Design Academy of Eindhoven Students Show Off Their Newly Minted Chops at Their Masters Graduation Show

We recently attended the <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://www.designacademy.nl" target="_blank">Design Academy of Eindhoven</a> Masters' show where we spotted innovative works from what's sure to be the next generation of hot talents in sustainable design. We found the exhibition to be full of surprising, humorous and unique projects, including <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's (DAE) Masters Graduation Show" href="http://markunpoika.com/About"> Tuomas Tolvanen's</a> incredible vintage wooden furniture piece adorned with hand-cut metal rings (seen above). The Masters program at <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://inhabitat.com/dave-hakkens-wind-oil-machine-produces-cold-pressed-oil-from-nuts-and-seeds-with-every-passing-breeze/" target="_blank">DAE</a> was created for students to "find out what do they want to be", and for the last 25 years has been headed by renowned Dutch designer <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://www.gijsbakker.com/home" target="_blank">Gijs Bakker</a>, co-creator of <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://www.droog.com/" target="_blank">Droog Design</a>. Sadly, after over two decades of guidance, love and inspiration, Bakker is bidding adieu to DAE.

Working with scientists and civil services, <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://pionalabo.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Giacomo Piovan</a> created a system that turns contaminated soil into compressed blocks. The system employs the use of healing plants that are able to absorb and store precious metals as valuable future resources.

A graduate from the Social Design Department, <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://designacademyeindhoven.academia.edu/TristanKopp" target="_blank">Tristan Kopp</a> created "prodUSER" to engage users in the assembly process of objects like bikes.

<a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://inprogress.designacademy.nl/Projects/tabid/1431/articleType/AuthorView/authorID/2630/102011.aspx" target="_blank">Ricardo Carneiro</a>'s "Exploded Rituals" is a coffee maker that takes caffeine lovers on a journey of making their own beverage.

<a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://jjhyun.com/" target="_blank">Jin Hyun Jeon</a>'s tableware was specially designed for stimulating the user's senses through form, volume, texture, color and temperature.

Indian-German <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://www.elenapereira.com/" target="_blank">Elena Pereira </a>used flowers to create "In Bloom", a collection of emotional interior design pieces that include a sculpture, flowers extracts, and a curtain made from dried roses.

Exposing and sculpting hidden building materials like expanded polystyrene (commonly used for wall insulation), Swedish <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://inprogress.designacademy.nl/Projects/tabid/1431/articleType/AuthorView/authorID/2634/102022.aspx" target="_blank">Therese Granlung</a> designed a series of quirky furniture pieces for the eco-conscious home.

Graduate <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://dollmeng2.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jaenah Jung </a>designed a massive table made entirely made of recycled cardboard. To one's surprise, it's full of hidden drawers!

<a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://seed-s.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Luis Gomez Barquin Lanne-Lenna</a>'s perforated <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://inhabitat.com/lex-pott-turns-fragments-of-trees-into-playful-wooden-furniture/" target="_blank">furniture</a> is made from layered plywood that can be readily customized to create your own designs!

We are very sad to see Gijs Bakker (posing here for us with a T-shirt gift by "ex-designer", ex-DAE graduate <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://www.guixe.com/" target="_blank">Martí Guixé</a>) leaving his <a title="Fantastic Works and Sad News at Design Academy of Eindhoven's Masters Graduation Show" href="http://www.designacademy.nl/News/tabid/2055/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1540/Farewell-Gijs-Bakker.aspx" target="_blank">beloved job</a>. His departure is said to to be due to "discontent with educational reform plans under development". He is however very much looking forward seeing his new design-adventures. Good luck to Gijs!