ETERNIT ECAL HOCKER STOOL DESIGN BY NICOLAS LE MOIGNE

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ETERNIT ECAL STOOL & ECAL TABLE 

DESIGN BY NICOLAS LE MOIGNE

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ECAL DESIGN BY NICOLAS LE MOIGNE

IN COLLABORATION WITH ETERNIT ( SCHWEIZ ) AG

Developed as part of the postgraduate study diploma of the ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne, this project was conducted in collaboration with the firm Eternit. For more than 100 years, this company has been manufacturing flower pots, outdoor furniture and mainly architectural elements with the material of the same name. “Eternit” is composed largely of cement and of different fibres.

The project results from research into this material with a view to finding new casting techniques. Numerous tests allowed different objects to be developed to prototype stage, and some of these are now being produced and marketed by the firm Eternit.

PROJECT DETAILS ECAL STOOL & ECAL TABLE 2007

Although Eternit is strong, it is necessary to find a way of rigidifying the material using folds and reinforcements. After testing a number of shapes, research finally led to the creation of a stool whose structure is reinforced by a central fold. With this result proving satisfactory, a low table was then designed on the same principle. These two objects are now being produced by the firm Eternit and have been on sale since the beginning of the year.

Photo credits: ECAL /Thomas Adank

http://www.nicolaslemoigne.ch/en/

ECAL STOOL

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'' I don' t want to shock but rather create something functional.''

NICOLAS LE MOIGNE

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ECAL STOOL

ECAL TABLE

NICOLAS LE MOIGNE

Nicolas Le Moigne’ s designs are a celebration of juxtaposition. They show an understanding of, and capacity for, complexity and contrast: seemingly fragile yet resilient, at once artisanal yet also industrial, assuredly sophisticated yet without guile. Like a master swordsman he parries and ripostes between opposing materials, forms and conventions to produce designs that are rigorous and balances.

This equanimity has brought the Swiss designer, a professor at ECAL / University of art and design Lausanne, to the attention of both manufacturers and design galleries alike. Working between industrial companies such as Eternit,  Atelier Pfister and gallerie in London, Paris, Berlin and Mexico. Le Moigne’ s dexterous approach is an elegant counterpoint to the chaos of a upersaturated design culture.

http://www.nicolaslemoigne.ch/en/press/

CAREER / EDUCATION

Industrial designer, ecal / ecole cantonale d’art de lausanne (2001-2007)

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Master project in collaboration with eternit (2007)

IMPORTANT WORKS / PROJECTS 

Trash cube (hocker) for eternit (2011)

Le locle (tisch), le day (kommode) und meyrin (regal) für atelier pfister (2010)

Slip stool, for gallery libby sellers (2008)

Ecal stool and table, for eternit (2007)

Verso diverso, watering can for viceversa (2005)

Public clock, for the city of geneva (2004)

Pot-au-mur, flowerpot for serralunga (2003)

DISTINCTIONS

Bourses fondation leenaards: lauréat (2009)

Swiss federal design grant: lauréat (2008)

Design preis schweiz: nominated (2008)

Macef design award: winner (2005)

http://www.garden-styling.ch/product_ecal_hocker

DAVID CHIPPERFIELD - MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS

MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DESIGN BY DAVID CHIPPERFIELD

MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DESIGN BY DAVID CHIPPERFIELD

The new Musée des Beaux-arts is situated between the old and new town on the periphery of a long green space, where the ancient city walls once stood. The Gallo-Roman gate and the modernist market hall located in the vicinity are evidence of Reims’ architectural history from antiquity to modern times. An excavation site with medieval findings is situated beneath the new museum.

The freestanding building is composed of three bars capped with mono-pitched roofs. Clad with marble slabs on the plinth section and glass ceramic panels in the upper area, the façade has a translucent quality. The light that passes through the marble infuses the space with a diaphanous atmosphere. A large hall, twelve metres in height, opens up to the city on three sides and spans the entire excavation site.

This hall provides a threshold between inside and outside and is publicly accessible.Suspended bridges draw together the different routes into the building and lead across the archaeological findings into a foyer that overlooks the excavation site.

Ancillary services including an auditorium, cafeteria and cloakrooms adjoin the foyer.The art depot is located across two basement floors, while the exhibition rooms – displaying paintings, sculptures and objects from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century – progress upwards in chronological order. The main rooms, which are oblong in shape, can be easily subdivided. Smaller galleries devoted to different artists or collections branch off from the main gallery rooms. In addition to the galleries, a number of art education rooms and breakout spaces offer views over the town. A library, sculpture garden and glimpses into the non-public restoration workshops enrich the museum experience. A large proportion of the exhibition space is naturally lit, while diffusing ceilings in the uppermost floor distribute the daylight evenly. The large façade areas in the first two floors make it possible to control the occurrence of side light – the preferred illumination for the exhibits on display – while individual windows offer visitors an occasional view of the cathedral.

http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/project/museee_des_beaux_arts

You may visit David Chipperfield’s exhibition of Sticks & Stones an Intervantion at Neue Nationalgalerie and project of Museo Jumex Mexico to click below links.

http://mymagicalattic.blogspot.com.tr/2014/12/david-chipperfield-sticks-stones.html

http://mymagicalattic.blogspot.com.tr/2015/02/museo-jumex-design-by-david-chipperfield.html

DAVID CHIPPERFIELD OFFICE

Since its foundation in 1985, David Chipperfield Architects has developed a diverse international body of work including cultural, residential, commercial, leisure and civic projects as well as masterplanning exercises. Within the portfolio of museums and galleries, projects range from private collections such as the Museo Jumex in Mexico City to public institutions such as the revitalised Neues Museum in Berlin. Practices in London, Berlin, Milan and Shanghai contribute to DCA’s wide range of projects and typologies.
Ongoing current projects include the Nobel Center in Stockholm; a new building for the Kunsthaus Zurich in Switzerland; the restoration of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin; a mixed-use tower overlooking Bryant Park in New York; Musée des Beaux-arts in Reims, France; a luxury resort in Doha, Qatar; the James Simon Gallery, a new entrance building to Berlin’s Museum Island; the Ansaldo City of Cultures in Milan; Elizabeth House, a major new office and residential development near Waterloo in London; the Palace of Justice in Salerno, Italy; a headquarters building for Korean cosmetics company Amorepacific in Seoul; and the De Vere Gardens residential development in Kensington in London.
The practice has won more than 100 international awards and citations for design excellence, including Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Royal Fine Art Commission (RFAC) and American Institute of Architects (AIA) awards, as well as the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2007, and the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award in 2011. David Chipperfield received the 2011 RIBA Royal Gold Medal and the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale in 2013, both given in recognition of a lifetime’s work.
The reputation of the office is established by both a commitment to the collaborative aspect of creating architecture and a strong focus on refining design ideas to arrive at a solution which is architecturally, socially and intellectually coherent.

http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/profile/

DAVID CHIPPERFIELD

David Chipperfield Architects was founded in 1985 and has offices in London, Berlin, Milan and Shangai. The practice works internationally on cultural, residential and commercial projects providing full architectural and interior design, masterplanning, product and furniture design services for both public and private sectors. Our diverse built portfolio includes museum and galleries, libraries, apartments, private houses, hotels, offices, masterplans, and retail facilities. David Chipperfield Architects has won more than fifty national and international competitions and many international awards and citations for design excellence, including RIBA, RFAC and AIA awards, as well as the RIBA Stirling Prize 2007, and the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award in 2011.

Among the  practice’s major recent works are the renewed Neues Museum in Berlin; The Anchorage Museum of History Art, Alaska; The City of Justice in Barcelona; The Des Moines Public Library in Iowa; Ninetree Village, a residential district in Hangzhou, China; The New Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany; The Kaufhaus Tyrol department store in Innsbruck and the Peek & Cloppenburg flagship store in Vienna; a laboratory buiding on the Novartis campus in Basel; and in 2001, The Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate and The Hepworth Wakefield, both in the United Kindom. The practice also has a strong interest in the design and function of interior spaces, designing shop interiors for Issey Miyake, Joseph, Dolce & Gabana, and Valentino, as well as a range of furniture, lighting, and tableware.

Ongoing current projects include a new gallery for the Coleccion Jumex in Mexico City; The Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in Russia; The Marrakech Gallery in Morocco; Elizabeth House, a major new office and residential development near Waterloo in London; The De Vere Gardens residential development  in Kensington in London; The Palace of Justice in Salerno, Italy; The James Simon Gallery, a new entrance building to Berlin’s Museum Island; The Ansaldo City of Cultures in Milan; and a new building for the Kunsthaus Zurich in Switzerland.

Our work is driven by a consistent approach which leads to the creation of individual buildings that are intimately connected to both context and function. The approach to design respects each client and  commission as unique, while giving equal consideration to every detail, whatever the size or purpose of the project.

http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/

DECAFE DESIGN BY RAUL LAURI PLA

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DECAFE DESIGN BY RAUL LAURI PLA

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DECAFE DESIGN BY RAUL LAURI PLA
Being inspired by biodegradable materials made out of coffee grounds, led Spanish designer Raúl Laurí Pla to create his series of table & floors lamps and bowls named the DECAFE project winning first prize at this year’s SALONE SATELLITE AWARDS. Whilst bestowing a sense of a second ‘life’ on the sacred coffee grounds, which are commonly thrown away, the designer believes that this project also promises to enhance the coffee time experience through the senses of sight, smell and touch. 

It took two years to master the process which produces the DECAFE material created through an experimental process looking towards traditional culinary techniques as a point of reference.  The lamps and bowls actually smell like coffee. Where the design is minimalistic but stylish, the unique factor is that these items combines recycled material boosting the whole idea around eco-sustainability and the latest technologies whilst fully celebrating the whole idea of the coffee experience. It is therefore a conscious project with emotional references where the designer explains how so many important and personal things happen in our lives and take place around a coffee table.

The design, apart from being welcoming, is also interactive. The lamp interacts with the user as its light can be regulated according to its vertical angle; a definite plus point, we believe.

http://www.yatzer.com/DECAFE-Raul-Lauri-Pla

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ALIKA

ALIKA

“Decafé”material-made bowl. ALIKA’s shape and size reminds us of simplicity, beauty and exclusivity. It is just the singular character of this item itself what makes it a valuable object which recalls us to any single culture where coffee is present. This is also due to achieved thanks to its extraordinary texture and aroma. The pack in which ALIKA is packaged leaves some portion of the product visible to anyone, so that it is easier for the user to be attracted and near from it. It matches perfectly with any environment and this is what makes ALIKA being the absolute ideal present for any occasion.

www.rlauri.com

KOJI S

KOJI S

Small pendant light made of “decafé”. The semi-handcraft manufacture and the material employed in this process are the responsible circumstances for making any single finished product of this kind of lamp a uniquely distinctive item. In this way, KOJI lamps are characterized by differing from one another and for having exclusive scent and character. The light hotness we feel when touching these lamps, brings us memories of hot cups of coffee. It is ideal for peninsula, small side tables and benches, both alone and in combined composition. The textile cable is available in different colours so as to be adapted to any environment where we place it.

www.rlauri.com

KOJI

KOJI

First prize winner item at Salone Satellite 2012 in Milan. “Decafé” material made table lamp with beech wooden-based panel surface. KOJI constitutes the interpretation of such a relaxing moment as the one of having a coffee is. Its small size and texture make KOJI an attractive lamp, which is not an ordinary one, but a lamp the user can interact with and get his senses aroused. In addition, its light intensity depends on the movement and orientation choices the user makes, what contributes to the creation of a relaxing atmosphere. Another interesting and relevant feature of KOJI is that it turns off when being up-side-down and that its maximum light intensity is achieved in the horizontal position thanks to its exclusive intelligent system designed by David Laurí Pla. Due to the fact that it is a wireless item, we could say that it is a “take away” lamp. It has a special charm leading us to the wish of having it.

www.rlauri.com

KAMARIA

KAMARIA

Pendant lamp made of “decafé”. The textile cable is available in different colours so as to be adapted to any environment where we place it. KAMARIA is a perfect example of strength and character. This lamp shows the strength and quality of the material from which this item is made of: “decafé”. The beauty itself of KAMARIA increases when being placed at a wide, spacious and inside location.     

www.rlauri.com

RAUL LAURI PLA