Form&Seek London Design Fair2017
Form&Seek will be part of Dutch Pavilion at London Design Fair on 21-24 September 2017
Form&Seek exhibitions always show a consideration to new crafts, material and processes.
With this upcoming show Form&Seek explores the theme of "Openness" where we focus on what designers with a vision of across borders and cultures, make and design in order to shift attitudes and cultures for the a more inclusive future. Form&Seek explores the idea of Dutch design, not through a national lens but as an attitude and way of thinking.
For the first time ever Form&Seek launches its own collection during London Design Festival as well as a producing and selling platform, enabling consumers and retailers to purchase original and innovative crafted goods from a curated collection founded and run by designers.
The Form&Seek collection focuses on new developed processes and contemporary, globally local craft techniques. Interesting, innovative materials and processes play a key role in the pieces by Form&Seek. Each item tells a story through the way it has been made or the impact it has on our daily lives.
Our new collection expands on a wide range of crafted products from conventional products prototyped with new technologies to products that play with natural formations and uses of material. Each thought provoking, poetic design object has a strong character and personality with the personal mark of the maker.
Swiss Light
Damian fopp exhibits a rocking chair, an accompanying side table and a pendant light. this trio represents an a abstract residential situation, on which his views on design are demonstrated.
The chair and the side table are simple in their construction, made up of only flat wooden boards, slotted together and held in place with industrial rubber rings. This simplicity in construction is continued in the use of a clear formal language which is a result of a set of rules: the shapes are rectangular and if not, every curve needs to serve a purpose. following these few rules results in a very logical but striking and characterful design.
The observer might catch influences from well known masters like gerrit rietveld (1888-1964, NL) and poul kjærholm (1929-1980, DK) to more obscure designers like jacob müller (1905-1998, CH). The idea of design as an ongoing conversation, handed from generation to generation, is essential to Damian's practice, a result of his past work at the museum für gestaltung zürich and not to be mistaken as a postmodern reshuffling.
As the furniture so does the pendant light very much tell a story of clarity. it’s made from a square of sheet metal, four bends and a circular hole for the bulb. the white glossy powder coating allows for subtle reflections and shadows. The efficient production allows it to be swiss made and still reasonably priced.
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Damian Fopp
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