Second station of the tour is going to be the International Design Festival that will take place in the Metropolitan Design Center in Buenos Aires on October 18th to 20th. The main goal of the event will be to connect designers and professional audience. In order to deepen the collective approach towards design, they will furthermore meet the general audience and design students.
In its 2013 edition, the International Design Festival will be a national event, opening the participation not only for the City of Buenos Aires but the entire country.
The International Design Festival also proposed as a meeting place for leaders of the international design. The last edition was attended by leading international designers like Eames Demetrios (USA), Alberto Montt, Piano and Francisco Luis Galvez (Chile), Ronaldo Fraga (Brazil), Peter Segreto (Brazil), Jorge Frascara (Argentine residing in Mexico), Julien De Sousa (France), among other prominent figures in the community.
The spectrum of Berlin’s companies’ common presentation is stretching from surface structures for 3D-printed objects to elaborate luminaires and ecologically produced furniture.
Among others, the following products will be shown at the Buenos Aires International Design Festival:
45 kilo, founded in 2007, presents Ray Glasses, crystal handmade glasses break the sunlight in a spectrum of fine lines, creating a pattern on the table surface. Each glass is a unique item. White Table, made by 45 kilo as well, is the most simple and functional table you can imagine. The 6 mm surface lends the tabe an elegant look while also making it waterresistant and stable.
With Reverse Decay, the designer Birgit Severin is showing a surface structure for 3D-printed objects, that consist of two overlying geometrical layers. One of them is only slightly attached to the other and separates from it through interaction. Over time, one layer pattern is transforming into the other. For Ashes, Severin is also using 3D technology.
Alice von Stockhausen shows Light Drop Vaiations, which are interchangeable lamp parts that can be assembled to satisfy individual needs. Lasso by dookke:design is a three-dimensional luminaire. A complex web of mini-sculptures constitutes its basic geometry. Each minisculpture is made of high-class acryl glass. The interlocking of these elements makes up its spatial volume.
Lasso by dookke:design is a three-dimensional luminaire. A complex web of mini-sculptures constitutes its basic geometry. Each minisculpture is made of high-class acryl glass. The interlocking of these elements makes up its spatial volume.
hettler:tüllmann put sustainability on their agenda. The collective is showing Recycled Leather Chair & Cork Tables, furniture made of compostable or recycled materials. Alongside of its natural haptics, these materials were chose for their utilization and for the way they are obtained. The cork tables, which are hollow on the inside, come in three sizes and offer additional storage under the metal plates.
Studio Joa Herrenknecht (founded 2012) presents a range of different design objects. Among them are parts of the ‘Grow’ collection, items shown: ‘ISLA’, a handtufted carpet, ‘Phases’, a collection of vases and ‘Toro’, a flowerpot for climbing plants. All of the three designs show the fusion of fresh vivid colors and clear cut, geometric but playful design, which is the form language of the Studio. The young designer also exhibits two lamps from the series ‘Nest’ – which won the red dot award 2012, for their delicate design and gentle juxtaposition of light and shadow.
This year’s Berlin Design Selection Tour includes the following stops:
Berlin Design Selection Asia
Taiwan Designers’ Week Sept 27th – Oct 6th 2013
100% Design Shanghai Nov 14th – Nov 16th 2013
DeTour Hongkong Nov 29th – Dec 15th 2013
Berlin Design Selection America
Design Weekend Sao Paulo Aug 15th – Aug 18th 2013
Buenos Aires Design Festival Oct 18th – Oct 20th 2013
Design Miami/Art Basel Dec 04th – Dec 08th 2013
Information on the exhibition
Centro Metropolitano de Diseño
Algarrobo 1041 (C1293ABA)
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel. (+5411) 4126-2950
Local contact
Dynamo Berlin e.V.
Blücherstr. 23
10961 Berlin
Tel. (+49) 030/ 9145- 7643
[email protected]
www.dynamo-design-berlin.org
Press contact
Ms. Tanja Mühlhans
Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues
Berlin Government
Martin Luther Str. 105 10825 Berlin
Tel. (+49) 030/9013- 8335
http://www.berlin.de/sen/wtf
About Berlin Design Selection
From now on, the state of Berlin will represent its design scene in foreign markets under the newly established brand “Berlin Design Selection”. The brand was founded by the initiative Projekt Zukunft and the Berlin Senate Department for Economics and Technology. Dynamo Design Berlin e.V., in cooperation with DMY Berlin, will organize the representation abroad.
The focus of these representations will be to open up new markets for Berlin design businesses, connecting them with producers, distributors and trade companies.
The exhibitions will be accompanied by extensive PR measures. Alongside of a catalogue, there will be an internet presence specifically set up for the Berlin Design Selection tour. The website will host relevant information about presented products and design companies as well as an overview of Berlin’s design creation. The intention is to create a platform that provides international visibility of Berlin’s design scene, support the businesses at the new markets and stimulate the creation of new products.
The Berlin Design Selection tour will stop at the most important international design fairs and festivals from August until December 2013 and show a selection of objects, products and prototypes made in Berlin or designed by Berlin designers.
