If it was up to us, all the best design in the world would be posted within the Parfois Portfolio… But… its not up to us. Stumbling the web we often bump into things worth sharing. The world wide web is so full off great things that will never end up in our portfolio, but which we want the world to see. For this we created our blog. At this moment there 4 of us blogging on a regular basis.Work, studies and social life makes that there are weeks with a lot of posts, and weeks without. But we’ll do our best in bringing you the nicest shit on a acceptable basis.
We wrote about TS 2 AS some moths ago, while the project was in a premature fase. Right now there up and running, and Parfois wants to support them. At this moment the TS 2 AS boys are gathering money to get to New York and have there first meetings. But for this to happen, they will need your support. Go over to the Times Square 2 Art Square website and donate everything you got! Its for the better purpose.
This blogpost is number 200! Therefore I’m spending it on a close friend of mine.
Bob Segers, Mariane Brants, Wim Segers & Rita Westhovens are Studio Segers. They run a small but blooming design office. One part of the company does graphic design, the other product and furniture design.
This post is about a table they did recently for Cassecroute. They made several models of this table.
If you want you can see the table on belgian television. They use it in the studio for the WK2010. >> Read more
Don’t like all the things shown in this movie, but some are really worth watching. The cloud-machine by Daniel Schulze ‘takes my breath away’.
Young talented designers and students were the focus of this years DMY Youngsters exhibition. Many of the works were quite experimental or research driven resulting in interesting ideas and shapes for these new makers.
Steelcase teamed up with the critically acclaimed company IDEO to design a new chair called the Node Chair. IDEO is known for it qualitatif redesign of almost anything. They started in Palo Alto (California, US) in 1991. Today they are a global company with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Munich and Shanghai. They are pure problem solvers, and were one of the first to include collaborative brainstorm sessions, prototypes, research and storytelling into their workflows. All under the watching eye of Tim Brown. Steelcase on the other hand, is known for its well designed office furniture. Always very colorful, efficient and handy. Their cooperation with Steelcase thus didn’t came as a surprise.
The chair is aimed at students. It can rotate 360º, making it adaptable to any class set up, wether it is a circle, lines or small groups. The small desk attached to the chair, works well for both left and right handed people. It is large enough to hold books and notes, or your laptop. The whole bottom area can be used to store your bag, which is probably the most convenient solution of them all.
Frederik Roijé was born in the eastern part of the Netherlands. After graduating at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, he started his own design studio based in Amsterdam: a studio specialized in interior and product design, where concept and renewal are main points.
During the DMY in Berlin, Frederik Roijé presents his latest project Breed Retreat. An architectural hen house to breed and retreat. ‘To eliminate the estrangement from our origin, respecting nature will be necessary. Designing a special place will give nature its space, even in urban society.’ >> Read more
Not really a big fan of the chair itself, but I think the technique he used is great! As part of his final year project at Kunsthochschule Kassel the young German designer Christof Schmidt developed this smart joining technique. The solid wooden elements of the chair are broken to measure and placed into a silicone-mould. Due to its expansion the poured in polyurethane foam infiltrates into every single wooden fibre at the breaking point and connects the pieces soundly. The foam hardens within minutes. >> Read more
For those who didn’t know yet, the results of the competition ‘designing absence‘ are being shown in various exhibitions in and around Antwerp. The first one is running towards it’s end. Today is the last day to view the towers at the ‘designcenter winkelhaak‘ in Antwerp. we’ll update you about the other expo’s as soon as possible.
Nice movie and interview with the Dutch Calligraffiti artist Shoe. Love the way he combines graffiti and calligraphy. More work can be found on his website.
I met Bram De Ceurt a couple of weeks ago by one of the very newest ways to meet people… facebook… Maybe not the best way and I prefer a pub or a party to meet people but the point is that we met. I had a look at his website www.bramdeceurt.be He is photographer and painter and searches with both media for the erotic aspect of life.
I saw the work of Steve Locatelli for the first time a month ago at Artspace Leguit in Antwerp. For me, his artworks blew the work of other artists at that expo away. His colors are very brisk and his lines are very well placed. He knows what he wants and how to get it. http://www.locatellisteve.com >> Read more
This blogpost is number 200! Therefore I’m spending it on a close friend of mine.
Not really a big fan of the chair itself, but I think the technique he used is great! As part of his final year project at Kunsthochschule Kassel the young German designer Christof Schmidt developed this smart joining technique. The solid wooden elements of the chair are broken to measure and placed into a silicone-mould. Due to its expansion the poured in polyurethane foam infiltrates into every single wooden fibre at the breaking point and connects the pieces soundly. The foam hardens within minutes. 
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