: http://www.daphnaisaacs.nl/index.php?/objects/cover/

2015 Furniture Collection by Colonel

ABOUT: Isabelle Gilles and Yann Poncelet, founders of French design brand Colonel, have prepaired a collection using traditional craft techniques such as woven rattan and marquetry with colourful accents. Colonel´s 2015 collection comprises a sideboard, a wardrobe, a table lamp, a set of pendant lamps and an armchair.

CREATOR: Colonel

RULES /RESTRICTIONS: Their key inspiration for the collection was to use traditional techniques and craftmanship like caning and marquetry and to mix them with light wood and bright colours, to make it more contemporary,

COMMENTS: I really like the collection: it is light and simple but yet really interesting. Furniture has touch of scandinavian style mixed with 60´s style and I love that their main idea was to use traditional techniques and craftmanship.

LINKS: http://www.moncolonel.fr/en/

Rope Masks by Studio Bertjan Pot

ABOUT

The rope masks from studio Bertjan Pot came out of the idea to tell stories, this started as a material experiment. As he wanted to find out by stitching a rope together to make a large flat carpet. Instead of flat, the samples got curvy. When he was about to give up on the carpet, his work partner Vladi came up to him with the idea of ​​shaping the rope into masks. The possibilities of this idea turned out to be endless, so he’s meeting new faces every day.

CREATOR

Is the dutch product designer Bertjan Pot (probably better known as Random Light). In his way to work he always starts with a material research, which is basically the starting point of each product created by Studio Bertjan Pot. The outcome is usually an interior product showing a fascination for techniques, structures, patterns and colors. Most experiments start quite impulsively by a certain curiosity for how things would function or how something would look. From there Pot takes on challenges with manufacturers to explore possibilities and push the boundaries a bit. The reward for each challenge is a new one.

RULES/RESTRICTIONS

The rope masks cannot be done by every person who wanna stich its own mask, because the technique is not published which makes this project more personal but not open. The fact that the collection is made out of the motivation of fun is one of the most important rules. I think Berjan Pot expands with this project his own personal collection which is more an art piece of the ironic translation of everyday faces.

COMMENTS

The very nice part in this project is that the mask idea came out of a mistake or misunderstanding of a material test what makes this project more interesting and spontaneous. Every mask is a unique piece, coming out of an impulse or inspiration that’s different and new every day.

LINKS

Studio Bertjan Pot

DIY Draisienne

ABOUT/CREATOR

Andres Bhend is a product design student in Switzerland who has before made Ikea hacks with the Frosta stool with Ikea style manuals included which got quite famous. Samuel N. Bernier is a full time worker le FabShop, a 3D printing shop which is based in Paris. They started to collaborate after the writer of a blog post (Ray) made the suggestion in his post.

RULES/RESTRICTIONS

The collections consists out of various 3D printed parts, the original stool and drawings to match the IKEA style to create a draisine. All the parts were made functional over aesthetical. The file is completely open sourced, the reason why it is in orange in the pictures is because this is the colour of le FabShop. The collection is extended with the addition of a Frosta stool DIY sled.

COMMENTS

I think I got sort of brainwashed by Ikea because I had this project on it last quarter which has immediately drawn me to Ikea hacking for this assignment. It is a huge movement of people that are finding ways of redesigning existing Ikea products to create a different use or improve upon them in specific situations. These designers came together and made some products for children which are very easy and cheap to make. The design is posted on the internet for everyone to use so all that has to be done is go to the Ikea, buy the parts and assemble it. I think it is quite a nice way to make easy products for people at home. The only thing is that Ikea actually doesn’t like people hacking their products but I think they should accept it a little bit more. I like this project because it has so much simplicity in it yet it is thought well through and it is made from the restrictions of having a specific set of materials available.

LINKS

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Draisienne-and-Sled-hack-of-IKEAs-frosta-sto/

http://www.thingiverse.com/LeFabShop/designs