PODCAST WITH PUFF

Färg & Blanche is a design duo that mingles their artistic approach with artisanal know-how. From each idea stems a prototype, created in the design duo’s workshop, equipped with high-precision industrial machinery. Pushing back the limits of production is an integral part of their artistic process: “Curiosity can lead to astounding and unexpected results, and that is what we strive to achieve.”  The artisanal side of their design work (sewing, soldering, etc.) is always visible, unapologetic, and even sublimated in their objects. The duo views craftsmanship as the signature element that bridges connexion between designers and users. The seams of the LILY upholstery collection, for instance, are proudly highlighted as the main inspiration for the seat of the armchairs, which poetically embodies the shape of a pillow. 

A duo of designers who slipped away from the world of architecture to take on the challenge of form and shape and explore our relationship with objects in order to create designs that suffice in themselves to exist loud and proud. Curves, colour, and matter connect in symbiosis, creating a touching character. From far away, one questions whether the object is real, or 3-D; close up, the object resembles a cartoon character. Whatever the perspective, the urge is to speak to it, give it a name, care for it. The idea behind the neuroscientific neoteny theory is that some shapes trigger a sentiment of attachment. This is exactly what design studio Jumbo undertakes to express. A challenge for aesthetics that pushes minimalism tomaximalism, and an ecological challenge: the longer you love, the less you become disinterested and feel the need to replace.

Tom Chung is a designer driven by practicality, creating what he needs at a given time and space. He designs objects that draw inspiration from and are therefore imbued with the essence of their direct environment. His functional, context-based design language is born of a rather radical style where shape and size suit a specific need. Tom Chung’s designs exude his unique duality: purpose-driven shapes (clean, straight lines) with context-driven inspiration. It is no surprise that his collection of seats are called FROMME (named after a mountain in Canada he has often ascended by bicycle). His signature mood? ‘Climbing in Rotterdam’

Explorer la mise en forme de la matière, son évolution quand on la manipule c'est le motus operandi du duo de designers BrichetZiegler. Une nouvelle approche de « faire », un artisanat quasiment initiatique, intuitif et libre avec la matière au centre qui guide et façonne.

Deux designers qui créent et produisent à quatre mains et deux cerveaux pour qui création rime avec fabrication. C’est dans leur atelier slash laboratoire slash petite usine que le prototype de la chaise WEEK-END nait, leur première édition. Retour sur leur processus exploratoire de la matière à l'objet.

Retour sur une rencontre symbiotique et un démarrage commun fulgurant entre Constance Guisset et Amélie du Passage grâce à un object hors norme qui deviendra très vite icône du design. Deux femmes avec une capacité touche à tout et une exploration créative entre pragmatisme et fantaisie.  

Un podcast qui retrace la différence entre créativité libre et appliquée et le bon dosage entre sensible et justesse de l’objet. Journaliste invitée Tania Bruna- Rosso.