ISSUE FOUR
INSIDE ISSUE #04:
Christopher’s • London //
Café Rouge • UK Nationwide //
Zaha Hadid Showroom • London //
Folio: II BY IV Desgin //
Profile: Daan Roosegaarde //
Comment: A new age of glass //
Glass is Tomorrow //
Great Northern Hotel • London //
Glass Gallery //
Profile: Bethan Laura Wood //
London Design Festival: Districts & Destinations //
London Design Festival: product preview //
If…
Stick
Designed by Matali Crasset, Stick is part of a family of products developed as a reinterpretation of the traditional floor, pendant and wall lamp. It has a modular design comprising wooden slats, stretched into place by a central support, giving rise to an intriguing array of light and shadows.
Club
Made in Tuscany, entirely by hand, Club is a lamp composed of an ecofriendly ceramic material that makes the shade completely recyclable. Available in black or white versions and with halogen or LED light sources. The ceiling canopy can be surface mounted or recessed.
Folio: Igloodgn
Established in 2005 by award-winning interior designers Alain Courchesne and Anna Abbruzzo, Igloodgn has an illustrious international roster of projects. Based out of Montreal, the company is internationally renowned for creating innovative spaces, from hotels, restaurants and retail projects, to residential and condominium design. With a focus on designing for profitable businesses, the firm’s branding, graphic design and interior design concepts foster advocacy, and ultimately, result in increased lucrative customer experiences.
In 2012, Igloodgn opened its second office in Shanghai to service its strong demand in the Asian market. Both designers bring an unprecedented passion and fresh approach to design, focusing on building a detailed brand identity in each project from inception to completion.
Deeply rooted in distinguishing the overall experience and essence of a brand, Igloo design creates a space while simultaneously establishing its identity. All elements of an experience must be in harmony with one another from branding to interior design to custom furniture design. At Igloodgn, excellence can only be reached by a combination of disciplines that collaborate to create a well-balanced entity.
Floor Cloud
The new Table Cloud and Floor Cloud are a part of Molo’s modular soft collection, joining the existing cloud pendants, cloud mobiles, and urchin softlights. The white textile shade comprises hundreds of cellular honeycomb forms and is internally lit by LED to radiate a gentle, glare free light.
Material
With the Material Pendant, the same unique idea is expressed in just about every material imaginable. From oak to marble, from cork to terracotta, from concrete to cryptonite. The pendant is made for bars and restaurants, but it just as easily lights up a conference room or hotel lobby.
Polaris
Polaris is a series of polished stainless steel structures strung with Full-cut crystal octagons and pendants in various sizes and forms, fitted by nickel plated ring pinnings. Traditional 60W light sources illuminate each ring from within. Polaris is available in 100cm and 70cm widths.
Honeycomb
Honeycomb creates a simple effect from the application of two overlaid fabrics. Its collapsible design is deliberately creased and casual, making it ideal for use in as multiples, to create a moody cluster, or as an individual pendant providing low, direct light over a table or lounge area.
Container
A creation for Ligne Roset, this ceramic table lamp stems from the designers’ ‘materials driven, process led, industrial design’ approach. Container utilises the ceramic to both contain the electronic lighting components and produce a soft, reflected illumination output from the interior glazed surface.
Karim Rashid to present and DJ at May Design Series
Karim Rashid, one of the most prolific designers of his generation, will be taking centre stage at this year’s May Design Series, taking place from 19-21 May 2013 at ExCeL London.
An epic career spanning over 20 years, Rashid has already celebrated a huge amount of success including over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and numerous projects undertaken on a global basis, Karim is a design industry legend. His aim to speak about the idea that design shapes our daily lives and our future will be at the heart of his talk as part of the Conversation Series during the show. Rashid’s session will discuss how the move from analog to digital has changed our material world and how design will inform, and social behaviours, will change.
Rashid has worked with beautiful and contemporary brands across every sector including Artemide, Axo Light, BoConcept, Cappellini, Dupont, Herman Miller, Magis, Scavolini and Zanotta amongst others, but has also worked on restaurant, hotels and museum projects including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
However, Rashid’s talents do not end there. He also has a great love of music and is a DJ in his spare time. On Monday 20th May, the event is open until 8pm and during this late night opening Rashid will provide musical entertainment during the final hours of the show.
Musicity will also be entertaining visitors during the Monday evening. Musicity commission recording artists to compose original music in response to an aspect of the city that inspires them. They will be hosting a talk on how sonic design can be used to transform interaction with a building or interior, and will then lead on to DJ and host live performances demonstrating their inspirational music. They will also compose a unique piece of music, inspired by the show that will be available to download during the event.
Andy Vaughan, Brand Director for May Design Series commented, “We are very excited about welcoming Karim to the launch of the May Design Series as he represents our aims to achieve an event with a strong design ethos that spans all sectors. Having both Karim and Musicity involved in creating a unique sensory experience on the Monday night will be a great opportunity for both our visitors and exhibitors to network, socialise and have some fun!”
Tetatet
A portable lamp which ‘turns every table into a place to meet and to love and finally to consider light like a fundamental ingredient of life’. Tetatet is designed to create pools of intimate light whilst maintaining a discrete presence. It comprises a metal base and battery-powered LED head.
Blossoms
Blackbody are at the forefront of creating imaginative pieces from OLED lighting panels. Blossoms is in this vein. “A journey to the land of the rising sun. A celebration of Hanami. A meditative pause under a cherry blossom with interlacing branches and tips embellished with flowers of light”.
www.blackbody-oled.com
