Lund School of Architecture, clockwise from top left: Kim Ohrstrom, Kajsa Nillson, Christopher Polteg and Freja Elvin-Nowak Greenhouse, the hall at the  Stockholm Furniture Fair for design schools, students, and independent designers, was one of the most exciting sections of the fair. Gotland University, clockwise from top left: Henke Westling (top left and top right), Philip Bergstrom and Sahar Ballaei I’ve already written about  Malin Isaksson , about  Grow from the  University of Gothenburg , about  Alcro’s collaboration with students from  Beckmans College of Design and about  New Bacon , the super-styled stand from  The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design , but that by no means covers the prolific selection of student work on show. I shall therefore attempt to do justice to what remains, most of which was found within Greenhouse, but some of which was tucked away in different parts of the show. Clockwise from top left: Essi Similia from Aalto University part of the MA Students’ Everyday Tools stand; Sandra Cohen Callman from Beckmans College of Design part of the Never Mind The Object stand; Gaspar Gonzalez and Mikael Axelsson, also Beckmans College of Design Never Mind the Object from Beckmans School of Design asked “Why should you care about objects

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While in Denmark for Copenhagen Design Week , our correspondent Susan Serra, CKD of Bornholm Kitchen went to a small exhibition from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture called One Chair A Week. For this challenge, students were given materials each week to create one chair. Here’s a sampling of some of our favorites: Elina Cullen Camilla Ernen Lingholm Nicholas Thomas Lee Nicholas Thomas Lee Matthew Gilbert Simon Harker Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2011 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Home Furnishings , News & Events | Permalink | No comments

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Ludovic Roth was born in Strasbourg, France and currently resides in Paris. In 2004 he received his Bachelor of Arts from University March Bloch at Strasbourg and in 2008, he received his degree in Interior Architecture Design from Ecole Bleue. Upon graduation, Ludovic began working at the Fabrice Berrux design studio in Paris where he honed his skill in industrial design and interior architecture design. Currently, Ludovic works as a freelancer for a variety of international clients including US-based cell phone accessories designer, Case-Mate

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With his sister My, Thien Ta Trung, founded Periphere 10 years ago in Montreal. Together, they set out to create a unique furniture company that offers locally produced cutting-edge designs; something almost non-existent in the Canadian landscape. Experimentation and the use of distinct materials and production techniques were and are still the foundation of the design philosophy behind the studio. Over the years, Thien has worked and experimented with injection moulding, fiber glass, laser cutting, concrete moulding, Corian, and blown glass, amongst other materials

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Elena Manferdini is an architect whose practice embraces all topologies from fashion and fabrics to home and ultimately architecture. Her approach, reflected in remarkable new projects such as her Blossom fruit bowl for Alessi , often leverages laser cutting to explore new techniques and production with seams and perforations. Based in LA, Manferdini graduated from the University of Civil Engineering (Bologna, Italy) and later from the University of California Los Angeles (Master of Architecture and Urban Design). In 2004, she founded Atelier Manferdini

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Gothenburg, Sweden-based design studio Modern Times creates furniture, interior architecture and other concepts. They exhibited their new collection at Salone Satellite in April. Descriptions below are from the designers. Black box The black box cabinet is dedicated to the most significant items in life — like the black box of an air craft, it is a memorandum of a persons life. Since such objects vary much in size and format, the cabinet offers a variety of storage potential

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Spun (Coriolis) by Thomas Heatherwick is a functional chair constituted by a single profile rotated through 360 degrees which transforms the domestic seat into a beautifully rendered spinning top. From April 12-17th, as part of the Interni Mutant Architecture & Design project at Salone , Heatherwick will present an installation of four sculptures in carbon steel and bronzed brass which subvert the idea of the chair. Inspired by the Coriolis effect — named after the French physicist who in 1835 described the apparent deformation of moving objects when they are observed from a rotating reference frame — the handmade chair comes in 4 experimental finishes which exalt the metal’s expressive qualities. Spun (Coriolis) has a “rippled” effect, a surface horizontal groove that makes the rotation effect even more evident.

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Spun (Coriolis) by Thomas Heatherwick

Todd Bracher is founder of Todd Bracher Studio , is a Designer and Educator currently based in New York City after ten years working in Copenhagen, Milan, Paris and London. His works have been curated by some of the most prestigious brands around the world from furniture design and table top, to interiors and architecture. His work has been included in major exhibitions around the world and has been pinned as “America’s next Great Designer” by the NY Daily News among being named Designer of the Year in 2008. His experience ranges from working independently, heading Tom Dixon’s London design studio, acting as Professor of Design at L’ESAD in Reims France, to cofounding of the experimental collaboration ‘to22’, to most recently his appointment as Creative Director of the global luxury brand Georg Jensen

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The Flos Soft Architecture Wall Piercing lights caught my eye on Stylepark and I can only imagine the possibilities of this type of lamp. You can create some very artistic and creative patterns using a grouping of these simple ring lights. Also on the Soft Arch site and worth noting is the Boobs light : “we can shape your wildest dreams.” © 2010 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments | Tweet This | Share on Facebook

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Fifty years ago, Verner Panton designed the first single mold plastic chair with a curvaceous profile called the Panton chair. Since then it has become one of the most recognizable and classic designs to date. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic design, Vitra UK held a design competition among its clients to customize a Panton chair. The only criteria was that the finished product must be movable by one man.

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Panton Chair Anniversary Competition and Charity Auction