Winners 2012
Gravity Stool
Departing from the idea that everything is influenced by gravitation, a force that has a strongly shaping effect, this natural phenomenon was manipulated by exploiting its own power: magnetism. The positioning of the magnetic fields in the machine, opposing each other, has largely determined the final shape of the Gravity Stool. The products are characterised by the freakish and organic shapes that are so typical of nature itself.
Listen to your hands
Listen to your hands is about establishing a relationship with inanimate objects in our domestic space. How we connect to the furniture around us, the way in which we experience and communicate with the most sensitive of human senses – sense of touch. Pushing one drawer will pull out another as if in direct conversation with the action. While a gentle push to a drawer keeps the others in place, communicating to us the need to act with intent: “Listen to your hands.”
Apollo
The four shade profiles are based on studies of astronautics. Available in solid and perforated aluminium, they nest in various configurations on a standard screw cup lamp holder. Solid versions offer complete and variably directed shade, while those perforated — in layered combination — enable the light to be gradually filtered. This allows for customisation of the overall aesthetic and manipulation of the emitted light. Anodised in four colours.
© Photography: Images by the Design Newcomer, Images Apollo: Lutz Sternstein