Grant Featherston - Aristoc Scape stool with steps

Grant Featherston designed the scape range of chairs and stools for Aristoc which included this very practical set of steps. I have previously posted about the dining chairs here and the stools here.

Grant Featherston designed Aristoc scape stool with steps.

Be Seated - Mid Century furniture

The Danish Deluxe Inga arm chair was manufactured in Victoria in the 1960s. Danish Deluxe was a major Victorian furniture manufacturer from the 1950s to the 1980s. The company was formed by Neville Askanasy, John Westacott and Borg Gjorstvang.

Be Seated from Portland Victoria specialise in restoring Mid Century modern furniture including; Danish Deluxe, Fler, Featherston, Meadmore, Parker and Tessa.

Danish Deluxe Inga arm chair restored by Be Seated.

Be Seated - Mid Century modern furniture.

Kjell Grant - Ecco chair

Ecco chair designed by Kjell Grant.

Fringe Furniture - Threaded Out Table

Rowan Turnham exhibited his ‘Threaded Out Table’ at the 2012 Fringe Furniture Exhibition as part of The Melbourne Fringe Festival. Rowan is a graduate of RMIT Furniture and is currently in my Studio 2 class at Monash University industrial design.

Fringe Furniture 2012
The Abbotsford Convent
26 September – 13 October (Wed – Sun, 11am – 5pm)

Threaded Out Table by Rowan Turnham at Fringe Furniture exhibition.

Photography : Dean Haeusler

The ‘Threaded Out Table’ was inspired by the need for furniture that is suited to our increasingly urban context and is simple and easy to transport.

Threaded Out Table by Rowan Turnham.
Photography : Dean Haeusler

Designer Rowan Turnham demonstates features of the Threaded Out Table.
Photography : Dean Haeusler

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Tate Anson - Tryst Stool in Paris

Tryst stool by Tate Anson featured on Musee D'Art Moderne website.

Tate Anson Tryst stool.

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Melbourne Movement - Grand Designs Live

Grand Designs Live has arrived in Melbourne and Melbourne Movement are proud to have been invited to exhibit local creative design talent.

The exhibition has been curated by director Ian Wong and features works from designers including Tate Anson, Dusko Lapcevic, Jasna Manolios, Adam Cornish, Edward Linacre and founder and President Kjell Grant.

 Melbourne Movement director Ian Wong and President Kjell Grant pictured with the Montreal chair at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

RMIT Professor Kjell Grant celebrates the acclaimed Tryst stool from his 4th year studio designed by Tate Anson.

Grand Designs Live Melbourne stand Melbourne Movement.

RMIT University lecturer and Melbourne Movement member Dusko Lapcevic discusses features of his Tribal bench at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Dusko Lapcevic discusses features of his IRIS lamps at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Melbourne Movement's designers Dusko Lapcevic and Ed Linacre, President Kjell Grant and Director Ian Wong at Grand Designs Live - Melbourne.

Sunday crowd at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

 Melbourne Movement stand G34 at Grand Designs Live - Melbourne

RMIT alumnus industrial designer Jasna Manolios pictured with her Presto bracelet.

Trinity bowl by RMIT alumnus Adam Cornish.

Melbourne Movement director Ian Wong and President Kjell Grant prepare for Grand Designs Live Melbourne exhibition.

Newest Melbourne Movement designer Edward Linacre installing a weave pendant lamp at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Weave lamps weave magic and light up the Melbourne Movement stand at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Dr Simon Jackson and Mark Stachan from Swinburne University and Ed Linacre at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Grand Designs Live Melbourne with Kevin McCloud and large crowds.

Melbourne Movement stand at Grand Designs Live Melbourne 2012

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Edward Linacre - Melbourne Movement

The James Dyson Award winner and Swinburne University industrial design alumnus Edward Linacre has joined Melbourne Movement and will exhibit at Grand Designs Live this weekend.

Edward will exhibit Weave pendant lamps.

'Weave Pendant Lamps' designed by Edward Linacre

'Weave Pendant Lamps' are the first of a series of lamps born through the amalgamation of traditional craft processes and modern CAD development techniques. Basket weaving was fused with computer surface-modelling to create a complex self supporting 3D woven structure that requires no glues or adhesives to hold its form. The lamps are constructed of 100% recycled timber veneers, reclaimed from the industrial waste bin of a local timber yard.

Dyson Award winner Edward Linacre

The James Dyson Award is an international student design award running in 18 countries. It’s run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to encourage the next generation of design engineers to be creative, challenge and invent.

Grand Designs Live - Melbourne Movement

Melbourne Movement have been invited to exhibit at Grand Designs Live - Melbourne. Stand G34

The stand will showcase works exhibited by Melbourne Movement members in Milan Salone Satellite.

Tryst stool by Tate Anson

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Melbourne Movement - Salone Satellite 2012

Melbourne Movement directors Kjell Grant, Gyunju Chyon and Ian Wong along with members Tate Anson, Dusko Lapcevic and Jasna Manolios recently reported to sponsors and outlined the success of Salone Satellite 2012.

Sponsors the City of Melbourne, RMIT University, Monash University and Sumo Visual provided generous financial and in kind support to ensure our talented designers are afforded the opportunity to present as Melbourne Movement at the world's premier furniture exhibition in Milan.

Shane McIlroy - International Advisor and Ben James - Business Coordinator from the City of Melbourne congratulated Melbourne Movement on the many outcomes from this years event and were delighted to see Federation Square feature in the exhibition stand design. Dean of Architecture and Design at RMIT University Professor Richard Blythe commended the initiative, commitment and vision of Kjell Grant and acknowledged the deep contribution Melbourne Movement makes to design internationally.

LtoR: Jasna Manolios, Tate Anson, Gyunju Chyon, Shane McIlroy, Ben James, Kjell Grant,  Professor Richard Blythe, Dusko Lapcevic and Ian Wong.

Professor Richard Blythe Dean of Architecture and Design at RMIT University emphasises the significant contribution made by Melbourne Movement to international design in discussions with sponsors and Melbourne Movement members.

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Tate Anson - SOYA

Melbourne Movement member and RMIT alumnus industrial designer Tate Anson has entered the Spirit of Youth Awards for 2012.

I would encourage all to support emerging talent and vote in the people's choice for these awards.

Driven by the potential for new technology to reinvent and reinvigorate traditional furniture making Tate is emerging as a design talent and winning this award would greatly support his career.

An amazing twelve month mentorship from Marc Newson is on offer.

Good luck Tate.

To vote for Tate click link below and like his entry.

http://www.soya.com.au/entrants/10161281

Designer Tate Anson in Milan at the Salone Satellite 2012 pictured explaining the innovation of the Tryst stool to one of the hundreds of intrigued visitors.

Tate Anson with Melbourne Movement director Ian Wong at Salone Satellite 2012. 

www.tateanson.com

Salone Satellite 2012 - Highlights

Salone Satellite 2012 featured a huge number of stands from all over the world. This was my first visit and I did my best to capture some of the stands. Here is a summary of more than 30 of the stands to inspire and encourage your own creative works in furniture.

Salone Satellite 2012. Milan.

Salone Satellite 2012 - Highlights summary video showing images of over 30 stands.

Slow Seating - Milan Design Week

The exhibition Slow Seating - Contemporary Chinese Design was a highlight of the Tortona District of Milan Design Week recently. Beijing Design Week brought the exhibition to Milan which was curated by designer Zhu Xiaojie.

Slow Seating exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012

Slow Seating exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012

Zhu Xiaojie curator of the exhibition Slow Seating - Contemporary Chinese Design pictured with his own chair design.

Slow Seating exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012

Slow Seating exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012

Slow Seating exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012

Slow Seating exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012

Slow Seating exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012

Official opening Slow Seating Exhibition - Milan Design Week 2012. 

Video of Slow Seating exhibition from Abitareweb.

Adam Cornish - Salone Satellite 2012

Adam Cornish is an emerging Australian design talent but a veteran at Salone Satellite and Melbourne Movement so it was a pleasure to have his assistance in Milan and to see his willingness to support this year's designers.

Adam Cornish Trinity Bowl exhibited in 2011 at Salone Satellite with Melbourne Movement.

Adam Cornish spends time on the stand with 2012 Melbourne Movement designers; Jack Martinich, Jasna Manolios, Jiyoon Kim, Dusko Lapcevic, Tate Anson and Alex Cummins.

Melbourne Movement director Ian Wong with Adam Cornish and profile image of Melbourne Movement founder and President Kjell Grant. 

www.adamcornish.com

King & Miranda - Milan

Perry King and Santiago Miranda founded King & Miranda Design in 1975. I was fortunate this week to meet Perry King at Salone Satellite and to visit the design studio in Milan to conduct an interview for my PhD.

I have particular interest in design practice and asked Perry to reflect on his UK education and how over time his practice was influenced or changed by his work in Milan. The influence of early career work with Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti and in particular the Valentine typewriter project were of great interest to me.

The collaboration between Perry King and Santiago Miranda over more than 37years has yielded a great many award winning projects for clients and is represented in the studio logo of two hands. The strength of this bond was evident in an instant as Perry and Santiago kindly agreed to shake hands for my photograph in the studio foyer.

Santiago Miranda and Perry King founders of King & Miranda Design.

Arin Chair - Winner of the iF Product Design Award for 2011 designed by King & Miranda.

Industrial designer Perry King discusses a concept prototype for the award winning Arin chair. Flos classic Jill lamp by King & Miranda also pictured.

Innovative wall heater panels for Runtal designed by King & Miranda and featured at Salone Mobile 2012.

Video here outlines innovative design developments behind the Runtal Folio heater panels.

This video provides insight into the King & Miranda Design studio practice.

I recognised immediately the Jill lamp for Flos in the studio meeting room as I prepared for my interview with Perry. During my studies in the early 1980s this lamp featured regularly in international design magazines and showrooms in Melbourne. Designed in 1978 the Jill lamp is a classic from Flos.

Jill lamp designed by Perry King and Santiago Miranda for Flos. 1978.

Original concept sketch for the design of the Jill lamp designed by Perry King and Santiago Miranda for Flos. 1978.

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