German designer Nina Tekampe of nintek.designs has come up with a fascinating modular storage system with a great deal of versatility for your urban abode.
The multipurpose shelf - Squambo is created from two individually sized sections. Placed together, the two sets of cubes offer an unlimited amount of combinations, so the sky is really your limit.
Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky’s Catastrophe vases are a brilliant testament to the notion of raw beauty.
Conjuring up visions of stratigraphy and archaeology, the vases are the perfect juxtaposition to the nature and beauty of the flowers they hold.
Through an exploration into the natural effects of material forces, German designer Kai Linke produced ‘Deformation: It wasn’t me’, a collection of objects which highlight the life and beauty of imperfection.
Philadelphia-based designer/maker Jack Larimore has come up with a beautiful collection of furniture made from salvaged timber acquired from old Philadelphia Structures.
Canadian artist/designer Jeremy Hatch deconstructs the everyday while exploring the intersections between craft, art and design.
His recent design entitled ‘Torrent’ is an accumulation of interlaced candleholders. The formal geometry and pattern of ornamental arabesques are discarded in favor of random chaos.
Canadian designer Zoë Mowat’s playful designs offer a fresh approach to furniture.
With a passion for building ‘things’, Mowat’s work is characterised by simple detailing and a strong sense of materiality making each piece truly distinctive.
With a background in art and construction, New York-based designer Chris Rucker has devised a series of furniture pieces made entirely out of strand board.
Using the cheap construction sheathing, Rucker fuses quality construction methods with inexpensive and unorthodox materials, effectively exposing the material itself as a major component of the work’s aesthetic.
Japanese architect Ryuji Nakamura has come up with an incredibly elegant chair design made entirely of paper (vulcanized fibre).
The unique form of this seemingly fragile yet functional seat pushes the boundaries of materiality to its limits while offering an overall sense of weightlessness and serenity.
German designer Florian Kallus creates objects which explore the powers of materiality and form.
Wahid is a series of cubes which juxtapose concrete and wood, combining feelings of warmth with the charm of industry. With their harmonious geometry, these beautifully crafted discrete designs are an ideal object for all situations.
UK based James Tooze has created a table from solid American black walnut superimposed with white acrylic lines that create a wireframe image of the tables construction.
Forming part of Micus Projects solid/surface/series collection, the Relief Chair is composed of layered sheets of medium-density natural wool felt adhered to each other with non-toxic adhesives.
Eindhoven Academy design student, Daniel Hulsbergen’s series of vases are a beautiful mix of two traditional Dutch trades.
By combining the remnants of broken Delfsblue vases with Dutch basketry, Haulbergen provides an elegant solution, elevating the often neglected art of basketry while giving new life to the discarded work.
Indonesian designer Alvin T has devised a simple yet thought provoking bench, designed as a means to introduce contemporary design to the Indonesian market.
By combining local identity with an international visual language, Mingle is an elegant 3 seater bench which acknowledges both the past and future of Indonesian design.
For this year’s Cologne Furniture Fair German designer Johannes Hemann presented Storm Generated Forms, a series of products realised, not by the destructive forces of the winds, but by energy-generating forces, as can be seen in sand dunes or snow drifts.
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