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exploring the potential of copper in design world

issue 78 February 2016www.copperindesign.org

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www.copperindesign.org is a meeting space for contemporary designers and their followers. This international platform provides a comprehensive source of information on the crafting of the red metal: copper creations, first-hand accounts from designers, exhibitions, competitions and many others. The website is aimed at creators, design professionals, journalists and all copper-loving netsurfers, offering them an invitation to (re)discover this material whose natural properties have established it over the past few years as an essential feature of the design scene.Sponsor: European Copper Institute www.copperalliance.eu

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Kümülatif, a Turkish word for cumulative, is an Istanbul-based collective that aims to achieve wholesome designs from different expertise in many fields, including social science and manufacturing. Their first workshop resulted in a minimalist homeware collection that challenges the normative perception of us towards everyday items, such as bowls, mirrors, and photo frames. By simplifying materials down to copper and aluminium, the designers were able to deconstruct shapes and uses of their products. The bowls are interlocked pieces of metal that become their own entity with contrasting colours. Mirrors become lone-standing objects that are reflective, giving rise to the purity of materials. Photo frames are rethought as single cylinder bars with narrow slots for placements. By having ambiguous and irregular forms, the vagueness encourages human interaction in order to expand the functions of these items.Experimenting with processes including computer numerically controlled (CNC) routing and embroidery, the line features copper bowls patterned with opposing linear textures, and containers that separate into contrasting metal halves that slot neatly together.

Link: www.kumulatif.org

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MWAI

Recently, an apartment in London was transformed into a contemporary home with bespoke joinery and minimal materials designed by MWAI, a local architecture practice.Each room within the Maida Vale Apartment was conceived as a unique space – each characterised by darkening colours and materials.The studio was asked to create a home exclusively for the Joinery director Interior-iD, as they have worked closely together during the entire project.Darkening metal trims and tones signal an increased level of privacy between room functions. Bright copper turns into antique brass; minimal Corian surfaces turn into richly textured marbles.In the kitchen and dining room, Corian was used to create work surfaces, and wooden cupboard doors were white-stained to emphasise their copper trims.

Link: www.mwai.co.uk

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Milk Design

Homeware brand Toast Living has partnered with Hong Kong studio Milk Design to create a five-piece ceramic, glass and copper-coloured homeware range for coffee lovers.Milk Design’s Hand collection features a coffee dripper, glass carafe, wooden-lidded kettle, and trio of mugs in pink, dark blue and light blue.The mugs feature slightly tapered sides and sturdy handles, while the double-walled glass carafe protects users’ hands from hot coffee.The Hand kettle is also copper-coloured, and features a circular wooden lid with a hole in the centre, a slender curved spout and an oblong metal handle that is half covered in wood.

Link: www.milkdesign.com.hk

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One Bloor Sales Center

Canadian interior designers Cecconi Simone worked with Eventscape, a custom architectural fabricator, to create the sales centre for the One Bloor residential development in Toronto, Canada.Eventscape engineered, fabricated and installed the diverse custom elements with multiple material finishes – each one featuring a high degree of design and engineering sophistication. Completion of this project was required within a very limited time period. Eventscape’s versatile, flexible team provided solutions that could be implemented quickly and efficiently. The collaborative design/engineering and fabrication process facilitated design changes and the precise finishes required.Decorative Tee columns are built of solid aluminium with a spun aluminium cone top. Custom bronze plating and hand rubbed black oxide give the structures a rich patina finish.

Link: www.cecconisimone.com

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Amsterdam-based design studio Formafantasma has created a collection of engraved crystal and copper vessels, designed to purify and serve water.Developed by Formafantasma for Viennese company J.& L. Lobmeyr, the Still collection pairs crystal with copper and charcoal to improve the taste of tap water.The charcoal is activated – a process which involves perforating it with tiny holes, increasing its surface area so it can more efficiently remove impurities from water.The designers chose the materials and shapes with the aim of elevating water purification into a daily ritual.Patterns engraved onto the crystal include a contemporary microscopic view of bacteria found in rivers and a nineteenth century representation of an ocean organism that has a skeleton made of silica, the main element of glass.In homage to Lobmeyr’s design heritage, the collection’s containers for activated charcoal are a reinterpretation of Oswald Haerdtl’s 1925 Candy Dish for Lobmeyr, and the copper spoon is a reference to Hans Herald Rath’s Drinking Service no.267 Alpha.

Link: www.formafantasma.com

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Design Haus Liberty

Dara Huang and Lisa Hinderdael of Design Haus Liberty have recently completed ‘The Pour’, a raindrop chandelier installation in New York City.The existing site features exposed industrial columns on either end of a dropped beam within the living room. The design brief was to produce a light sculpture that would hang off of the existing beam and create an architectural relationship with the space.DH Liberty worked with UK-based glass blowers and metal engineers to create the crystal teardrops. Each drop is hand-blown by artisans and intricately engineered to house the lighting strategy for the chandelier. The drop itself is constructed in two parts: the brass screw cap, which houses the light, and the hand-blown crystal, reflecting the light to create puddles on the floor below. To replicate the nature of raindrops, no two drops are blown identical.

Link: www.dhliberty.com

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French technology retailer Orée is launching a ballpoint pen that can digitally record and store notes and sketches made in a companion notebook.The Stylograph pen has been described by Orée as “the first writing instrument suited for the digital age” and pairs technology with hand-crafted elements.The Stylograph pursues Orée’s design philosophy: elegant, simple and lasting functionality crafted with the finest natural materials, the company said. “Our latest creation is made from pure copper and draws on the timeless purity and durability of this natural metal, the first ever used by mankind.”The pen contains a high-speed micro camera that tracks where pen strokes are positioned on the page – relying on the paper’s barely visible patterns for reference. An accelerometer within the pen also detects its movement and angle.

Link: www.oreeartisans.com

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French studio Fabien Barrero+Carsenat has launched a new collection that consists of three lamps and a centrepiece that use and display “the identity and roughness from materials such as copper, wood, marble and ceramic.”Lampii is a table lamp which produces an indirect light, naturally orange coloured. The body is a massive block of Volvic lava with a hand-brushed copper lampshade on top.The natural character and the imperfection of materials generate a daily poetry and philosophy for our senses. The manufacturing requires traditional and contemporary processes.Seasons is a table centrepiece made out of cast-copper and placed on a walnut wood ring. The pattern comes from a board which survived more than fifty years of rain and wind. The iron cast and walnut were patinated with pure, hot bees wax.

Link: www.fabienbarrero.com

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Bethan GrayBand Collection British designer Bethan Gray has created a collection of tables with marble tops wrapped in bands of brass.The Band tables are made from polished and lacquered marbles in a range of colours, including green, white, pink and black. The furniture is available with single-colour table tops, or as two-tone versions featuring contrasting marble halves.The tables are wrapped in a brushed brass rim, and their tripod-style legs also appear to have been dipped in the metal. The collection includes circular tables in various heights, as well as an oblong version, and have either black or white painted legs.“Our new Band collection brings the natural beauty of coloured marble together with warm brushed brass to create a pairing of materials that elegantly enhance each other,” said the designer, who has previously created furniture and tableware influenced by Islamic patterns.

Link: www.bethangray.com

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The design of the Hill-Maheux Cottage located in Val-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada is simple but strong at the same time: two “bars” of living space that are joined by an elliptical loft hovering over the foyer and giving shelter to the entry below. One bar is private, containing bedrooms, bathrooms, and storage; one bar is public, containing the kitchen, dining, and living areas. The elliptical loft is the domain of the daughter.The underside of the loft volume and the fireplace surround are surfaced with a “quilt” of metal plates, including copper and zinc printing plates that the clients received from a printmaker friend. Many of the plates are etched with landscapes from the original printmaker, but many are etched with works created by the couple and their daughter. There are, however, many yet-unetched plates that can be removed, worked by the clients and their friends visiting the cottage, and then reinstalled. In this way, the house keeps a record of its past.

Link: www.kariouk.com

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