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.
Frozen Fabric
Digital fabrication is often perceived to produce flawless results–lacking a certain unique handcrafted quality. Frozen Fabric, created by Melbourne-based architect Farheen Dossa, challenges this notion by using digital fabrication techniques for creating a structure that possesses aesthetic qualities that lie between control and the lack of. Pursuing her interest in the relationship between design, making and digital fabrication techniques, Farheen’s intent here was to convey the honesty and simplicity of the materials with a single typical CNC-routed template for casting pieces. At the same time, the fluidity of the fabric and natural grain of the concrete made sure every cast and final interior object looked unique. The technology was thus used for sustainability, as well as to generate unique aesthetics. In doing this, Frozen Fabric develops a whimsical aesthetic which conveys the coexistence of nature and man. While the soft, organic, fabric-like folds and texture denote forces of nature, the sharp contrasting lines symbolize the presence and ambition of man.
Designer:
Farheen Dossa
Material:
Fabric