Issue 78 - February 2016 - European Copper Institute

copperindesign
exploring the potential of copper in design world
www.copperindesign.org
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interiors
Uncertain Geometry
furniture
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Victorian Apartment
Hand by
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One Bloor Sales Center
Lobmeyr Collection
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The Pour
furniture
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Copper Stylograph
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Original Shapes
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Band Collection
Hill-Maheux Cottage
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international platform provides a comprehensive source of information on the crafting of the red metal:
copper creations, first-hand accounts from designers, exhibitions, competitions and many others. The
website is aimed at creators, design professionals, journalists and all copper-loving netsurfers, offering
them an invitation to (re)discover this material whose natural properties have established it over the
past few years as an essential feature of the design scene.
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Kümülatif
Uncertain Geometry
Kümülatif, a Turkish word for cumulative, is an Istanbulbased collective that aims to achieve wholesome designs
from different expertise in many fields, including social
science and manufacturing.
Their first workshop resulted in a minimalist homeware
collection that challenges the normative perception of
us towards everyday items, such as bowls, mirrors, and
photo frames. By simplifying materials down to copper and
aluminium, the designers were able to deconstruct shapes
and uses of their products. The bowls are interlocked pieces
of metal that become their own entity with contrasting
colours. Mirrors become lone-standing objects that are
reflective, giving rise to the purity of materials. Photo frames
are rethought as single cylinder bars with narrow slots for
placements. By having ambiguous and irregular forms,
the vagueness encourages human interaction in order to
expand the functions of these items.
Experimenting with processes including computer
numerically controlled (CNC) routing and embroidery, the
line features copper bowls patterned with opposing linear
textures, and containers that separate into contrasting metal
halves that slot neatly together.
Link: www.kumulatif.org
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MWAI
Victorian Apartment
Recently, an apartment in London was transformed into
a contemporary home with bespoke joinery and minimal
materials designed by MWAI, a local architecture practice.
Each room within the Maida Vale Apartment was conceived
as a unique space – each characterised by darkening colours
and materials.
The studio was asked to create a home exclusively for the
Joinery director Interior-iD, as they have worked closely
together during the entire project.
Darkening metal trims and tones signal an increased level
of privacy between room functions. Bright copper turns
into antique brass; minimal Corian surfaces turn into richly
textured marbles.
In the kitchen and dining room, Corian was used to create
work surfaces, and wooden cupboard doors were whitestained to emphasise their copper trims.
Link: www.mwai.co.uk
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Milk Design
Hand by Hand
Homeware brand Toast Living has partnered with Hong
Kong studio Milk Design to create a five-piece ceramic, glass
and copper-coloured homeware range for coffee lovers.
Milk Design’s Hand collection features a coffee dripper, glass
carafe, wooden-lidded kettle, and trio of mugs in pink, dark
blue and light blue.
The mugs feature slightly tapered sides and sturdy handles,
while the double-walled glass carafe protects users’ hands
from hot coffee.
The Hand kettle is also copper-coloured, and features a
circular wooden lid with a hole in the centre, a slender
curved spout and an oblong metal handle that is half
covered in wood.
Link: www.milkdesign.com.hk
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Cecconi Simone
One Bloor Sales Center
Canadian interior designers Cecconi Simone worked
with Eventscape, a custom architectural fabricator, to create
the sales centre for the One Bloor residential development
in Toronto, Canada.
Eventscape engineered, fabricated and installed the diverse
custom elements with multiple material finishes – each
one featuring a high degree of design and engineering
sophistication. Completion of this project was required
within a very limited time period. Eventscape’s versatile,
flexible team provided solutions that could be implemented
quickly and efficiently. The collaborative design/engineering
and fabrication process facilitated design changes and the
precise finishes required.
Decorative Tee columns are built of solid aluminium with a
spun aluminium cone top. Custom bronze plating and hand
rubbed black oxide give the structures a rich patina finish.
Link: www.cecconisimone.com
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Formfantasma
Lobmeyr Collection
Amsterdam-based design studio Formafantasma has
created a collection of engraved crystal and copper vessels,
designed to purify and serve water.
Developed by Formafantasma for Viennese company J.&
L. Lobmeyr, the Still collection pairs crystal with copper and
charcoal to improve the taste of tap water.
The charcoal is activated – a process which involves
perforating it with tiny holes, increasing its surface area so
it can more efficiently remove impurities from water.
The designers chose the materials and shapes with the aim
of elevating water purification into a daily ritual.
Patterns engraved onto the crystal include a contemporary
microscopic view of bacteria found in rivers and a
nineteenth century representation of an ocean organism
that has a skeleton made of silica, the main element of glass.
In homage to Lobmeyr’s design heritage, the collection’s
containers for activated charcoal are a reinterpretation of
Oswald Haerdtl’s 1925 Candy Dish for Lobmeyr, and the
copper spoon is a reference to Hans Herald Rath’s Drinking
Service no.267 Alpha.
Link: www.formafantasma.com
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Design Haus Liberty
The Pour
Dara Huang and Lisa Hinderdael of Design Haus Liberty
have recently completed ‘The Pour’, a raindrop chandelier
installation in New York City.
The existing site features exposed industrial columns on
either end of a dropped beam within the living room. The
design brief was to produce a light sculpture that would
hang off of the existing beam and create an architectural
relationship with the space.
DH Liberty worked with UK-based glass blowers and metal
engineers to create the crystal teardrops. Each drop is
hand-blown by artisans and intricately engineered to house
the lighting strategy for the chandelier. The drop itself is
constructed in two parts: the brass screw cap, which houses
the light, and the hand-blown crystal, reflecting the light to
create puddles on the floor below. To replicate the nature
of raindrops, no two drops are blown identical.
Link: www.dhliberty.com
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Orée
Copper Stylograph
French technology retailer Orée is launching a ballpoint
pen that can digitally record and store notes and sketches
made in a companion notebook.
The Stylograph pen has been described by Orée as “the
first writing instrument suited for the digital age” and pairs
technology with hand-crafted elements.
The Stylograph pursues Orée’s design philosophy: elegant,
simple and lasting functionality crafted with the finest
natural materials, the company said. “Our latest creation is
made from pure copper and draws on the timeless purity
and durability of this natural metal, the first ever used by
mankind.”
The pen contains a high-speed micro camera that tracks
where pen strokes are positioned on the page – relying
on the paper’s barely visible patterns for reference. An
accelerometer within the pen also detects its movement
and angle.
Link: www.oreeartisans.com
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Barrero+Carsenat
Original Shapes
French studio Fabien Barrero+Carsenat has launched
a new collection that consists of three lamps and a
centrepiece that use and display “the identity and roughness
from materials such as copper, wood, marble and ceramic.”
Lampii is a table lamp which produces an indirect light,
naturally orange coloured. The body is a massive block of
Volvic lava with a hand-brushed copper lampshade on top.
The natural character and the imperfection of materials
generate a daily poetry and philosophy for our senses.
The manufacturing requires traditional and contemporary
processes.
Seasons is a table centrepiece made out of cast-copper and
placed on a walnut wood ring. The pattern comes from
a board which survived more than fifty years of rain and
wind. The iron cast and walnut were patinated with pure,
hot bees wax.
Link: www.fabienbarrero.com
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Bethan Gray
Band Collection
British designer Bethan Gray has created a collection of
tables with marble tops wrapped in bands of brass.
The Band tables are made from polished and lacquered
marbles in a range of colours, including green, white, pink
and black. The furniture is available with single-colour table
tops, or as two-tone versions featuring contrasting marble
halves.
The tables are wrapped in a brushed brass rim, and their
tripod-style legs also appear to have been dipped in the
metal. The collection includes circular tables in various
heights, as well as an oblong version, and have either black
or white painted legs.
“Our new Band collection brings the natural beauty of
coloured marble together with warm brushed brass to
create a pairing of materials that elegantly enhance each
other,” said the designer, who has previously created
furniture and tableware influenced by Islamic patterns.
Link: www.bethangray.com
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Kariouk Associates
Hill-Maheux Cottage
The design of the Hill-Maheux Cottage located in Valdes-Monts, Quebec, Canada is simple but strong at the
same time: two “bars” of living space that are joined by an
elliptical loft hovering over the foyer and giving shelter to
the entry below. One bar is private, containing bedrooms,
bathrooms, and storage; one bar is public, containing the
kitchen, dining, and living areas. The elliptical loft is the
domain of the daughter.
The underside of the loft volume and the fireplace surround
are surfaced with a “quilt” of metal plates, including
copper and zinc printing plates that the clients received
from a printmaker friend. Many of the plates are etched
with landscapes from the original printmaker, but many
are etched with works created by the couple and their
daughter. There are, however, many yet-unetched plates
that can be removed, worked by the clients and their friends
visiting the cottage, and then reinstalled. In this way, the
house keeps a record of its past.
Link: www.kariouk.com