ARTECNICA
Artecnica was founded in 1987 by Enrico Bressan and Tahmineh Javanbakht. Since the early 90’s, Enrico has been involved in developing eco-friendly products. Today they also run Design with Conscience, a program to produce products in accordance with humanitarian and environmentally friendly principles, which was born in 2002 with the aid of Tahmineh’s vision.
DESIGN WITH CONSCIENCE: Enchant, inspire and transform applies not only to the products created by Artecnica, but also a world view. DWC is a program to produce products in accordance with humanitarian and environmentally friendly principles. New possibilities of design are presented in works such as a light stand that unexpectedly pops out of a book when opened.
http://www.artecnicainc.com
ASYL
ASYL is a design studio that Naoki Sato established after finishing art direction of WIRED Japan. They do planning, direction and design thoroughly crossing over many fields such as graphic design, movies and the web. Won numerous awards around the world such as NY ADC Merit awards, and chosen for San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Arts permanent collection. www.asyl.co.jp
http://www.asyl.co.jp
BACH × nendo
nendo / Oki Sato : Born 1977 in Toronto. Graduated as top student from Department of Architecture at Waseda University In 2000. After finishing his Masters at the same university, he founded the design office nendo. They create designs internationally, in fields ranging from interior, furniture, products, and graphics, and have won numerous awards.
Only specially selected books will be put into this bookshelf. Examples are "12 books tracing the life of Le Corbusier," and "15 books to enjoy French cuisine." It is called the "All in One Book & Shelf": a bookshelf and a set of books, packaged together as one product. The book selection group BACH will be selecting the books, which will be enveloped by nendo's designs.
bleed.designstudio
Bleed is a graphic design agency based in Oslo / Norway, established 2000. They are now comprised of 14 members, and have won numerous awards. Bleed has since its inception become a visible force in the world of creativity, becoming perhaps the most well-known Norwegian graphic design collective.
The concept for the official booth of the Royal Norwegian Embassy will be "Dig for Light." The Ginko Lamp designed by Norway Says will be lit up, and Bleed's graphic work will be on the floor, from which moles will be sticking their heads out. Light equals sun. Light has important connotations in Norwegian culture. These art-carrying moles have dug their way here all the way from Oslo. What will they deliver to us?
http://www.bleed.no
Chris O'Shea
Chris O'Shea is a London based artist and designer, creating interactive work for both public institutions and private companies. He creates work that playfully challenges our perception of space and physical objects
There is a childlike quality about wanting the ability to see through walls like a superhero character with x-ray vision. This memory is something the interactive installation Out of Bounds aims to capture. Shining an x-ray torch at the wall lets you see through it, and it opens up a portal into the forbidden spaces. Reveal the secrets hidden beneath the walls!
http://www.chrisoshea.org
CIBONE COLLECTION
CIBONE , the life editorial store providing design unlimited by constraints of the imagination, beyondera and fashion, for people who know authenticity.Free style remixing for total living - art, music, interiorand fashion edited to perfection. Creating for you apleasurable life experience.
CIBONE COLLECTION
CIBONE will show new items and special versions from the CIBONE COLLECTION which launched at last years DesignTide with the concept non- design design which aims to provide furniture and accessories that add beauty to everyday life rather than constantly striving to use new materials,technologies or follow ever changing trends.
http://www.cibone.com
dilight Inc.
We, dilight, work in a versatile method with clients internationally, in fields like interior design, corporate identity, furniture and product design. 「 !!」...we will make this passion, which is beyond description or tangibility, into a form by means of design. In this year, we will design a lamp / installation that is the result of a collaboration with Boha Japan Co., Ltd and Growth Process Inc..
A lamp / installation piece that uses simple bead-shaped LED lights, which can be powered by an outside electricity source. We intend to present the relationship of interactivity to visitors at the site and also make them feel closer to the keywords like "design" and "technology" by presenting the characteristics of these beady lights.
http://www.dilight.jp
Don't Feed The Swedes
Don't Feed The Swedes is a Swedish design and DJ duo, founded in 2003. They make furniture and exhibitions that simultaneously appeal to the graffitiwriter, the architect, and the rockstar.
We will show our Giant Teddy, which is a big sitting furniture for one or more people, a sculpture and possibly a friend. It is made out of a soft fluffy fabric and filled with love. It will be sitting in our space at Design Tide with it's back to a wall decorated with our magic monogram #2.
http://www.dontfeedtheswedes.se
Donny Grafiks (Kazuhisa Yamamoto)
Graduated from the Tama Art University. Became independent after working at Flamingo Studio. Hsi design policy is minimum expression but maximum effects. Crossing over many fields such as CI, editorial, and the web. Recent activities: AD for IID and excite designers portal. Contribution to "FROM TOKYO" exhibition at SFT, THE NATIONAL ART CENTER, TOKYO and T-shirts project for SFT x UT, etc.
http://www.donnygrafiks.com
E&Y
Since 1985,E&Y edits, develops and manufactures design furniture and objects. E&Y pieces are part of collections of London Design Museum,Sewedish National Museum and MoMA NY.
http://www.eandy.com
E&Y - CECILIE MANZ
Founded in 1985, E&Y edits, develops and manufactures design furniture and objects. Their items are included in the collections of the London Design Museum, the Swedish National Museum and MoMA NY.
E&Y 2007 collection will be launched. Some of them were designed by Scandinavian (Finnish, Swedish, Danish ) designers, and the others were designed by Japanese young designers. We will produce the latest designer products with our concept, which is the development for the creation of design.E&Y NEW COLLECTION
ILKKA SUPPANEN / MARTEN CLAESSON (CKR) / MIKA TOLVANEN / CECILIE MANZ / GEN SUZUKI / KOICHI FUTATSUMATA
http://www.eandy.com
E&Y - GEN SUZUKI
Founded in 1985, E&Y edits, develops and manufactures design furniture and objects. Their items are included in the collections of the London Design Museum, the Swedish National Museum and MoMA NY.
E&Y 2007 collection will be launched. Some of them were designed by Scandinavian (Finnish, Swedish, Danish ) designers, and the others were designed by Japanese young designers. We will produce the latest designer products with our concept, which is the development for the creation of design.E&Y NEW COLLECTION
ILKKA SUPPANEN / MARTEN CLAESSON (CKR) / MIKA TOLVANEN / CECILIE MANZ / GEN SUZUKI / KOICHI FUTATSUMATA
http://www.eandy.com
E&Y - ILKKA SUPPANEN
Founded in 1985, E&Y edits, develops and manufactures design furniture and objects. Their items are included in the collections of the London Design Museum, the Swedish National Museum and MoMA NY.
E&Y 2007 collection will be launched. Some of them were designed by Scandinavian (Finnish, Swedish, Danish ) designers, and the others were designed by Japanese young designers. We will produce the latest designer products with our concept, which is the development for the creation of design.E&Y NEW COLLECTION
ILKKA SUPPANEN / MARTEN CLAESSON (CKR) / MIKA TOLVANEN / CECILIE MANZ / GEN SUZUKI / KOICHI FUTATSUMATA
http://www.eandy.com
E&Y - KOICHI FUTATSUMATA
Founded in 1985, E&Y edits, develops and manufactures design furniture and objects. Their items are included in the collections of the London Design Museum, the Swedish National Museum and MoMA NY.
E&Y 2007 collection will be launched. Some of them were designed by Scandinavian (Finnish, Swedish, Danish ) designers, and the others were designed by Japanese young designers. We will produce the latest designer products with our concept, which is the development for the creation of design.E&Y NEW COLLECTION
ILKKA SUPPANEN / MARTEN CLAESSON (CKR) / MIKA TOLVANEN / CECILIE MANZ / GEN SUZUKI / KOICHI FUTATSUMATA
http://www.eandy.com
E&Y - MARTEN CLAESSON (CKR)
Founded in 1985, E&Y edits, develops and manufactures design furniture and objects. Their items are included in the collections of the London Design Museum, the Swedish National Museum and MoMA NY.
E&Y 2007 collection will be launched. Some of them were designed by Scandinavian (Finnish, Swedish, Danish ) designers, and the others were designed by Japanese young designers. We will produce the latest designer products with our concept, which is the development for the creation of design.E&Y NEW COLLECTION
ILKKA SUPPANEN / MARTEN CLAESSON (CKR) / MIKA TOLVANEN / CECILIE MANZ / GEN SUZUKI / KOICHI FUTATSUMATA
http://www.eandy.com
Emiko Oki
After graduating from college, Oki worked in London as a freelance designer, while also writing and taking part in the organization of events such as the design exhibition "Tent London." By fusing the sensibilities that she has acquired both in Japan and overseas, Oki aims to create designs that cross over between the secular and the spectacular, and between strength and ephemerality.
An exhibition of tableware that is a bit divergent from the ordinary. For example, the designer takes the familiar form of a pintglass used in British pubs, and modifies it into a wineglass, an ashtray, or even a vase. This is her homage to the standard items of tableware we use in our daily lives.
http://www.emikooki.com
everyday by collex
The original collection of "everyday by collex" refl ectsthe comfort and functions combined with touch ofclear & simple sense of everyday life in Scandinavians.Introducing the furniture and goods that would bring inspirations to our everyday life.
http://www.collex.jp
f.a.t
A design unit comprised of Hitoshi Kuramoto and Yusuke Seki. After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, they founded the design label f.a.t. Their work can be described as "intricate, passionate, and relaxed." Their original stance has received acclaim, and they've participated in many projects around the world.
In interpersonal relationships, there are certain customs to be followed, and in relationships between objects and people, or spaces and people, there are customs as well. The conventional customs are usually observed without any problems. That's why communication between objects and people occur smoothly... These items of tableware pay attention to these customs.
http://www.fatfatfat.net
FREITAG
FREITAG was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1993. They make Individual Recycled Freeway Bags out of old truck tarpaulins, used cycle inner tubes and car seat belts. The company has succeeded in creating a wholly new design product in which each item is unique.
FREITAG announces an international contest for designing truck tarpaulins. The best tarpaulins will be fitted onto one of the trucks from our longstanding partner, the Swiss transport company PLANZER. The designer tarpaulin will spend five years hard at work on the roads. Thereafter the well-worn winning tarpaulin will be carefully cut to pieces to end up as special edition bags.
http://www.freitag.ch
Frost Produkt
Frost Produkt is a product design company mainly focusing on professional consultancy work, but also does a small series for their own brand. They are based in Oslo / Norway and consist of Tom Jenkins, Sindre Widerberg, Victoria Hultdin, Sondre Frost and Jann Frost. They have recently been attracting attention for designing the Alta Bike together with Norway Says and Bleed.
We follow the products all the way from the conceptual stage to finished projects. Our aim is to contribute with sustainable design and manufacturing methods, and to provide simple but thorough solutions and aesthetics.
http://www.frostprodukt.no
gift_
Total cultural design oriented mainly with space design.
sound, graphic and movie design and direction business are also some of our main consideration.Also we have gallery & shop called "gift_lab".The gallery introduces music, design, art, culture, etc.. This showroom is mainly our base to present our philosophy towards
the world besides what we do above.
http://www.giftlab.jp
ima / takashi kobayashi + mana
We believe that the similarity between japanee and Scandinavian design is the beauty &happiness created as a result of bringing the function as the fi rst priority in design.Our new collection of "JOY" got clues from little something in our everyday life and turns them into a comfort. An architect offi ce "ima", approaching the essential of design in trend by
their distinctive ideas and originality.
http://www.collex.jp
innermost-Shin Azumi
Shin Azumi was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965. After finishing his MA in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art in 1994, he started working as a design unit ‘AZUMI’. In 2005, he established his own office ‘a studio’ in London. The client list of ‘a studio’ includes brands such as Magis, Lapalma, Desalto, Muji, Authentics, iGuzzini and many others from both Europe and Japan.
Shin Azumi, working with Innermost for the first time, has designed two sleek modern candlesticks, Ribbon and Tri, two of three designs he has been commissioned to produce by the company. Formed out of a single thread of brushed steel in which the candles are gripped, Ribbon has a quiet authority about it, while the larger scale Tri adds a sense of occasion - even ceremony - to 21st century dining.
http://www.innermost.co.uk
innermost-Winnie Lui
Winnie Lui, 26, graduated from Central Saint Martins in Fashion Communication and Promotion. In London, she learnt the skill of silversmithing, while in her native Hong Kong where she is now based, she has worked as a stylist. She is currently participating in a spa decoration project as well as designing fashion graphics, installations and photography.
Winnie Lui, who is usually a jewelry designer, has created the exciting chandelier White/Black. Each chandelier is unique and has been painstakingly assembled by Winnie. Objets trouv
http://www.innermost.co.uk
Johanna Strand
Graduated from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, 2006. Furniture, product and interior design. Exhibiting with Linus Berglund and Mats Seitz at Tide Exhibition.
"luminary" is made out of a bent metal pipe. The two light bulb fittings allow for dual directions of the light. The Pipe can be used standing up or lying down, depending on what suits the moment and the use. It is a well-styled product that presents to us new potentials in lighting design.
http://www.johannastrand.se
Joris Laarman
Joris Laarman was born in the Netherlands in 1979. In 1998 he started his studies at the Design Academy Eindhoven. After graduating cum laude in 2003 he gained notoriety with his functional rococo radiator Heatwave, which was acquired by international museums, and won several awards.
Joris' work has been exhibited throughout the world at many museums and fairs. In 2006, he designed one of the Ideal House Exhibitions at the furniture fair IMM Cologne. He has contributed to Domus magazine with articles and seminars, and has been a guest teacher at European universities like the Architectural Association London, Rietveld academy Amsterdam, and the Design Academy Eindhoven.
http://www.jorislaarman.com
Jun-ichi Ohnawa / Area Design
Designer. Born in 1976. Graduated from Musasino Art University, majoring in architecture. Joined Kan Izue Architect and Associates. Established Area Design in 2001. Works in interior design and product design. Award history: Display Design Award, JCD Award , Tokyo Designers Block Frame Award for Best Product etc.
A Japanese kimono is an important element of Japanese culture, as well as a symbol. For a traditional dress, there is a traditional method. Kimon is a drawer chest that was created to store a male kimono. The images of male ruggedness and female sex appeal (iroke) are both applied to the design. The feminine motif as expressed from a man's viewpoint can be found in this work.
http://www.areadesign.jp
Jurgen Bey
Born 1965 in The Netherlands, Jurgen Bey works on extensive projects from products to architecture and landscape design. One thing Jurgen does is investigate the context of the chair and its relationship to its users. Through the language of design, he creates stories that stem from the chair.
Cratecabinets are a series of products in which collected old pieces of furniture are combined, in search of new products and functions. A box is the protection for a piece of furniture during the transport. After transporting, the furniture can be taken out of the travelling box wherafter the two objects can lead separate lives. But they can also continue to exist together, as a new thing. If the box is fixed on top of the table after shipment, a totally new type of cabinet is born.
http://www.jurgenbey.nl
Kakitsubata
From modern to classic, from western to eastern,Kakitsubata sees beauty and joy in crafts. Earthquakethat hit Noto Peninsula on 25th March this year has caused a devastating damage to the area's coreindustries such as Wajima-nuri (lacquerware) and
sake. WxK is a project amongst the two industries and designers to revitalize the damaged economy and to give local people encouragement.
http://www.kakitsubataweb.com
Kim・Songhe
Kim Songhe was born in 1982, and started her design practice after graduating from Oda Design College. With her idiosyncratic style, she has designed things like window displays for Loveless, and custom-order chandeliers. She makes predominantly handmade works out of natural and scrap materials.
Mischievous creatures that like to be in small enclosed spaces, especially shoes… With a predominantly handmade process, using natural and scrap materials, Kim Songhe aims to re-inject life into lifeless objects. She creates a world that is romantic yet subversive, a world that is simultaneously childlike and mature.
http://www.kimsonghe.com
Leif.designpark
Leif.designpark is a design team based in Japan, consisting of Takashi Ueno, Mamoru Naito and Keizaburo Honda. Their work ranges from interior design to art and industrial products. By cooperating with specialists in the fields of arts and crafts, they maintain production of the highest quality.
Leif. presents the concept of a virtual space called "designpark," a park surrounded by a low hedge, which can be accessed freely. The objective is to share this project with people from a variety of fields, in order to give breadth to Leif.designpark as well as the individual participants. Many products emerge from this project.
http://www.leif-designpark.com
Limb Co,
Graduated from Tama Art University. After Working for IDEE Co., Ltd., established Limb Co., Ltd in 2004. She has been active to interior design for indivisual homes and re-modelings, as well as the product works such as her original furniture line "neutral for COVAMOC", sofas and lamps for CIBONE, and so on. She's started a unit "limbgreen" for proposing indoor garden furnitures to make people can have more deep relationship with planters.
http://www.limbco.jp
Linus Berglund
Graduated from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, 2006. Furniture, product and interior design.
Our intention making the chair was to design a stackable chair all in wood that looked very simple and anonymous. We left out all the extravagances and put our effort in the proportions of the figure.
http://www.linusberglund.se
Marti Guixe
Formed in Barcelona and Milan as an interior and industrial designer. In 1994 he formulated a new way to understand the culture of products. His non-conventional gaze provides brilliant and simple ideas of a curious seriousness. He is based in Barcelona and Berlin and work as a Cross Designer.
Mats Seitz
Graduated from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, 2006. Furniture, product and interior design.
Our intention making the chair was to design a stackable chair all in wood that looked very simple and anonymous. We left out allthe extravagances and put our effort in the proportions of the figure.
http://www.matsseitz.com
mile
Mile is a design project that was formed by Matsuo, Kai, and Shimoyama, who met at Tsukuba University. They each work at design studios and manufacturing companies, where they acquire know-hows that they apply to their design process, which spans from conceptualization to engineering. The group works in a wide variety of fields including product and interior design.
"Whose leg ?" is a lighting device comprised of only a shade. Whatever it is placed onto will become a beautiful lamp. A familiar glass will turn into an original light. It's a curious experience to give a new life to the familiar objects in your environment. Try it on different kinds of glasses. Which one has the most appealing leg?
http://www.mileproject.jp
Niels van Eijk & Miriam van der Lubbe
Niels Van Eijk and Miriam Van Der Lube started their design studio in 1998. They work individually but share one studio. They focus on product, interior and exhibition design.
Porcelain works in which the traditional floral patterns have been subtly transposed into contemporary objects such as headphones, and handbags that comment on gun armament, are some of the objects that they create in order to provoke discussion on social issues in the contemporary world. They feel that awareness and discussion is a good starting point to actually cause change.
http://www.ons-adres.nl
Nina tolstrup
Pallet Series for 10, TEN, X project at 100% Design 2006 inLondon. These furniture costs less than £10. The pallet chairis made out of two pallets and 50 screws. The lamp is madeout of 1 pallet, 15 screws, a bolt, some reused cable and light fi tting. It measures 164 cm in upright position and 118 cm inhorizontal position.
http://www.studiomama.com
NOOKA Inc. / Matthew Waldman
Nooka is the brainchild of Matthew Waldman, a New York City based designer, artist and educator. Nooka presents provocative designs that are both high art and high fashion. Their current offering is the Nooka line of wristwatches featured in museum and fashion boutiques around the world.
Nooka creates intuitive alternatives for commonly accepted design modalities. The Nooka line of watches features a graphical representation of time that is more intuitive than traditional methods both analog and digital. The visual mass increases as time passes, giving weight to the ephemeral.
http://www.nooka.jp
Norway Says
Norway Says is a design company based in Oslo / Norway. They focus mainly on product, furniture, and interior designs, but take part in a wide range of projects. Their designs have received acclaim for their simplicity, high functionality, and beauty. Norway Says has recently been broadening their international activities.
GINKO is an elegant, large and stylish pendant. It comes in 3 colours: white, misty blue and brownish red. This item has a simple design that blends into its environment naturally, while also having a strong and distinct presence. It uses one single fluorescent circular tube and has a knitted cord.
http://www.norwaysays.com
PearsonLloyd
PearsonLloyd is a multi award winning London based design studio working across a wide variety of disciplines including furniture, product, transport and the public realm. The studio has established itself as innovative and pluralist and has developed a reputation for design excellence working with an A list international client base. Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson met while studying at the Royal College of Art in the early 1990’s. The partnership was founded in 1997 out of a shared desire to bridge the often disparate cultures of furniture and product design.
LINK is a new product designed by PearsonLloyd, in response to a commission by ARPRO to investigate potential new uses of expanded polypropylene within the contract furniture and interiors market. The result is a modular building block, which allows for playful creations of elegant, lightweight structures, creating changeable environments with its simple yet dynamic forms. For further information : link@pearsonlloyd.com
http://www.pearsonlloyd.com
Playmountain
Play Mountain is a store that handles interior-related products. Their core merchandise is the series of furniture released by Landscape Products in 2000, but they also sell various manufactured and handmadeproducts created by contemporary designers.
http://www.landscape-products.net
PPP
Product Project Party designs furniture and miscellaneous goods based on various project themes. In 2005 and 2006, they presented at 100% Design Tokyo. Six professionals who design varying objects like cars, household appliances, and furniture, gathered together to form this collective. The members are Spring Daisuke, Mihara Teppei, Hiroyuki Kato, Haruki Senda, spring water positive Yu, and Yusuke Tsujita.
Bamboo is attracting attention as a material with high environmental performance and rapid growth. However, the required efforts and high costs make it a difficult material to handle. So it is necessary to establish original know-hows that are distinct from wood working. "Laminated bamboo lumber project" is a project in which we investigate the many subjects concerning glued laminated bamboo, make use of the properties of the material, devise logical products, and use this resource in a proper way.
http://www.teori.co.jp/tdw
ROCK,PAPER,SCISSORS&SUNTORY FLOWERS
Rock Paper Scissors' is the design label of ad-maker SUN-AD. Our aim is to create 'unknown sense' from not surface like color and shape but the idea of fundamental standpoint. This time, we designed 'new relationship between human and flowers' with SUNTORYFLOWERS LIMITED. SUNTORYFLOWERS LIMITED is a flower breeding and marketing company in Japan.
'Unknown beauty', this is a concept of tu-tu r.t.d. tu-tu r.t.d. was created in order to show the idea of the relationship between human and flowers' into shape. 'The relationship between human and flowers' means every action between human and flower, such as, display of flower, purchase of flower, gift of flower... etc. One of the features is an attractive design of enhancing beauty of the flowers. We assure that this unique package change the present world of flower for the better.
http://www.moondust.co.jp/rtd
Sarah van Gameren
Sarah van Gameren graduated in 2004 from the Design Academy in the Netherlands. In London she proceeded studies in design at the Royal College of Art, She was shortlisted for the Artemide Tasklight competition in 2007. In her work she aims to refresh the connotations of design by integrating a more subtle conceptual meaning, and she investigates the value of design in search of a new definition.
Big Dipper is an installation existing of a machine suspended from the ceiling and two drums of melted wax on the floor. The machine is using the technique of candle making, where straight strings of wick are being dipped to become candles, but dips full chandeliers with arms of wax instead.
http://www.sarahvangameren.com
Sfera
Humbly put, Sfera’s aim is to create products withcharisma and to convey a message. With original items created in workshops, by artists or artisans with original techniques, or through collaboration with designers, Sfera transmits a unique aesthetic sense.
http://www.ricordi-sfera.com
Shimurabros.
A brother-sister design duo formed by Yuka and Kentaro, graduates of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. They work mainly in Tokyo and London, and create works of motion images in formats such as cinema and installation. They will be presenting a tool that allows images to play around with reality, through the two concepts of ‘living furniture’ and a ‘moving screen.’
"hey(Look)! The trains from Lumiere arrived at the 25 platform of a DesignTide station." Lumiere brother's train is appearing from Paris of the 19th century to Tokyo of the 21st century.From the film was born, there is still an undeniable hierarchy in which the image is subordinate to reality. Shimurabros. propose a tool that lets images play around with reality, in order to contemporize the relationship between the two. What does it mean for ""an image to play with reality?The music collaborate with Luk. www.andrejdurik.com
http://shimurabros.boomboomfilm.com
Shinichiro Nakahara, Kazunori Kouchi
The new Pestle Series dining set by Landscape Products will be displayed together with the furniture of Kazunori Kouchi, a wo o d craf tsma n from O kayama p refe c tu re. His wo rk s are minimal, and have been delicately finished with a hand plane. They are fi ne examples of the "man made object" that Landscape Products sets as their concept.
Simon Heijdens
Born 1978 in the Netherlands. Based in Rotterdam and London, Simon Heijdens observes the traces of our daily rituals, then brings alive their narrative and history. He reveals the poetics of spaces and objects, enchanting and surprising with installations, products and films.
Simon has created a motion image work titled "Lightweeds," which projects shadows of plant life onto the wall. Sensors pick up the conditions of the weather right outside of the space, and the images of the growing seeds react to the rain, wind, and changes in temperature. These projected plants visualize the conditions of the weather outside, allowing the viewer to perceive the weather's subtle fluctuations.
http://www.simonheijdens.com
Swiss Signature
Swiss Signature is a young Swiss design team who release cutting edge works in a number of fields including furniture, lampshades, interior products, and jewelry.
StauffacherBenz (Stefan Stauffacher & Nicole Benz) / bnd brand new design (Alain Jost) / netwerch (Noah Baumgartner, Daniel Christen, Andreas Christen) / Julie Studer / FHNW HGK Basel Intitut Ineriordesign and Szenography are the five who have an exhibition together as a 'Swiss Signature' team. 'fold-x' (photo) was nominated 2005 for the design price of Switzerland (Design Prise Schweiz). It’s a self-standing and folding wardrobe, which can be used, in many different situations. In it's folded unused state it is ten times smaller. It is made out of wood.
Sylvain Willenz
Born in Brussels in 1978. Sylvain Willenz graduated from Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London in 2003. Willenz's studio is now based in Brussels. Works include lighting, product design and furniture.
Since 2007, his works have taken a rather graphical approach, and a marked change in materials can be observed. His recent series of works, which includes the plastic-molded lighting device “Torch” and the coat hangar that stands on it’s own, “COATED Coat-stand,” have received worldwide acclaim for their simplicity and refinement, in the dimensions of the conceptual, the aesthetic, and the manufacturing technique.
http://www.sylvainwillenz.com
TENDO PLY
Fujiyama,Geisha,Sushi,Sa
murai,Sumo,Tempura,
TENDO PLY !!
Tendo is famous for Butterfly stool. And many masterpiece
they has been making. [TENDO PLY] is the official shop of
Tendo.
http://www.tendo.ne.jp/ply
Tomoko Azumi x Maxray x Takeo
Tomoko Azumi was born in Hiroshima, in 1966. She heads t.n.a. Design Studio of London, and works on various projects including furniture, lighting, household objects, and exhibition design. For this event, Azumi will be presenting and spatially composing an item that is the result of a collaboration with the paper company Takeo and the lighting company Maxray.
There is the "Twiggy Lamp" hanging type and the "Twiggy Table Lamp", and also the "Little Woods" lamp, for a tabletop or to be put in a shelf. Twenty items of these three types will be on display. In addition, an installation of paper and light will be set up, in which we propose a spatial module to be used for temporary displays.
http://www.tnadesignstudio.co.uk
VINTA
VINTA, the design team of Kouhei Okamoto and Toshitaka Nakamura was established in 2004. Won Eva Kumlin AWARD at Tokyo Designers Block 2004. Invited to StockfolmFunituerFair in 2005, and took part in DesignTide in Tokyo 2005, 「CHOCOLATE」exhibition at 21_21 DESIGNSITE in 2007, 「KATACHI」exhibition at Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, etc.
http://www.vinta.jp
WAJIMA x Kakitsubata
We would like to keep this wonderful Japanese tradition andto introduce new works along the theme of "Tableware". Wewelcom you to enjoy and appreciate the beauty and elegance of Wajima-nuri.
http://www.wajimaxkakitsubata.com
We Are Going Underground
We Are Going Underground is an 'underground' design event started in 2005 in Stockholm during the Stockholm Furniture Fair. We Are Going Underground will show at DesignTide's main exhibition site with all 8 Swedish designers. Participating designers are Konkret Form (Simon Anund and Kristian Nilsson), Thomas Bernstrand, TAF(Mattias Stahlbom and Gabriella Gustafson), Matti Klenell, Peter Andersson and Albin Karlsson.
We decided to call our exhibition “We Are Going Underground” for two main reasons: 1. In Stockholm we have always shown our concept under the city surface, in under ground spaces such as garages or old empty spaces that no one seems to take notice about, although they are located in the city core. 2. We are working in an independent / underground way when it comes to curating exhibitions in Stockholm.
One of the unique points with We are Going Underground is that we are a group of designers and artists who work together to create an event that constantly challenges the design climate in Stockholm and Sweden.
http://www.konkretform.se
Y INNOVATION
Near future lifestyle product developing workshop with designers and interactive artists and technologists and curator based in Yokohama, 2007 autumn product is designed by KURAMOTO Jin (f.a.t.) and made by "Sound Master" Taguchi, and curated by OKADA Tomohiro (Creative Cluster).
"Supper", speakers and audio system design like stylish table wares, glasses, bottles, and a basket, makes natural sound ensemble by nature environmental sounds from Japan. The sounds of wares are sounding each element from nature. You would PLAY those sounds by affordances on table wares, so you could control ensemble sound on the dining like solo sound element to orchestra from nature.
http://innovation.creativecluster.jp
Yuji Tokuda
Art director. Worked for DENTSU and KesselsKramer in Holland, he's just established a communication design company, canaria. Taking an active part in advertisement, various fields and countries.
http://www.canaria-world.com/
