Design Parade 6

     This is another design festival that is awesome in every single way. Running from July 1 to October 2 (according to Designws), this festival contains a few notable designers (most of them up-and-coming). Established designers like Stefan Diez and Moustache made appearances. Stéphane Arriubergé and Massimiliano Iorio formed Moustache  a while back and their eccentricity is infectious. I love the way they take furniture design to a totally different direction.

And Stefan Diez is a designer who is well-versed in industrial design. He has his own studio in Munich and his clients include Authentics, Biegel, Flötotto, Merten, Moroso, Schönbuch, Thonet  and Wilkhahn, according to thonet.de. His work is isn't essentric, moreso, it's the little things that make the pieces that much more unique.

Diez (azuremagazine.com)

The most interesting things for me though are those young designers. It is always great to see something fresh and new, especially when it comes from a kid fresh out of college with their heads held high and all that jazz. The designers in question included: Emilie Colin Garros (France), David des Moutis (France), Jean-Baptiste Fastres (France),  Marc Ferrand (France), Max Lipsey (The Netherlands) Lea Longis (France), Caroline Perret (Germany),  Erasmus Scherjon (The Netherlands),  and Brynjar Sigurdarson (Iceland).

Now according to last week's post, three of the designers (Sigurdarson, Garros, and Fastres) won this year's edition of the Design Parade. Their designs were insane and the plaudits were certainly deserved. Here are the designs.

Fastres' Variations Upon An Electric Kettle; Photo by Véronique Huyghe

Sigurdarson's Tool Light; Photo by Véronique Huyghe

Award of the Public: Garros' Tension Collection; Photo by Florient Albinet

I have to say, I am not the biggest fan of Garros' Tension Collection. My favorite was the Tool Light. I find that Sigurdarson understood the concept of form and function with this thing, and it shows. Another thing that kind of attracts me to it is its simplicity. It looks like anyone can use this. Not to knock Fastres. His Electric Kettle designs are sick. I prefer the odder variants like the light blue one on the image above. 


Some of the guys who didn't get mentioned before were rock solid as well. For example, David des Moutis' Balance piece was outstanding. If you haven't seen it, you should, you'll be thanking yourself. Pauline Deltour's Office Accessories In Extruded Aluminum is also a really tricky and creative piece. Essentially the project was trying to study aluminum and how it implements extrusion (it's in the title), which in her words, allow for a section without limit in length and without any deformation. The actual place looked great. Here are some images from Designws.com.

Overall, this event looks like a winner. Expect me to be there next year!

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