4 September 2007
I subscribe to a newsletter by a Swedish company by the name of Form Us With Love, and they just sent me an announcement for their latest design product/company called BIO (Bendable Interior Objects). This design object is very similar to BluDot’s line of accessories in that they both use a very simple stamping process using one sheet of metal. With BIO, they take their product one step further by allowing the user to bend their own accessories in to shape after they have popped the piece off of the main metal sheet. This sheet also cleverly works as a carrying device. As well, the complete flatness of the piece is also incredibly efficient for shipping. All these aspects combined leads to an extremely well thought out design, thus crack.
The objects I’m showing above are BIO’s line of desk accessories including a card and pen holder as well as a paper holder. I like the product for a number of reasons, but the most compelling for me is the childlike reaction I have reminiscent of when I was a child building my first toy model. The pieces in my old toy models came in these flat sheets. Each piece had to be spun and pried at until they popped out and were ready for assembly. The BIO product kind of takes it’s cue from these models, but the assembly is somewhat more satisfying in its simplicity and obvious utility.
Object: Bendable Interior Objects
Designer: Form Us With Love
URL: www.b-i-o.se
Price: $50
Lust Factor: Hot
Categories: $0-50 | Houswares | Lust Factor: Hot | Metal | Shiny | White
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Comments:
October 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
[…] Ana Linares is a freshly graduated designer who went to Pratt in New York. But even though she is fresh out of school, she has a number of competent designs under her belt, the most exciting of which is the Conversation Chair. This chair is one of those pieces that is almost an instant classic simply because of its graphic and iconic posturing. It is a single sheet of either aluminum or steel which is cut into shape (I’m assuming cut with either a plasma cutter or high pressure water jet), bent to the specifications of the chair, and finished off with a gloriously decadent powder coat. Now, I must admit that I’ve seen tons of similar furniture such as this available for years such as the Blu Dot and the recent collection from Form Us With Love or even the amazing PikNik by Dirk Wynants. But Ana’s piece has transcended all of these by bringing the piece one step further an giving it social meaning. Her seat is a seat for two. A place for a conversation. And every move and turn the chair makes is there to reinforce its social contract with the users. I definitely see myself enjoying this chair not only for its beauty but for its use, and I can’t wait to see what Ms. Linares has in store for us. […]
November 18th, 2007 at 5:52 am
The Conversation Chair is bellisima!!!
Great for gardens, public spaces and even
a hallway!