Making

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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When Dutch designer Merel Karhof read that Italian ceramicist Antonio Bonaldi could produce pots more quickly than an industrial production line, she decided to set him a challenge.

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This is a lovely new ‘making of’ video by British furniture brand SCP. Filmed at their upholstery factory in Norfolk, the video was shown on SCP’s stand in Milan last week alongside a live furniture making workshop. Read the rest of this entry »

Inspired by the increasingly digital nature of human interaction, Dutch desginers Raw Color have invented the Cryptographer, a printing machine that generates pattern from text messages. Each character from the text message is transformed into a specified icon and then printed in bleach onto fabric via a pen which is attached to the print head of the Cryptographer. Read the rest of this entry »