About the nature of the design

In September, the next exhibition of 100% Design was held in London

Passing the gallery

Materials prepared: Julia Sakharova

Magazine: N1 (101) 2006

In September, the next exhibition of 100% Design was held in London. Without exception, the designers have prepared "messages". There were many people willing to read them at the exhibition.

Process Chair - this is how Scott Garcia named his object, who created the most understandable and very optimistic message. This object is a wooden chair with a sprig on one of the legs. Behind him, the story is guessed - here, they say, the master made an ordinary chair, he just wanted to grind the last leg, and the tree suddenly came to life and even let out a sprout. “Living” design can grow from a completely ordinary thing, the author assures us. And this circumstance gives hope and even partly justifies the situation at the exhibition: on the one hand, many new and interesting things are presented, and on the other hand, everything, in general, fits into the framework of last year's (and last year) trends.

Take, for example, lamps in the style of the famous lamp - artichokes and chairs in the style of the famous S-Chair. The large number of variations on this topic reveals a huge interest of designers (and interior designers, in particular) to the themes of retro and 70s.

The EBB company showed an unusual object for the bathroom, more similar to the landscape in the section: from a long sheet of synthetic stone LG HI-MACS® designers have made a lot in one - and a bath, and sink, and shelves for towels. All surfaces are completely smooth, without seams. Minimalists will definitely like it. By him MINOTTI CUCINE addressed her new kitchen, and POLIFORM - furniture for the living room. In contrast to interior minimalism, the trend of decoration is gaining momentum. For example, prints. On the wallpaper, plastic, including flooring, on chairs, on ceramic tiles, on electric shutters. The main wallpaper themes are modern baroque, Escher optic tricks, country-style romance - titmouses, gold on blue. Or, for example, lace. Labels are similar to lace on windows, felt carpets with slits and light fixtures made of welded tin. It is fashionable to upholster furniture with a cloth, for example, costume fabrics, wool with archekoshnyh patterns and romantic silk. Ecological design objects look not so much a counterweight, as a successful addition to things made of plastic. And this is not only things from natural materials - wood, flax, wool and cotton, but also things that imitate nature. Lamps in the form of corals and a cushion of trepangs, a lamp similar to a DNA model, and plants printed on glass cloth, vases with abstract landscapes, and porcelain with realistic branches of sakura. A chair with a sprig on the leg - and he, too, about nature, about the nature of design in particular.

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