Jelly Bang

Explosive Food Experiment
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012

Photographer Ryan Hopkinson has collaborated with jellymongers Bompas & Parr to explore what happens when powerful explosives are detonated inside jellies. The images serve to demonstrate the kinetic, social, biological, nutritional and temporal potential of a single dish and ask the viewer to look again at what's on the end of their spoon.

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Ryan Hopkinson comments:
“Shooting the exploding jellies was technically challenging. Once the explosion is in progress the jellies become complex moving optical lenses. The light energy from the explosion travels through them at the same time as they are distorted, wobbled and eventually ripped apart by the force. It’s a fascinating spectacle.”

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Sam Bompas of Bompas & Parr says:
“We’ve been obsessed with the alluring wobble of jellies and explosions for years. The sad thing is that each delights for a moment before fading. And there’s always a fearsome mess to clean up in the aftermath. When Ryan got in touch with us the collaborative project was the chance to fix the transient beauty of both explosions and jellies in a photograph and defy. Blowing up jellies is always a joy."

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The jellies are made from gelatine dye and water and have a consistency similar to human flesh. The destruction of food (one of the few artistic mediums axiomatic to human existence) poses questions around mortality and the transience of the creative moment. The moulds were based on the forms Bompas & Parr use for funeral jellies, a revival and modern reinterpretation of a neglected tradition of the funeral ceremony, the funeral cake.

Sebastian Errazuriz

Turning water to wine to ice!
Posted by Gestalten—05/2012

The Chilean artist-designer has produced a new, witty limited edition artwork: holy wine "Christian Popsicles".

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Belgrade Design Week

June 4 - 9, 2012
Posted by Gestalten—05/2012

Now in its 7th year, the annual design festival of the Serbian capital is just around the corner.

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Dieter Rams

Furniture show at design gallery in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—05/2012

Four days after Rams' 80th birthday, Appel Design Gallery will be opening an exhibition dedicated to furniture creations by the pioneering industrial designer.

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Emily Forgot

Her quilty pleasures
Posted by Gestalten—04/2012

The British Illustrator and Designer was asked to add some characters to a traditional Toile de Jouy fabric for quilts that would be used in the suites of the newly launched W Paris Opera hotel.

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NUMEN

Reveal new project named Tuft in Pula, Croatia
Posted by Gestalten—03/2012

TUFT is an evolution of the tape concept into a more permanent,self-standing, transferable structure. Adhesive tape is used to generate the primary form of the object.

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Papernomad

Wins Red Dot Design Award
Posted by Gestalten—03/2012

Papernomad receives the prestigious Red Dot Design Award, recognizing their products to be among the best of the design industry worldwide.

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New Ice Age Due?

It's called Nuna
Posted by Gestalten—03/2012

Artist and Architect Manu Kumar together with Stefan Gandl of Neubau Berlin have developed a frozen popsicle.

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Craft & Care

Behind the Scenes at Kutani Choemon
Posted by Gestalten—03/2012

Founded in 1879, the tea ceremony and tableware manufacturer has remained true to its 130-year old integrated system of production from raw material to finished products.

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Numen / For Use

True Grids
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012
Numen / For Use

Under their group moniker Numen, Industrial designers Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljković focus on experimental architecture and spatial installations, meanwhile concentrating on designing objects as their second alias For Use.

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Studio Job

Exhibition in Antwerp
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012

Acclaimed designer couple Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel are presenting commissions from the years 2010 to 2012.

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BIO 23

Ljubljana Design Relations
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012

The 23rd Biennial of Design is now accepting submissions.

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Science Fiction

Rational Design Research
Posted by Gestalten—01/2012

Mathieu Lehanneur’s rich creativity obviously stems strongly from a fascination and appreciation for scientific processes.

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The Hell of Aschau Race: The Movie

Nils Holger Moormann's Bookinist Reading Chair Machine
Posted by Gestalten—12/2011
The Hell of Aschau Race: The Movie

It all began in 2007 when Nils Holger Moormann had the ludicrous idea of designing a reading chair, derived from the concept of a wheelbarrow called “The Bookinist”.

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Ship Ahoy!

Wooden Fleet Sets Sail
Posted by Gestalten—12/2011

The London-based design consultancy Postlerferguson presents a series of wooden toy ships, the giants of the seas.

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Stählemühle

An Art Publisher Turns Distiller
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Stählemühle produces some of the finest German schnaps available today. The extremely limited batches—made at an 18th century mill near Lake Constance—come wonderfully packaged, with their sleek labeling and nostalgia-infused bottle shapes.

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FriendsWithYou

At Miami Art Basel
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Our dear FriendsWithYou take you on a journey to the inner space and its inherent secrets.

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Boxed & Labelled Two!

See a Selection in Our Online Gallery
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Boxed & Labelled Two! is a compelling exploration of the power of state-of-the-art packaging design today and documents its main strategic directions—all of which address a longing for "truthfulness."

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plusminusten

Celebrating Dieter Rams's 10 Principles for Good Design
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Opening November 11 in Singapore: an hommage to the great German designer and his philosophy.

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Robert Stadler

Exhibition in Paris
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

The designer and artist showcases recent bodies of work.

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Piet Hein Eek

Mastering his Universe
Posted by Ole Wagner—10/2011
Piet Hein Eek

When it comes to unorthodox, yet hugely successful ways of producing and distributing cutting-edge furniture and product designs, look no further than a former Philips ceramic factory in Eindhoven.

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The Definitive Collection of Work by Dieter Rams is Available Again!

Less and More hardcover edition released
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

In recent years Dieter Rams has been rediscovered and celebrated as one of the most influential

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Street Dreams Are Made Of This!

Art fair-y tales in Miami
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

Our dear FriendsWithYou will create a spectacle and joyful parade.

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Bedcover Story

Fancy a nap for charity?
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

Then please dream on while snuggled up in these

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House for Sale!

Including Bankers Box and Biking Helmet
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

Famous for their impeccable tongue-in-cheek takes on American popular culture, the Delaware-based type foundry House Ind.

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Philip Michael Wolfson

Living Concrete
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

The American designer is exhibiting an intriguing project during SuperDesign 2011 in London.

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Let there be light!

Interview with .PSLAB
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

.PSLAB develops products, from concept to construction, that harness light and are featured in Lux: Lamps & Lights.

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Go to Hell!

Bavarian race event
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

Chilling in his legendary bookinist chair during lunchbreak, Nils Holger Moormann's imagination ran riot.

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Henrik Vibskov

100 Days in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

Designer Henrik Vibskov is bringing his traveling retail concept 100 Days to Berlin this week.

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Judith Seng

Totem & Taboo in Vienna
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

The exhibition Totem and Taboo examines the relationship between art and design. It features works by contemporary designers and artists who work on the frontiers and crossovers of their respective disciplines.

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Studio Jo Meesters

New Work on Show in London
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

The Aurelia Eichhornia is a series of lamps especially developed for the presentation of Leolux during the 50th Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011 where the Dutch furniture company exhibited its new collection.

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Faye Toogood

Delicate Interference in London
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

British Designer, Faye Toogood, will launch her third furniture collection, Delicate Interference: Assemblage 3.

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Fantastical Investments

Droog and Metahaven on Show in Amsterdam
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

Fantastical Investments—the outcome of Droog Lab’s study of consumption habits in Russia—is an imaginary luxury brand.

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Delicate

New Food Culture
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

You are HOW you eat, as much as what you eat. Now, more than ever, eating is an expression of our mindset, identity, spirit, culture, and aspirations.

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Less and More: German Design Reconsidered

Symposium in San Francisco
Posted by Gestalten—08/2011

An invitation to an exclusive evening about German design held at the Goethe-Institut in San Francisco on Friday, August 26th, from 6:00 to 9:30 pm.

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Aesop

Newspaper-crafted Kiosk in NYC
Posted by Gestalten—08/2011

The Melbourne company recently opened its first US store inside New
York's Grand Central Terminal. The kiosk, designed by Aesop Director

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Nendo

Exhibition in Tokyo
Posted by Gestalten—06/2011

Designer Nendo presents the graphic and exhibition design for the first major Japanese retrospective of internationally-known milliner Hirata Akio

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Beta Tank

Taxing Art - Gestalten.tv Interview
Posted by Ole Wagner—06/2011
Beta Tank

What’s the difference between design and art? What if objects could memorize their history? And how can you see with your skin?

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Maarten Baas

Design for Amnesty International
Posted by Gestalten—05/2011

On invitation of Amnesty International, Dutch designer Maarten Baas has designed The Empty Chair.

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Studio Makkink and Bey

Exhibition in Enkhuizen
Posted by Gestalten—05/2011

For the exhibition Industrious Artefacts guest curators Jurgen Bey and Rianne Makkink make connections between production processes f

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The Best of Japanese Communication Design
Posted—04/2012

Introducing featured on Core77.com.

Walls & Frames on Vandalog.com.

Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Work of Julien Vallee featured on Lust and Found.

Henrik Vibskov on Lust and Found.

2-page feature about Once in a Lifetime in L'Officiel Levant's May issue.

Metalheads book presented on Conscientious.

Aram Bartholl's The Speed Book featured on Whalemountain's blog.

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