Designer Profile...

Joseph Walsh, an experimental furniture designer specialising in wood, he has pushed the boundaries within this material. Self taught, he has mastered techniques to allow him to produce the most beautiful forms, within his conceptual and interpretational flare for design, most recently using erosion as his inspiration.

I love Walsh's pieces, the use of my favourite material has not only won over my opinion, but how he has created the most breathtaking, elegant, luxurious pieces.

Visit http://www.josephwalshstudio.com/ to see the whole range of his work, his history and exhibitions.

This is a low table design, organically shaped by the inspiration of erosion.

I am actually in love with this bed, its elegant curve shape, delicate cut outs, unnoticeable joints, the gradual move from decreasing width sizes, the sensual draping of the material across the grand four poster bed feel of a form, I WANT ONE!!!

carved wood cut out shapes, organic natural feel to the form

this is a lovely chair, with a beautiful curved structure it seems like a perfectly good sculptural form, but with the strength and quality of the piece, it being functional as a chair makes it a piece you cant help but love

the gradual altering of shape built in within the wall gives a sensual finish, creating a simple yet mastered aesthetical talking point to the room

This dining table has a lovely seamless finish

i love how this seems to be opening out, to me it looks like the seem across to earth plates

100% Design, Things I loved! ....

At the 100% Design exhibition, London, there was a wide range of companies displaying a range of different products, styles, materials and functions. Below I am going to show you the pieces that I loved, whether it was for the visual appearance or to the individual way on how they were solving a problem.

I love this! Not only is an attractive decorative wall piece but at the same time it holds a function as a coat rack, parts in the vertical pattern fold down to hold a coat. It is inspired from piano keys, which explains its name, Pianoforte. I would love one of these in my house in the future, they are so more attractive than the conventional existing piece. YFOS you will be getting my custom.

This contemporary piece attracted me at first glance, purely because you don't expect to see a light in this form, it is definitely a conversation piece. This along with the existing products from Tabisso, such as typographic seating and lounge furniture, it will definitely make an impact in any environment.

These intricately decorated hanging screens are beautiful. Not only do they add delicate decoration to a room but with them being laser cut and made out of  reflective metal they make the room look bigger by letting light through and by reflecting light at the same time.

A folded form to create a depth and more of a contemporary art piece

This is something that I adore, its beautifully formed, hand made and is made fully out of natural wood. After speaking to the designer Johnathan Field he told use that it would take only three weeks to make and would retail at around £9000. But I think it is worth every penny, with the built in draws and compartments that are self closing and the curved form with intriguing visible joints.

After seeing these advertised and writing about them on my previous blog, I was really excited about seeing The Animal Chair Collection by Maximo Riera and they definitely didn't disappoint. Seeing them in real life made you appreciate the work that goes into making them, the seat seems to flow into the form of the animal, it doesn't look out of place and the details and size of the chairs are impressive.

I love this company. The chairs that they produce have such a big visual impact even though they are simplistic yet elegant forms, it is the materials that they are made from that make it stand out from the crowd. I love the use of strips of natural wood and how the actual seat seems to be floating inside the wooden structure.

My love for wood was also seen within another company who produced a wooden structured chair, the structure was also very impressive, giving another high visual impact, I would love to own one of these!

This was a very clever product that I found, its function is a magazine storage product, when you drop the magazing through the open slot at the top its form allows it to drop and land within the curve.

The egg shape theme was continued within their display by an impressive contempoaray bookcase. Some people were querying the overall size, but I loved the impact it made and I would definitley not change it.

100% Design, Colour Trends 2011-2012

At the exhibition there was the opportunity to visit a number of talks being taken by a number of professionals exhibiting at the event. The talk I attended was about the up and coming colour trends, these being separated into four colour charts. These categories being, Shanty, Ember, Tender and Bleep.

The talk was taken by a representative from Global Colour Research Mix Publications, and the four categories where explained with what each one included, examples of the colours being used within interior design and products. Also how the EU and America adapted and changed the shade tones for each chart to fit in with their societies.

The first category, Shanty, consisted mostly of pale shades of red, blue and grey.

Shanty colour chart

Ember, the second colour chart, this consisted of a range of rich autumn, rustic colours, browns, golds, reds and blues.

Ember colour chart

Some examples of the Ember colour chart in use.

Tender, the third, is where things get pretty, delicate colour shades of blues, greys, pinks and browns.

Tender colour chart

Some examples of the Tender colour collection

The final being the biggest and by far the brightest, Bleep. This holds the colours that really capture our minds attention, technology inspired bright primary colours.

Bleep colour chart

Some examples of the Bleep colours

From attending this talk it has helped me with my future work, how I think about colours and the grouping of them. With this knowledge I will now be able to put this into my future presentation work.

For more details about their exhibition visit the 100% Design Exhibitors Directory.

Practising Perspective...

So now I'm back at uni and its time for the hardcore drawing to begin again, so before the pressure of project work sets in I have decided to practise some techniques, the first being perspective.

100% Design, Earls Court, London....

Finally the day came where me and my course mates boarded the train to St. Pancras station (for some of us this being our first time in the big city) and made our way to Earls Court, London, for the much awaited visit to the 100% design exhibition.

 During the visit I saw some amazing things, some quirky things, some inspiring things and some things I would love to own and ofcourse through some sneaky photo taking skills, I am going to show you the delights of the show on here
 

some quirky things...

...some inspiring things...

...some things I would love to own

Through the next couple of blogs I am going to put all of my photos into product categories to show the rang of designs shown within the exhibition, so keep posted within the next couple of days.