Christof Lungwitz

BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL FURNITURE DESIGN AND FREE OBJECT ART

Christof Lungwitz is the son of a sculptor, and was an interior architect in his first life. He has taught model-making at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. The boundaries between functional furniture design and fine sculpture merge in his work – a fusion of artistry and craftsmanship. As a designer, Lungwitz creates a balancing act between fine and applied art. In addition to their original function, his containers develop their own life and stand for themselves in their aesthetic and sculptural quality. “Everyone can decide for themselves how to view my pieces – whether as purely functional, representative, or something further…” explains the versatile designer and artist. Geometric severity tempers flowing softness. The poetic titles of his pieces emerge intuitively in the work process. And so Lungwitz’s objects convey their puristic aura in the concentration on the essentials. Shape that fulfills its purpose. It is the result of a radical reduction and concentration of creative means.

http://lungwitz.info/

five containers for five rings on one hand

Peter Vogel

The essence of the transience of nature

…is the central theme of Peter Vogel’s work. The motif of decay is captured from oak and fir trees affected by deforestation, which Vogel uses as materials, rotating them in a classic cross-timbering technique. Fissures and bizarre forms are created by the drying process. Lime paste, acrylic paints, water lacquers and synthetic resins form unusual structures on the surface, evoking natural weathering processes. These sculptural idiosyncracies move within the tension between archaic primacy and morbid fragility. With his objects, Peter Vogel spans an arc between antiquity and modernity, vessel and sculpture.

http://www.petervogel-objekte.de

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Material: precious woods, e.g. oak and fir woods

Prices on request

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Christine Kelle

object of utility to an art?

The main focus of my creative work is the formal approach of an object of utility to an art object, without losing the sight of the functional quality . My motivation is to create luminous objects in an open and experimental material application associated with the possibility of the constant change of shape of the design object.For this reason the playful moment is included.

www.christinekellyinteriors.com/

Willi I, Pokalelemente, Leuchtmittel, Stoffkabel, 2013, 1.600 €

Spandix, Aluminium, Glaskolben, Stoff, Leuchtmittel, 2012, 1.200€

Gwen III, Bambusstäbe, LKW-Plane, Leuchtmittel, Stoffkabel, Stecksystem, 2014, 900 €

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WIlli III, Pokalelemente, Leuchtmittel, Stoffkabel, 2013, 1.600 €

Gwen I, Bambusstäbe, LKW-Plane, Leuchtmittel, Stoffkabel, Stecksystem, 2014, 900 €

Gwen II, Bambusstäbe, LKW-Plane, Leuchtmittel, Stoffkabel, Stecksystem, 2014, 900 €

Willi II, Pokalelemente, Leuchtmittel, Stoffkabel, 2013, 1.600 €

Spandix III, Aluminium, Glaskolben, Stoff, Leuchtmittel, 2012, 1.200 €

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Ava Boemeke

aesthetics of imperfection

In the search of the interaction between design and art Ava Boemeke’s signalises her work as product designer. With the aid of an experimental and playful way of working, she is designing new concepts for a different awareness of things. Inspired by the use of forms and structures from nature and our everyday life, as well as her fascination for the imperfect, mortality and unobtrusive aesthetic she is creating her ideas.

avaboemeke.de/

MOK backback
H 43 cm x W 31 cm x D 12,5 cm, 12 liter
material: needle felt

MOK is a timeless seamless backpack. Characteristic is its form and the design reduced to the basics. In 2015 MOK was nominated for the State Award North-Rhine Westphalia.

279 €

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Cloud armchair
H 78 x W 60 x D 45 cm
material: oak, spruce, natural resin, stain

The frame of a 70s armchair chair, which had been saved from a Bremen pub, was supplemented by a newly designed seat and backrest. These were bent and pickled by layer gluing before processing. The diluted stain was painstakingly applied, which makes the armchair to an unique piece.

480 €

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Nord-Süd bookshelf
H 191,5 x W 43,5 x D 22,5 cm
material: oak, spruce, natural resin, gold leaf 23 carat

Symbiotically, the approximately 200-years old cabinet from Southern Germany and the shelf corpus merge into each other and form a finished object. The elaborate carvings in the doorstep are detailed and accurate witnesses of the time and make North-South to an unique piece. The gilded traces of use pay respect to the age of the cupboard and are a special detail of the entire design. The reduced design vocabulary of the shelf embodies the function and illustrates how the harmonious contrast can be formed from the old and the new.

1.580 €

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Copper Elements Berlin

Beyond copper-trends

Nominated for the Esty Design Award 2015 COPPER ELEMENTS BERLIN stands for original design ideas in copper with a touch of retro. Each piece is an original and is handcrafted sustainably and with great care. It started all on the scrap yard. Artist Liz has her habits there in order to find appropriate copper materials for her sculptures. Attentively she wanders around in this eldorado of worn-out remains of our society in search for suitable pieces, sensing their quality and potential of artistic inspiration. Thus emerges this exciting mixture of innovative design ideas and eco-friendy sustainability.

https://www.homify.de/copper-elements-berlin