For us, the highlight of this exhibition the Nomad Portable Solar Lamp by Alain Gilles. The lamp provides a safe and eco-friendly substitute to the dangerous kerosene lamp that is often used in developing countries where electricity is scarce.
Another example of a fresh perspective on green design, Papilio’s Cyclo is a rug fashioned from discarded bicycle inner tubes. No chemical or finishing products are used in the manufacturing process, and the recycled rug can also be used outdoors.
Changed Values by D’Hanis and Lachaert is a collection of brooches cut out of old coins made obsolete by the introduction of the Euro.
Size 27 by Linde Hermans is a laser cut sheet of leather that comes delivered flat. The user can make themselves a shoe by folding the cuts and slotting them into the incisions by following numbers. The only concern is the waste caused by this particular shape, but nonetheless it’s a great concept.
Stone by Kasper Hamacher is a low standing coffee table carved out of the trunk of a solid oak tree.
Following the natural pattern of a rope, Looping by Limited Edition is an indoor and outdoor carpet with some 1,600 handmade attachment points per square meter.
Diaphragm by Michael Behain is a stackable stool made of bent plywood.
Maarten De Ceulaer’s Mutation Series is collection of radical foam pieces that look like an organic growth.
The series Stratigraphica was designed for a ceramic 3D printer that Unfold has developed. Each piece in the series has its own source code, referring to the number of facets from which the object is constructed.
Made using LED lights, Algue is a lamp by Xavier Lust that represents the ocean’s darkest depths.
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