Sunday, 5 May 2013

Wine bottle bag

A wine bottle bag that will not only protect wine that come in most bottle shapes, it additionally makes stacking easy, equipped with clips to ensure the bottles stay put once connected to another wine bag.

Saturday, 4 May 2013

Homefarm 2010

Restaurants dispose of huge amounts of organic waste. Eva is a green alternative to the traditional compost heap.
One part of the waste is recycled to grow food and the other part produces methane turned into energy thanks to co-generator. The energy obtained, produces light to stimulate the growth of the plants.
The water is naturally filtered as it enters the container. Eva is a kind of self-contained biosphere homefarm system that not only allows to cultivate vegetables but also produces fresh air and light. Eva is evidence of the restaurants’ green and healthy food process.
Eva has been designed to be easily and quickly assembled and maintained.


Sunday, 28 April 2013

Wall Mounted - Shadow Clock

Milan Furniture Fair 2013

This Clock was created by fixing cardboard cuttings, which represent the hour, minute and second hands respectively, to the mechanism. The placement of a light source creates shadows against a wall, which enables one to read the time.

Images from the Milan Furniture Fair 2013



















A Quick report of the Milan Furniture fair, Isalonica Milano
The scene was set on the first day of the Milan furniture fair at Artigianato Rho Fiera as anticipation and excitement filled the air. The prospect of experiencing the best product designs the world has to offer on an international stage of this magnitude was something beyond belief.
The first day took us on an exploration through the lighting exhibition section of the fairgrounds. The 3D experiences and volumes achieved with these temporary mobile stands were unimaginable and executed with incredible detail. Not only did these stands demonstrate unconventional ways of using various light sources, it swept you into another world, a transformed reality where principals of gravity was questioned and optical illusions managed to both entice the imagination and achieve interaction.
The following two days were spent meandering through the extensive design sections. The experience can only be described as walking through the pages of a world class design magazine that was being brought to life with every step.
The most inspiring section was the Salone Satellite, which was depicted as the meeting place for excellence. The most promising young designers from all over the world, under the age of 35, exhibited their work here. The theme for this year was to integrate the tradition of craftsmanship with the technological possibilities offered by contemporary industrial planning and production.
Along with a wide selection of demonstrations and seminars on offer, there were many off site exhibitions that formed part of the fair. Most of these took place in and around the many historical buildings within the CBD of Milan.
In conclusion, the fair presented this young designer with a fascinating journey through the thoughts, processes and products that contemporary design has to offer. It was a creative adventure and an experience that will be remembered with great fondness.
I wish to thank PG Bison for this tremendous opportunity and extend my gratitude to all involved with the organization of the Prestigious 1.618 competition. It is an invaluable platform for any designer.  

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Earth Day is an annual holiday, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. In 2013 the day is 43 years old. It is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year
Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in recognition of his work. An organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took Earth day international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.

Monday, 22 April 2013

Architecture and interior design should be an art aimed at satisfying social needs. Define function not in terms of visual effect alone but as the arrangement and enclosures of spaces to make human activities more productive and enjoyable. The materials need to be considered as tools for enclosure, not as symbolic labels for fixed style (WILL 1961: 159).
Point of view: Bill buxton. “Great experiences don’t happen by accident. They are the result of deep thought and deliberation”. Rotman Magazine winter 2005.