Oddities Armonie

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.

Oddities Armonie

Michiel Poelmann's Oddities Armoire project explores the tension in and between materials–wood and steel, softness and hardness, masculine and feminine, smoothness and roughness, romanticism and classicism. The Oddities Armoire creates a relationship between what was already there – antiques crafted by others more than one century ago–and contemporary design. A collaboration between furniture designer Michiel Poelmann, antique dealer Michiel Wildschut, and graphic designer Baukje Stamm {Wunderwald, Amsterdam}, the project began with antiques as a starting point, triggering investigation and exploration. Poelmann himself creates furniture, lighting, and other design products from wood, metal, and stone. But none of his creations conform to the standard molds of tables, stools, cabinets or lights created from these materials. Chemical reactions, welding different materials together, and working with imperfect, found wood are qualities signature to his work, and some are seen in this project as well.

Designer:

Michiel Poelmann

Material:

Wood, metal

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