Student and Graduate

Another great video from the students at ECAL. Hot Tools was an exhibit during Milan Design Week by students in their second year of the Master’s in Product Design under the direction of Alexis Georgacopoulos. Explains designer Ronan Bouroullec, who led the workshop: “After a visit lasting a few hours to the workshop of glassblower Matteo Gonet in Basle, students had to design and produce tools and utensils, and invent scenarios that would create an interesting effect in Matteo’s artisanal glass-making process. We had five days to create a successful test palette.” The result is a set of experimental glass pieces that overtly showcases the art of glassblowing, as well the process that went into each individual piece.

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The ombre colour effect on the San Francisco stools by Swedish designer Åsa Agerstam is inspired by the blended colours of the cocktails her parents used to make in the 1980s – namely the San Francisco cocktail.

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Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has invented a magnet machine that produces stools made from a specially designed magnetic plastic material. The magnetic fields created by the machine pull on the plastic, creating bizarre organic forms that resemble stalagmites rising from the floor. The shape of each stool depends upon the position and force of the magnets used, so each design is unique.

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Scottish designer Chloë McCormick has taken the art of tapestry to a whole new level with her embroidered creations that combine 3D printing technology with traditional craft.   Read the rest of this entry »