Filed under: Walking the walk | Tags: craftsmanship, design, furniture, interior
The Sauherad collection of furniture consisting of a kitchen table and a chair is the result of a collaboration between the designer Øyvind Wyller and the cabinetmaker Truls Eilev Schia. The project has been going on since summer 2009 and the exhibition models were completed in December 2009. This collaboration gave the young and unestablished designer the possibility to go through a full process of refining the prototypes without waiting for some large producer of quality design furniture to invest in him. The young and newly established cabinetmaker, on the other hand, had a great opportunity to develop his business into small scale production of exclusive locally handcrafted furniture. The project has been a success so far and the feedback has been very positive both to the design and the idea of creating an independent local production.
Chair: 9.900,- NOK
Table: 19.000,- NOK
Order at: www.schiamobelsnekkeri.no
This is something brand new! A team of designers, including myself, have just founded a new exclusive club for Norwegian designers. Look out for our exhibitions, someday one might be close to you! The launch party/exhibition will happen in December. Dates will be announced.
If YOU are interested in being a part of the show, check this site: www.odl.no
I designed this chair because I wanted fame and cash, but I got nothing and it probably serves me well. Still I discovered a great deal about my own visions about design by making this one. It kind of showed me what I was thinking, but could not explain. It made me realise that design is expression and that some things just needs to be made and then you can talk later…
CLM chair by Øyvind Wyller
Can designers do scenography? Yeah! I did this studio 60′s style!! Directed and filmed by Filmfaktisk AS (www.filmfaktisk.no)
Filed under: Walking the walk
I am currently working as a photographer at Domaine de Boisbuchet documenting the workshops which take place on this marvelous site. Here are some of the pictures. Read more about the workshops and the place at www.boisbuchet.org
My pilot project is about communication through form, and how to nail a certain expression to create the desired mood for a given setting. I want to master this skill to be able to create objects which makes a scene and includes visual poetry to products for everyday use. In the case of my pilot project, which resulted in the “Unit One”, I decided that the message should be “hands off”, the expression: serious, and the mood: reliable and strong. The “Unit One” is a personal container which is ment to keep diaries, secret treasures and the likes. The goal of the whole “nailing-the-expression-mission” is to make a longer lasting, more personal relationship between consumers and products. It was exhibited in Stockholm in february, but got little attention from the crowd; nobody dared to open it..
To see the rest of the Academy’s stand in Stockholm follow this link: http://www.underconstruction.khio.org/ (It’s sweet stuff…)
I have discovered the pleasure of baking my own bread! My God! It’s delicious. I didn’t make the eggs myself though, but I did boil them. What a feeling of achievement! I am totally a new man! Everybody should try to bake their own bread, it’s like killing your own food. Now that hunting is kind of passé, this is a perfect substitute. If you think this is a job for women, try baking out a 2 kg. dough, that was a real workout… The best thing is that it is totally possible to do it without any recipe or measuring the ingredients. Just mix tha shit together it’s gonna get tasty almost no matter what! Try walnuts and raisins. Oh Lord, I’m excited!
Filed under: Talking the talk, Walking the walk | Tags: design, furniture
This is a cute little story about me and my office chair, a love story. It all began this summer when I found it in the trash, the base was ripped right off the seat and it looked rather sad. But I thought to myself: “this just ain’t no piece of trash man!” so I took it home in my friend, Christian’s car.
This chair is made of solid polished aluminium and leather, the shape is so fine tuned that even though the joints were ripped right off, it would be worth fixing. Later I found out that it wasn’t actually an “authentic” Vitra or Herman Miller, it was made by Italian manufacturer ICF . I found myself thinking if I should care to go through with this, the chair being a “fake” and all.. Maybe it wouldn’t fall apart in the first place if it was a “real” one.
Then I decided that I was not such a shallow person and that the aluminium, leather and shapes were real enough for me. The mending was easy enough (Being a furnituredesigner and all..) and now it works fine, as a matter of fact, I’m sitting on it right now! And, oh yes! It feels great!
This got me thinking that if the impression of the product leaves such an impact, even a “fake” broken sample in the trash, it is indeed good design.
On the 17th of September I will go to London with my two friends Marte Frøystad and Runa Klock to exhibit a couple of designs. The table “Tripple” is something we did together this spring and exhibited at the Milan fair together with the lovely “Polly” carpet that Runa and Marte did. I’ve never been in London before, totally looking forward to it!
Tripple table Design: WFK Photo by Øystein Klock
- Polly carpet Design: Marte Frøystad and Runa Klock Photo by Øystein Klock
