Filed under: DMY Berlin, designer, product | Tags: Burg Giebichenstein, Design, DMY, DMY Berlin, DMY-Youngsters, furniture, Ilja Oelschlägel, Jecket, Jonas and Jonas, Markus Honka, products
One of the things that critics of the Internet all too often forget is that in addition to killing brain cells through the mind numbing senselessness of much content it can also rekindle memories; be it old memories such as those awakened when you stumble across an old flame’s photo in Facebook or newer memories such as that you’ve forgotten to buy your new flame concert tickets for their birthday.
Searching for some Wallflower units by Markus Honka from Jonas and Jonas this afternoon we suddenly had a flashback to DMY Berlin.
There, on the Burg Giebichenstein Graduate09 stand, Ilja Oelschlägel presented his Jecket clothes stand, part of his “7 für die Ecke” graduation show.
And we were very taken with Jecket. With 10 hooks, and designed to be free standing in any corner Jecket can be used indoors or outdoors. We were very taken with Jecket, and not only on account of it’s style, functionality and craftsmanship … but also because it reminded us of Markus Honka’s wall units.
No bad thing .. The wallflower range is also a fantastically well crafted and functional range – and we would gladly mix and match the two designers work.
The Internet … it’s great.
WALLFLOWER Walloffice by Markus Honka
Jecket by Ilja Oelschlägel
Filed under: DMY Berlin, ICFF, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, producer | Tags: amsterdam, moooi, moooi gallery
We do know and appreciate how lucky we are that we have the time and resources to jet from Milan, to New York, to Berlin and the like just to look at designer furniture.
And we are thankful.
We are also thankful that dutch design house moooi will be showing their complete new collection as of 12.06 in the moooi gallery, Amsterdam.
Now if that isn’t worth a trip to Holland….
Eurlanterns by moooi works for moooi - As seen in Milan
Filed under: DMY Berlin, product | Tags: Berlin, David Olschewski, DMY, DMY Berlin, DMY-Youngsters
Before we depart Berlin, a worthy mention for David Olschewski. A graduate of the Akademie für Gestaltung in Würzburg, Olschewski specialises in using everyday objects – so brushes, spades and the like – as furniture.
Among the products Olschewski had on display at DMY Youngsters was the delightful Badezimmer set – wonderfully crafted from a bath and a shower basin.
If we’re honest we all know that the A-frame from Charles and Ray Eames is based on a bath.
David Olschewski just uses the bath. Genius.
The seat is remarkably comfortable, the only problem is that – as with a real bath – you do tend to slip a little too far forward, or at least further than is comfortable. Or at least desirable.
If they can find an unobtrusive, non-slip surface that allows the user to recline with out fearing for their life they will have areal winner.
As it is Badezimmer is prefect for all looking for furniture that is as much a conversation piece as a practical accessory.
Badezimmer by David Olschewski
badezimmer ... armchair
Filed under: DMY Berlin, product | Tags: Berlin, DMY, DMY Berlin, DMY-Allstars, Lise el Sayed, Tapis Tongs
There is, as we all know, a very fine line between art and furniture design.
Tapis Tongs by Brussels based designer Lise el Sayed is undoubtedly on the “art” side of the design divide.
That said we would be more than happy to find space in our house for a carpet with inbuilt flip-flops.
Topis Tongs by Lise el Sayed - a carpet with in-built flip flops
Topis Tongs by Lise el Sayed - close up
Filed under: DMY Berlin, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, product | Tags: Berlin, Design, designer furniture, DMY, DMY Berlin, Eva Marguerre, Karlsruhe, kkaarrlls, NIDO
One of the “off” shows in Milan that made the biggest impression on us was kkaarrlls from the students at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. And so it was a shame that it isn’t here in Berlin.
Fortunately Karlsruhe student and kkaarrls member Eva Marguerre has made it here with her NIDO stools/side tables.
Furniture designed to look like it is created from a material other than that from which it actually is formed, is a currently a hot trend in European furniture design.
And NIDO is one of the better examples of this trend.
Although created from fibreglass even from close up NIDO convinces that it is actually straw. Your forced to touch it, interact with it, enjoy it.
In addition NIDO is stable, comfortable, practical and light.
And great.
NIDO from Eva Marguerre, close up...
... and in action
Filed under: DMY Berlin, product | Tags: Allstars, Design, DMY, DMY Berlin, Henning Bögershausen, Lamp
Among the exhibits at the DMY Allstars show that caught our attention was “Wooden Lamp” by Hamburg based designer Henning Bögershausen. A genuinely attractive and well-crafted chandelier…the one thing that detracted a little was the choice and placement of the bulb. One automatically looks upwards, into the lamp and is blinded by the light-as Bruce Springsteen would no doubt say. Despite that a wonderful new design that we can strongly recommend.
Wooden Lamp by Henning Bögershausen
Wooden Lamp by Henning Bögershausen - Detail
Filed under: DMY Berlin, product | Tags: Berlin, Dörte Ahlgrimm, Design, DMY, DMY Berlin, Home, Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Lemontile
Lemontile is wall-mounted lemon juicer. Made from white porcelain. Can be installed like a tile. The juice drips out below.
Not much more to say really.
Lemontile from Dörte Ahlgrimm, Kunsthochschule Weissensee Berlin
Filed under: DMY Berlin, product | Tags: Bastian Müller, Berlin, Burg Giebichenstein, Design, designer furniture, DMY, DMY Berlin, furniture, Graduate09
After a highly enjoyable couple of hours at DMY Allstars we headed over to the Treptow Park Arena to see what the DMY Youngsters had to offer. Principally comprising students – or at least those who recently were such – DMY Youngsters was an intoxicating mix of the predictable, the new, the “same as that other stand back there” and the truly fresh and innovative.
One Product that passed into all four categories, but still appealed to us was this self-assembly waste paper bin made from recycled paper at the Burg Giebichenstein Graduate show: Graduate09
Nice. Simple. Looks good and can be used everywhere.
Waste paper waste paper bin by Bastian Müller, Burg Giebichenstein
Filed under: DMY Berlin | Tags: Berlin, Charles and Ray Eames, Design, DMY, DMY Berlin, DMY-Youngsters, Musings
One of the exhibits we were most looking forward to here was that from Swiss collective Postfossil.
And we were not disappointed
JWC – Just Wood Chair by Florian Hauswirth is not just a wonderfully cheeky nod to Charles and Ray Eames, but is also a very comfortable chair.
JWC - Just Wooden Chair by Florian Hauswirth , postfossil
Filed under: DMY Berlin | Tags: Berlin, DMY, DMY Berlin, DMY-Allstars, DMY-Youngsters
The international design caravan is back in Europe and, until Sunday evening will be propping up the cocktail bars and ice cream parlours of Berlin.
We’re in train on our way to Berlin and as soon as we have stopped shaking enough will bring you all the updates and photos you need.
Watch this space.
DMY Berlin 2009
