Each of the six designers is at the start of their career, yet each has developed a distinctive approach to design. Each works in very different ways, but they all share a passion for experimentation with new materials and technologies and for exploring the transformative – or alchemical – possibilities of design.
Pascal Anson gives new life to discarded objects by reinventing them as sets.
Michael Cross and Julie Mathias make exquisite yet provocative lighting by immersing electric light bulbs in water.
Julia Lohmann transforms the food industry’s debris – cowhides and sheep’s stomachs – into lighting and furniture.
Matthias Megyeri investigates the twin obsessions of security and kitsch by customising burglar alarms and surveillance devices.
Peter Traag creates ingenious furniture by working with banal materials and unconventional industrial processes from a fresh perspective.
was launched at Paul Smith’s European headquarters during the 2005 Milan Furniture Fair, and is curated by the Design Museum London and the British Council.
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2 February–4 March 2007
1000–1800 daily including weekends |
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Athens Concert Hall, Vas. Sofias & Kokkali Street, 115 21 Athens |
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+30 210 728 2000 |
In the context of , and in collaboration with Vakalo School of Art and Design, and led a workshop with a group of post-graduate students and young practitioners in the fields of product, graphic and communication design and fine artists.
Julia describes the workshop entitled as "A collaborative concepts bonanza, an ideas exchange leading to objects that can revive memories, tell stories and trigger new experiences.”
The work will be exhibited at , and presented by the participants at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, 21 March at 1900.
