Designersblock Showcases Innovative and Quirky Eco Designs at the 2012 London Design Festival
Posted By Ana Lisa Alperovich On September 20, 2012 @ 5:14 pm In Art,carousel showcase,DIY,gallery,Green Design Events,Green Lighting,London Design Week,Recycled Materials | No Comments
BreadedEscalope [8] studio presented their low-tech, low-energy, steam-bending machine and showed the public how it worked at this year’s bustling Designersblock [9] event.
As 50% of the world’s computer waste ends up in four small villages in China, Kuan Ting Liao [10] decided to draw attention to the issue by knitting all sorts of objects from found materials.
One of the weirdest and most wonderful surprises we come across at this year’s event was a non-profit arts organization called Exploring Senses [11] that recycles old toys into bizarre new creations.
DeGross [12]studio were showing their sleek unique lamps [13] (and plant pots) made from reused glass bottles found behind their London studio.
Long-term collaborators with this great event, Hendzel+Hunt from MADE IN PECKHAM [14], set themselves a 24-hour Design Challenge to make furniture and even a pinball [15] from all sorts of recycled found objects.
Designer Roey Hunt [16]used to work as a tree surgeon until he decided to make these beautiful seats from sick 100-year-old trees that were going to waste.
Adrian Draigo [17]‘s eye-catching lamps GLO use a flexible string of 240 LED lights shining through repurposed, multicolored plastic bottle tops.
Walter Raes [18] is a very skillful Belgian artist who creates wearable art from repurposed shoes, supermarket bags and other mass-produced items.
British studio Lazerian [19] was also present this year featuring their latest celestial lamps [20], which are made entirely out of folded paper.
Tunisia Made by Hend Krichen [21] is a series of hand-made terracotta and copper vases that aims to stimulate the industry and celebrate traditional crafts that might disappear in little time.
Just before we left, we caught up with one of Designersblock’s founders, Rory Dodd (seen here in a blue T-shirt), who was very excited about this year’s central location that welcomes the design scene but also surprises London’s tourists and citizens.
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[6] Designersblock: http://verydesignersblock.com/london2012/
[7] London Design Festival,: http://www.londondesignfestival.com/
[8] BreadedEscalope: http://www.breadedescalope.com/
[9] Designersblock: http://inhabitat.com/designersblock-hits-the-london-design-festival-with-fun-eco-designs-in-unexpected-forms/
[10] Kuan Ting Liao: http://chloeliaodesign.wordpress/
[11] Exploring Senses: http://exploringsenses.co.uk/
[12] DeGross : http://www.degross.co.uk/
[13] lamps: http://inhabitat.com/new-post-submission-1032/
[14] MADE IN PECKHAM: http://www.hendzelandhunt.com/categories.php?menu=madeinpeckham
[15] pinball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball
[16] Roey Hunt : http://www.roeyhunt.com/
[17] Adrian Draigo: http://draigo.com/
[18] Walter Raes: http://www.walterworks.co.uk/
[19] Lazerian: http://www.lazerian.co.uk/
[20] celestial lamps: http://inhabitat.com/british-design-group-lazerian-unveils-celestial-luminaires-made-from-folded-paper/
[21] Hend Krichen: http://hendkrichen.carbonmade.com/
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