Possibly the most exciting, and certainly the most immediate installation at the London Design Festival was X3 at Super Brands London, by London-based branding and graphic design studio Creative Research and Development . They built a glass-walled workshop, equipped it with tools and materials and then challenged three furniture designers to each create a chair in just six hours. Sam Weller , Alex Hellum and Jack Smith were the designers to take up the challenge and put their skills on show for the gathering crowds. X1 was Sam Weller, who finished his chair just in time, putting the final wax on in the last few minutes. Sam has studied typography, industrial design and most recently product design at the RCA under Sebastian Wrong

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London Design Festival 2012: X3

Nendo has a solo exhibition going on through the end of August at the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute that features two collections: Thin Black Lines and Dancing Squares. Thin Black Lines s a collection of furniture formed from “Still Black,” whose installation looks Dancing Squares is a collection based on the concept of “Active White,” which has been installed onto a room-sized sketch affixed to walls and floor with a fish-eye lens-like effect as though viewers are seeing it through a tiny water drop. Photos by Daici Ano. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2011 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Art , Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Mind-Bending Nendo Exhibition in Taiwan