More beautiful porcelaine. This time from the german designer Alexa Lixfeld.
"SHE COMBINED HER PIONEERING EXPERIMENTS WITH CONCRETE IN THE FIELD OF TABLEWARE WITH THE ULTIMATE IN FINISHING, THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE URUSHI LACQUERING TECHNIQUE FROM WAJIMA, WHILE LEAVING THE CONTRAST OPEN AND VISIBLE. AFTER A TEN-YEAR CAREER AS A MODEL, ALEXA LIXFELD STUDIED AT KÖLN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS PFORZHEIM AND DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS. SHE WORKS IN HAMBURG SINCE 2006, RUNNING HER OWN STUDIO."
Cups – porcelain vessel
Handmade vessels made of solid coloured porcelain, outside matt, inside glazed.
Available in three different sizes and eight colours.
Kubus – porcelain vessel
Handmade vessels made of solid coloured porcelain, outside matt, inside glazed. Through the productionprocess the vessels bend individually - so each piece is unique. Available in eight different sizes and eightcolours. The sizes are calculated so the vessels fit next to each other either way -it becomes an architectural game.
Ricebowls – porcelain bowl
Handmade bowls made of solid coloured porcelain, outside matt, inside glazed.
Available in three different sizes and eight colours.
Showcase the process based development of contemporary design. The cooperation of computer aided design = CAD and traditional craftsmanship. Metamorphose of formal aspects of industrial manufacturing and uniqueness which can only be achieved from traditional handmade crafts.?Metamorphose of a cylinder and one straight as well as one upside-down smaller cone in CAD, conversation through CNC lathe and traditional craftsmanship. The shapes a computer generated, meanwhile its manufactured using crafts the improper ornament of the ridges become decoration. The design is subsidized by the colour graduation of solid coloured porcelain compound.?The set consits of nine shapes and five colours. The vessels can be ordered individually and in eight different colours.
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NOMINATED: DESIGNPREIS DEUTSCHLAND 2010
FORM 2008
GUTE GESTALTUNG 09
DESIGN PLUS 09
It's getting obvious that I like ceramics and Porcelain but I think I'm not the only one how discovered this old artisanry.
I just came back from the paris fair and have seen more ceramics and Porcelain than ever.
This is quite a nice jung brand from france. They work make rather modern designs on Limoges Porcelain.
"Fascinated by the white gold from Limoges, NON SANS RAISON makes stir the Past’s conscience by making its promotion, through creative modernity and in the respect of the ancestral traditions. Performance, daring creation, imagination, innovation and know-how fit the creations and speeches in which NON SANS RAISON enjoys to evolve.Moved by passion and technical expertise, NON SANS RAISON has an impact over the table arts and develops this white gold in its collections."
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by sarah
@ 25.01.2010 13:37 CEST
I came across this beautiful ceramic in Paris. Made by the swiss artist Christiane Perrochon.
What I like about it is the very special jet very subtile colors she uses plain shapes. www.christianeperrochon.com
An other Outstanding book from the berlin based Publisher Jacoby & Stuart.
Jacoby & Stuart was founded in 2008 by Nicola Stuart and Edmund Jacoby. They publish beautiful and ambitious kids books and rich illustrated books.
A church, trees, some houses,; then a street, a factory , rails, skyscraper - from page to page of this pop up book grows a village to a modern city. Kids learn how a city takes shape and works.
The fathers of Bauhaus would have been immersed who paper engineering can manifest architecture and city planning. But also function follows form, as kids and parents will develop their own ideas on urban planning development starting from this phase model. New architects needs the world.
Ein weiteres Buch des berliner Verlages Jacoby & Stuart.
Jacoby & Stuart wurde im März 2008 in Berlin von dem Verlegerehepaar Nicola Stuart und Edmund Jacoby gegründet und bringt ästhetisch und inhaltlich anspruchsvolle Kinderbücher, reich illustrierte und gut geschriebene Sachbücher und Bildbände heraus.
Eine Kirche, Bäume, ein paar Häuser; dann Straßen, Fabriken, Schienen, Hochhäuser – von Seite zu Seite dieses Pop-up-Buchs der neuen Generation wächst ein Dorf zu einer modernen Großstadt. Kinder lernen mit diesem Buch, wie eine Stadt entsteht und funktioniert.
Die Väter des Bauhauses hätten gestaunt, wie paper engineering Architektur und Städtebau sinnfällig machen kann Aber auch Function follows form, denn Kinder wie Erwachsene werden ihre eigenen städtebaulichen Ideen von diesem Phasenmodell ausgehen lassen: Neue Architekten und Ingenieure braucht das Land!
Pop-up City
Mit einem Text von Joy Sorman?Aus dem Französischen ?von Sarah Pasquay?16 Seiten, geb.,14 x 28 cm, jacobystuart.de/
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by sarah
@ 25.12.2009 11:23 CEST
Outstanding book from the berlin based Publisher Jacoby & Stuart.
Jacoby & Stuart was founded in 2008 by Nicola Stuart and Edmund Jacoby. They publish beautiful and ambitious kids books and rich illustrated books.
We got "Leute" as a present recently. A very special book. 208 beautiful Illustrations from the french illustrator Blexbolex.
From eskimos, to cowboys, to thinkers and friends. If you have a closer look one realizes the the illustrations correspond with each other. A book for kids and grownups.
The book is out in French and german and has the "Best Book design from all over the world" award.
Wunderbares Buch des berliner Verlages Jacoby & Stuart.
Jacoby & Stuart wurde im März 2008 in Berlin von dem Verlegerehepaar Nicola Stuart und Edmund Jacoby gegründet und bringt ästhetisch und inhaltlich anspruchsvolle Kinderbücher, reich illustrierte und gut geschriebene Sachbücher und Bildbände heraus.
Wir haben letzthin "Leute" gekriegt ein wunderschönes Buch. Superschöne, Illustrationen des französischen Illustrator Blexbolex. 208 Seiten verschiedene Leute. Cowboys, Denker, Eskimos, Streithähne. Bei genauem hinschauen Merkt man das die Leute nicht willkürlich nebeneinander stehen sondern es ergeben sich kleine "Geschichten" über die Seiten hinweg. Ein Buch an dem man sich kaum satt sehen kann. Für Kinder und Erwachsene.
Das Buch wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet unter anderem mit dem "Best Bookdesign from all over the world"
A very nice book from the swiss publisher Brikett.
If one overprints two colors in offset printing one gets a new color tone. This is experimental way to design is very popular yet also risky because you never really know what you get. This books shows 12 different pantone colors overprinted.
A good assistant for graphic designers but also a very nice book.
Shown are all the overprint combinations and all the tonal shades of
100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% und 10% of the following colors: Pantone 464, Pantone Orange 021, Pantone 246, Pantone 806, Pantone 805, Pantone 340, Pantone 375, Pantone 3965, Pantone 305, Pantone 3005 und Pantone 286.
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Reconstruction of A. Ahlström Co. sawmill in Varkaus, Alvar Aalto, 1944
Alvar Aalto’s architecture is part of the history of international modern architecture. As early as 1941, the Swiss architectural historian Siegfried Giedion placed Aalto’s extensive body of work in an important position in his book on the history of architecture in the twentieth century, Space, Time and Architecture.
Alvar Aalto’s ability to synthesise rationalist architecture with an organic language of form, and his way of combining materials and making the landscape part of the building are unique. Aalto’s architecture is still discussed by students and lovers of architecture all over the world.
Most of Alvar Aalto’s architecture is situated in Finland, far away from the metropolises of Europe. His work has been published widely in a great many books and it is possible to visit many of the buildings and their surroundings
Event dates
14 June 2008 to 30 August 2008 Website http://www.alvaraalto.fi Telephone
354.551 7030 Address
Sturlugata 5
IS-101 Reykjavik
