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As Tiffany Meyers observes in her overview of the 100 winners, one can’t peg 2009 as the year of any specific color or typographic convention. But the winning projects are reflective of today’s increasingly diverse design discipline. In fact, one has to wonder if there is any longer such a thing as a design discipline—in light of today’s fast-changing and even amorphous practice, the word discipline seems a little out of place.
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Speakers disguised as art, chairs for your wall, and tapes that measure more than inches and feet highlight some of this issue's soft & hard wares. July/August 2005
SOFT & HARD WARES
Latest and Greatest Gadgets and Accessories
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BAG IT
Looking for that perfect bag combining
form and function to replace
your laptop carrier, briefcase, purse,
and cosmetics bag? Then try the playful
Layered Bag designed by Sakurako
Kaneko from MoMA Design Store.
It combines three bag sizes and colors,
which together add up to one very
cool interchangeable bag in four variations.
The large, dark charcoal size
works well as a laptop or folder holder,
and the two smaller pouches (medium
is light gray, small is orange) are great
for personal items. The set is held together
with flip-lock metal fasteners,
the zip-top pouches are made from
nylon, and the shoulder strap is adjustable
webbed cotton. With this combination,
you’ll never have to carry more
than one accessory again.
MoMA Design Store Layered Bag, $145, 800.447.6662 |
| BOASTWORTHY BOTTLES
If you’ve searched the world over for a top-quality water
bottle that never needs to be replaced, only to find those
boring camping-gear-looking doohickeys, don’t despair.
The new Swiss Sigg Water Bottles from Flax will last you
a lifetime, even if you’re not an adventurous, outdoorsy
type. Available in six fresh designs (Pattern, Logic, Harmonie,
Take Part, Bubbles, and Summertime), the Sigg
bottles come in lightweight, seamless aluminum and are
manufactured with an FDA-approved, non-corrosive lining
that’s resistant to acidic and isotonic drinks, and they
won’t flake even if you dent the metal. And if you think
that sounds tough, Sigg bottles are also guaranteed never
to leak, even if under pressure (carbonation, that is), and
the screw tops come with dirt-proof cap so you won’t get
a muddy mouthful. Selected patterns (all are solvent-free)
available in either 1 liter or .6 liter sizes.
Flax Art & Design Zigg Water Bottles, $14–$29, 800.343.3529 |
| SITTING PRETTY
Aptly defining the true function of a chair, Florian Kremb of
Amplifier recently created the prototype of Floor/Wall Chair,
which symbolizes that a chair is basically a fragment of the
floor connected to a vertical fragment of the wall. The chair is
made of a metal frame structure with both vertical (floor) and
horizontal legs (wall). A removable plywood seat with a rubber
back can be used on its own or can be attached to the metal
frame. The Floor/Wall Chair was created for “The Idea of a
Chair,” a project symposium/call to action given by Krabbesholm,
a Danish design shop. It’s currently made to
order through Amplifier by specialist
craftsmen in Denmark.
Amplifier Floor/Wall Chair, price upon request
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| PILLOW TALK
Striking a chord with creatives who enjoy decorating
with design in mind, Hybrid-Home of
San Francisco has introduced a line of graphically
inspired pillows, available at Velocity
Art and Design. Their unique, witty visuals—
owls, airplanes, deer, and smartly dressed men
reminiscent of a scene from Reservoir Dogs,
among other patterns—provide interesting,
alternative ways to accent your home or o¡Öce.
Made of 100-percent “super-soft” linen fabric,
the pillowcases include a hidden zipper for
easy removal and cleaning. The Hybrid-Home
Pillow Collection is a sure-fire conversation
starter, part one being “Where in the world
did you find that?”
Velocity Art and Design Hybrid-Home Pillows,
$70, 866.781.9494
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