“Ornament is crime”, thundered Adolf Loos. So who would have imagined that the concept of decoration would be a hot topic in the third millennium? A topic so timely, so successful, that the ranks of the design star systems have set about decorating everything in sight, to give both environment and object a new dimension. It’s concepts bring to the forefront a new revolution, with respect to the purist, and minimalist habits of the related professions.Décor and patterns involve the surfaces of objects and their materials, and the effects of transparency, luminosity, carving, embroidery or three-dimensional design in general become a new form of narration. The geometries are no longer seen as a superfluous skin, but a seductive form of expression indulging in material and color..
In order to explore the visual perception of the patterns further, the geometry proposals are enhanced with a study on a color pigment mix to obtain a wider range of differentiation. The experimentation starts with a very basic palette of complementary colors up to suddle color tonality variations.
It will be necessary to develop further the suggested product design, in order to bring the geometric modularization into a harmonious relationship with the color pattern.
This experiment might also consider the potential integration of LED illumination and play on the effect of nocturnal illuminated patterns.
-Albers
-digipop, Karim Rashid
-Material World I
-Material World II
Assignm.:
Exploration of 3D pattern parties – the evolution in color for further differentiation and variation.
Test the pattern application in product-design, and design an example of a floor lamp and a bistro table.
The design of the floor lamp will explore the combination of several materials. The base and the vertical “stem” could be in metal (die cast aluminium….) or plastics (polyethylene..), while the lamp shade might express the particular geometry with a suitable material depending on the pattern (acrylic glass, polycarbonate, unodised aluminium, other metals...). The illumination technology should experiment with LED systems, which offers additional potential for design patterns and decorative effects.
The possibility of applying the patterns to the design of a table, in particular to revisit the classical French Bistro table, will offer another challenge in material transformation. The design will employ the ironic strategy of the “new antiques”or “barock & roll”, combining a new and modern interpretation of the classic Baroque, Gothic.. base (legs, the vertical “stem” or load bearing column(s) in lacquered wood), with a complementary and at the same time contradictory table top in a modern design and material finish according to the pattern chosen (stone, metal, plastics, polyurethane...). A particular effect of surprise might be obtained by invisibly illuminating the table top with LEDs.
The “concept design materials” employed are foremost wood, plastics and metal, in some cases also layered by laminating thin sheet materials onto laser cut supporting material. It is predominantly the laser cut which offers again the possibility of additional material tactility and surface decoration.
Table: new antiques, side table tall (http://www.marcelwanders.nl/wanders/pages/tables-newant_3_7_grouppage.shtml)
Design strategy: barock & roll_Pink Dime
http://www.sawayamoroni.com/old%20web/collectionhome.html
French precedents
http://www.frenchgeneralstore.com/home/bistro.html
http://justinsomnia.org/2006/08/seeking-french-bistro-table/
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/fur/273037377.html
http://www.antiquescolony.com/pg1023.html
http://www.moooi.nl/content/collections/collection.php?unid=72
http://www.edra.com
http://www.bebitalia.it/
http://www.driade.com/
http://www.kartell.it/
Fabricate: Small pattern sample of the selected geometry for each of the designs applied, in scale 7x7”.
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