22 September, 2007 - posted in art & design - 4 Comments - leave your own!
yoyopop! stealthed into this trade-only design expo in order to salvage info on the craziest new designs just for you.
We waded through everything from chairs made of toilet paper to lights that were also fans, a ’sperm’ table, a black chandelier, a chair made of tennis balls, a horrifically skeletal staircase, karaoke booths and of course all the suited bigwigs, to bring you just the coolest and best stuff.
First off though just got to say two of the coolest things at the show were also the only two times that you weren’t allowed to take photos so we’re calling out all those pompous cats that think they don’t need free publicity!
Ali Siahvoshi - coat hanger, table leg and umbrella lights from this London-based Iranian designer.
Zmapping have modelled the entirety of central London digitally, and then ‘printed’ out physical models using some kind of magical dust layering. Watch their video with their special ’stereo’ glasses on to see it in 3D.
The centrepiece of the show was this lighting & sculpture installation by Dominic Bromley at Scabetti:
Danish designers showing their skills in timber with some… erm… things.
some scary chairs!
Roger Vilder’s ‘Anamorphose 5′ - an arrangement of springs and rotating armatures to explore the illusion of perspective with unique geometric patterns being continually formed.
cool lights by Mixko - they also had a traffic bollard!
Japan had its own section and was killing it as usual with new hoovers and board games, super-efficient office chairs and wooden calculators. The nonsensical lightbulbs were the highlight though:
expo-goers vented their angers on the ‘100% Thought Wall’
So many chairs.
So many lights.
So much wallpaper.
100% thanks!
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September 23rd, 2007 at 9:10 pm
man that was like 200% an ill report tim! i bet even better than all those other design reporter cats on the web haha!
yeah loving those lightbulbs - check out their website - they do a nice watch! but i swear you cant buy it ANYWWHERE… + the japanese always kill it, word up.
wish i could have made it man - instead i was laying a concrete floor!@£@@@$ so i am knackered now!
damn that was one ill report - still trying to take it all in - that FOX IS ILLLLLL.
i had a pint with the guy from JAM once - nice bloke, check out there other stuff too.
PEACE - uni starts tomorrow and cinema 4d is making my brain hurt!
d
September 24th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hey Tim,
this show looks like it was pretty cool, love those lightbulbs!
probs see you in Cardiff sometime soon when i come visit Alex again.
Jimbo
November 12th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
where can I purchase this coat hanger - dope pulse coat racks from Colin O’Dowd?
http://www.putsonline.co.uk/yoyopop/art-design/022-100-design-2007/
November 13th, 2008 at 10:48 am
you can find the ‘beat’ coat rack by Colin O’Dowd at a few places online -
http://www.lifestylebazaar.com/designers/colin_odowd/shop/home_accessories/hooks/beat_coatrack
£42!?