100% Design.Following the recent success of the inaugural 100% Moscow (AR May 2004), 100% Design is returning to London for its 10th year. As well as presenting the very best in new and innovative products, as part of this year's exhibition three categories of awards have been allocated; five 100% Foundation Awards, three 100% International Foundation Awards, and five 100% Design Crafts Council Bursaries. Rob Gregory looks for exciting innovations in colour, ornament and texture. 100% Design will be held at Earls Court 2, London, from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 September 2004. 500 SCANDINAVIAN SURFACE 100% International Foundation Award Winner (one of three) Scandinavian Surface is a company of five women who design print for any surface. With the majority of their work at prototype stage they are actively seeking manufacturers to take their work into the marketplace, and hope to attract suitable partners through their participation in this year's exhibition. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 500 www.arplus.com/enq.html 501 FRED DUTHY 100% Design Crafts Council Bursary bur·sa·ry n. pl. bur·sa·ries 1. A treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order. 2. Chiefly British A scholarship granted to a university student in need. Winner (one of five) As one of five 100% Design Crafts Council Bursary winners, an award created to support and promote designer/makers, Fred Duthy will be exhibiting Star Lamp and Tall Lamp. These distinctive paper shades that mix simple geometries and soft curves, can be seen alongside his AC Table, AW Shelves, SH Lamp, and Brunari Light. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 501 www.arplus.com/enq.html 502 WHAT THEY DID NEXT 100% Foundation Award Winner (one of five) As part of their first collection, Glow, WTDN will be exhibiting two tables (coffee and bedside), and accompanying soft furnishings soft furnishings Noun, pl curtains, hangings, rugs, and covers soft furnishings npl → tejidos mpl para el hogar soft furnishings npl . Designed by Caroline Tomlinson and Luke Miles, each piece is adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. with a simple repeated motif of circles, and with a high gloss finish, tables are inset with tea lights. Cushions come in three sizes. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 502 www.arplus.com/enq.html 503 AFRODITI KRASSA Afroditi Krassa adds five new products to her Divine Collection: Pretty Big Light--stainless-steel pendant mirrors in the silhouette of a person; Pretty Big Wallpaper--a mix of traditional ink and reflective patterns; In Plain English--a cup and saucer/Ouija board; Bed in a Bag--which does exactly what it says on the bag; and Bright Lights, Big City--a series of neon lights where source and shade are one. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 503 www.arplus.com/enq.html 504 BURNT TOAST New Bend Big and New Bend Small are two tables from Burnt Toast--designed by Peter Masters. Formed from single sheets of acrylic, the complex angular form derives from the simplest of processes, namely a folded template. While single orders are available in black, white or clear acrylic, the tables can be manufactured in virtually any colour for orders of 20 or more. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 504 www.arplus.com/enq.html 505 CELLBOND COMPOSITES B-Clear glass provides an alternative to traditional glass flooring with its distinctive honeycomb honeycomb a mosaic of closely packed units with depressed centers giving a honeycomb appearance. honeycomb ringworm see favus. honeycomb stomach reticulum. structure. Stronger than conventional glass, B-Clear produces unique lighting effects as individual cells respond to changing light levels. Also on display will be Crystallite crys·tal·lite n. Any of numerous minute rudimentary, crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rocks. crys and B-Clear Poly Partition; two composite screens, each with an aluminium core sandwiched between either glass fibre or polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. , to create screens of differing opacity Refers to being "opaque," which means to prevent light from shining through. For example, in an image editing program, the opacity level for some function might range from completely transparent (0) to completely opaque (100). and texture. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 505 www.arplus.com/enq.html 506 CONTRAFORMA The latest Contraforma collection demonstrates opportunities for using sheet metal for contemporary furniture. Whether powder coated, stainless, or plain unadorned cold rolled steel, all products in the range are fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: from single sheets of metal. Mutabor M01 & M02 can be used indoors or out, turned on their side to be used for storage or as pedestals, or even stacked to create curious undulating partitions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 506 www.arplus.com/enq.html 507 HARVEY MARIA Photorealistic Having the image quality of a photograph. vinyl floor tiles by Harvey Maria bring hyper A Greek work meaning "above" or "more than." It is used as a prefix to technical concepts and products to convey a more advanced or more automatic capability. reality to our floors with a new series of tiles with distinctive printed patterns of feathers, corks, water, petals, gerberas, sand, daisies, grass, stones and bubbles to the interior. With vivid colours and larger than life larg·er than life adj. Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. detail, the tiles (made from virgin vinyl) are durable and can be cleaned with most household products. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 507 www.arplus.com/enq.html 508 ALINE JOHNSON Beachstripes Handkerchief Vases, is a delightful range of glassware produced by Aline Johnson. With an extensive range of products (wall lights, platters and vases) and working on large-scale one-off commissions. Johnson uses natural materials such as pebbles, sand, and ammonites This list of ammonites is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the subclass Ammonoidea, excluding purely vernacular terms. to create unique moulds for each piece; the work is then enlivened en·liv·en tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens To make lively or spirited; animate. en·liv  en·er n. by colours inspired by windbreaks and deckchairs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 508 www.arplus.com/enq.html |
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