Tessel Brühl - 'In hope of making grieving Tolerable'

Tessel Brühl’s project, In Hope of Making Grieving Tolerable, began with a book about intuition; this in turn led to a series of mourning fashions: garments which show outside how we feel inside, and which make the sorrow, pain and fury, as well as hope both bearable and wearable. The project culminated in a film, a moving and impressive plea for grieving openly and sharing one’s grief. Tessel Brühl: “Grieving no longer forms part of our culture. Death is the end, with nothing after it, this while, for the survivors, it has just begun.” http://tesselbruhl.nl

Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show 2011

Few weeks ago Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven celebrated it's 10th edition. Graduation Show of Design Academy in Eindhoven is included in the program and is a highlights each year. I saw lot of great projects but here is my selection of the projects that really got my attention.






For more projects and information: http://www.designacademy.nl/EVENTS/GRADUATION2011.aspx

Wooden Textiles by Lenneke Langenhuijsen

designer Lenneke Langenhuijsen

Textiles made of wood? We think of wood as a solid material only.
Lenneke Langenhuijsen travelled to the South Pacific island of Tonga to learn and document the ancient craft technique of beating bark fiber into a textile. In Tonga the locals beat the bark of the Paper Muberry tree to make cloth.
 As part of her 'Wooden Textiles' project she has documented this ancient craft in a short documentary and expanded the basic principle to create a new, flexible fabric. Experimenting with techniques often only applied to textiles, such as dyeing and embroidery, she displayed them in an 'inspiration book' to showcase the full potential of wood as a basic for fabric.
She created a collection of interior textiles as well as a set of wooden stools formed and 'upholstered' with multiple layers of fabric. Engineering the beaten wooden fibers using textile techniques such as sewing, dyeing and embroidery, she creates a new fabric that can be washed at 40 degrees. A great example of a designers’ concern to document a craft story, rediscovering and reviving ancient indigenous techniques.
http://www.lennekelangenhuijsen.com

Don't forget to watch the documentary!

Designers watch out! by Chia-Pin Yang

“Is design the exclusive domain of designers?” That’s what Chia-Pin Yang wondered.
And so, he asked over 100 fellow Taiwanese urbanites for their on-the-spot design ideas. Yang was surprised to discover that these amateurs could give professional designers a run for their money. Their unique and insightful ideas included: a picnic table complete with built-in tree – guaranteeing a spot in the shade, a flower-shaped wind turbine to give this form of eco-energy a friendlier look, and a housing complex in the form of a cruise ship.

Yang compiled the best ideas in a book, Created in Taiwan, also including his interviewees’ original sketches. Designers watch out!

'Wait Here' by Philip Lüschen

Artificial lights, old magazines, smelly people. Philip Lüschen came up with a project 'WAIT HERE' that breaks through the passive dynamic of endless waiting in waiting rooms.
Philip Lüschen just graduated cum laude from Design Academy in Eindhoven. The project contains a book including tips and tricks for any waiting room inconvenience and two objects designed as practical implements but when not in use, function as icebreakers. The objects also stimulate our imagination.

I accually know Philip from high school, it was a very nice surprise to bump into him again and to see his project. Well done!
http://www.philipluschen.nl