Programme 2008 Vitra Design Museum Directions The Domaine de Boisbuchet is located in the Southwest of 11.05. - 17.05. Centre Georges Pompidou , between the cities of Angoulême, Limoges and Poitiers. Despite the remote location, Boisbuchet is easily Gilles Ebersolt (F) Design & at Boisbuchet accessible by public transportation. The train journey from 22.06. - 28.06. to Poitiers by TGV takes 90 minutes. Participants will General Information be collected from Poitiers railway station every Sunday at 5 Marco Giunta (I) The day of arrival is Sunday. Participants will arrive at pm. 29.06. - 09.07. / 06.07 - 12.07. Boisbuchet around 6.30pm. A substantial dinner at 8.00pm We will send applicants wishing to travel by car a detailed Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Limoges (F) / offers an ideal opportunity to make initial contacts. description of how to get to Boisbuchet. We will gladly help to Norway Says (N) The workshop begins on Monday morning following a tour of organize lifts for people coming from similar directions. s 2008 s 09.07. - 19.07. / 13.07. - 19.07. the country estate. After an introduction to the topic, initial Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art (F) with Sam Baron / ideas will be developed, sketches drawn and materials Fees Fabio Novembre (I) chosen. Actual work on the projects will commence on Depending on the duration of the course, the participation fee 20.07. - 26.07. Tuesday. The results of the workshop will be presented on is € 685,- / € 1150,- / €1350,- for students and € 885,- / Friday afternoon. The program will be complemented by €1350,- / €1650,- for other participants. This includes: Ulrike Brandi (D) / Robert Kronenburg (UK) / Tomoko Azumi (UK/JP) lectures and social activities. The course ends on Saturday lodging, full board (incl. drinks at mealtimes), course fee and morning after a final group breakfast. materials: 27.07. - 02.08. Extra charges for: Matt Sindall (UK/FR) / Satyendra Pakhalé (IN/NL) Accommodations Transfer from Poitiers railway station to Boisbuchet and The estate was primarily established during the mid- back: € 30.- (return journey) 03.08. - 09.08. nineteenth century and consists of several building Jiri Pelcl (CZ) / Cul De Sac (ES) / complexes. Participants are housed in the "Dépendance", Single or double rooms: Harri Koskinen, Timo Salli (SF) the previous residence of the estate manager. Lodging is Supplementary charge for a single room per week: € 210 10.08. - 16.08. provided in spacious rooms, most of which have their own Supplementary charge for a double room pers/week: € 105 orkshop sanitary facilities, with several beds in a room. The rooms Beat Karrrer (CH) / Jon Otis (US) / Hector Serrano (ES) are simple, with a rustic charm. A limited number of single Inscription 24.08. - 30.08. and double rooms are available at additional cost. Please fill in the form you find on the last page or use our W Sevil Peach (UK) / Maarten Baas (NL) / online registration form you will find at: Richard McGuire (US) Board 31.08. - 06.09. The day begins with a generous breakfast of fresh www.boisbuchet.org Ricardo Salas (MX) / Sigga Heimis (IS) / baguettes, cheese, muesli, coffee and tea. At lunchtime Gala Fernandez (ES) / IED (IT/ES) there is a selection of cold dishes with patés, quiches and 24.08. - 30.08. salads in warm weather and vegetable soup, hotpots etc. if the weather is cooler. The evening meal consists of a starter, Sevil Peach (UK) / Maarten Baas (NL) / Richard McGuire (US) a main course and a dessert, accompanied by wine, beer 31.08. - 06.09. and water. The cuisine is international, the kitchens run by an Ricardo Salas (MX) / Sigga Heimis (IS) / Gala Fernandez (ES) / IED (IT/ES) experienced chef who uses organically grown vegetables

from the estate whenever possible. We are happy to cater 07.09. - 13.09. / 10.09 - 21.09.

for vegetarians. David Trubridge (NZ) /

Paul Haigh, Corning Museum of Glass (US) Summer 11.05. - 17.05. 22.06. - 28.06. 29.06. - 09.07. Gilles Ebersolt (F) Marco Giunta (I) Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Limoges (F) www.gillesebersolt.com www.designi.com www.ensa-limoges-aubusson.fr

Furniture making from Tensegrity and Bamboo packing material Go baroque, Go porcelain!

This workshop will concentrate on the developments of self-supporting Cardboard can be employed in several ways; it is a natural, ecological, This porcelain workshop explores the art of the structures, combined with the constructive potential of bamboo for the completely recyclable material. It is resistant, cheap, light and it can be table - table decoration, tableware and table setting needs of scientific research in forest areas. customized and used for modular furniture. These features and, first of all, - as a means for staging the presentation of food. its inner strength, if properly used, suggest the possibility of turning a Imprinting, stamping and casting will serve as tools Self-supporting structures. Constructers and researchers have always been bidimensional cardboard sheet into product. Cardboard goes along different for the creation of forms; the colour white, the attracted to self-supporting structures and their outstanding benefits. Since aspects of our contemporary way of life: changing home, transforming our surface, the translucence present themselves as the 1950s, lightweight structures of this kind have been developed for furniture, having temporary offices, shops, place to work and live in. aspects of appearance. Objects will be generated design, architecture and sculpture. We often move and travel for different reasons: study, work, life changes. that fulfil a useful function but can also stand on This is why we need light, portable, changing, objects that suite to different their own as individual pieces. Bamboo. As bamboo poles are hollow, they measure up perfectly to the life contests. These objects are not supposed to be everlasting and structural and constructional preconditions of self-supporting structures. luxurious but resistant, easy to use, and beautiful, of course! Naturalized animals, game and fish will provide further sources of The Bambouseraie in Anduze will sponsor the bamboo. inspiration, as a repertoire of forms and textures for the production of unique individual pieces or multiple objects. The research on the creation of forms This workshop aims at giving insights into design processes and the Marco Giunta was born in in 1966. He graduated in Architecture at will unfold as a course with successive stages: from the invention of forms challenges it poses to rational thinking, fantasy and technical expertise. A the Politecnico di Milano and completed a Design & Management Master at to the prototype to the firing of the porcelain. series of models will introduce possible structures, of which the group will the same university. In 1992 he began to co-operate with the furniture This workshop means to be an artistic summer retreat between "vanity" and construct one. The life-size structure and the presentation will take place at producer Zerodisegno and with the company Quattrocchio that makes baroque design. the Domaine de Boisbuchet (on the lawn or freely suspending in a tree…). exhibition setting up systems. He designed packaging, stands, and events. After the workshop, this structure will be transported to the Bambouseraie For more than 10 years he has been teaching packaging design in different For the fourth consecutive time, we offer a porcelain workshop in in Anduze and will be part of a seasonal exhibition. university and schools. Politecnico di Milano, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti cooperation with ENSA). Due to the high success of this workshop over the A supply of elements, such as bamboo poles, connecting pieces and di Milano, Universit? di Genova, are some among them. previous years, we are happy to offer two porcelain sessions for the 2008 cables, will be at the participants' disposal. He held workshops on cardboard material, furniture and packaging design Programme. Still in partnership with the National Higher School of Arts theme in and all over Europe in several places: Politecnico di Milano, (ENSA) of Limoges, the participants will benefit from classes at Boisbuchet, Gilles Ebersolt Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano, Universita di Genova, Facolta di a field trip on porcelain in the region and from using the kilns and the To reinvent the habitat or the workspace, to project them onto a dimension Architettura di , Fachhochschule Muenster-University of Applied workshop at ENSA. of jest - is this not a philosophy worth pursuing for our new lifestyles? Sciences - , Design School of Gand - . In 1995 has founded the company Disegni with the aim to introduce design Gilles Ebersolt was born in 1957 in France. He studied architecture and and high-level planning in the paper industry. Disegni designs and builds Christian Couty studied Arts of Fire and has worked as modeling creative landscape design. Today he is an inventor who specialises in cardboard settings, display stands, packaging and furniture. for the porcelain industry. He was the ceramist in a project with Martin interdisciplinary architecture, from load-bearing structures carried out in situ Disegni works with different customers in several fields: Benetton, Fabrica, Szekely and has participated in several exhibitions in France and abroad. using all kind of raw materials. Garzanti Editore, Italocremona, Magneti Marelli S.P.A., Politecnico Di Since 1977, Christian Couty teaches at the National Higher School of Arts His architectural responses, incorporated into their environment, guarantee Milano. Reebok, Tele+Digitale (SKY TV), Telesistem, Zerodisegno, Pupa, Limoges (ENSA). the esthetical and practical pertinence of the works. His obvious attraction Biotherm, Wella, Dockers, L'Oreal, Mars spa, etc. for mobility allows crossing over the notion of foundations and authorize an Dominique Thebault was born in 1949 in Rouen. He is “artiste plasticien” adaptation of the most diverse supports in unexplored places: on water, in (sculptor) and has participated in several exhibitions in France and Protugal. trees, on snow. In the same way, he has affection for reprocessed items that Since 1975, Dominique Thebault has taught at the Higher National School he spends time operating with, and comes up with true prototypes - of Arts Limoges (ENSA), where he also coordinates the Art Department. unusual, light and performing ones. The range counts from a raft for the rainforest, structures from inflated plastic, plastic tubing and nylon netting - to more traditional architectural work as the reconversion of an old farmhouse into concert hall, restaurant, accommodations, exhibition space, workshop space etc. Gilles Ebersolt has participated in several workshops, some on the theme "canopy", "livable structures" and "bubbles, tubes and pipes". He is a regularly teacher at the The National Superior School of Architecture of Versailles. 09.07. - 19.07. 06.07. - 12.07. 13.07. - 19.07. Sam Baron (F), ENSA Norway Says (N) Fabio Novembre (I) Limoges (F) www.fabrica.it www.norwaysays.com www.fabionovembre.it www.ensa-limoges-aubusson.fr Decor and Form, porcelain goes green The Tools of Boisbuchet Theme

Due the porcelain workshop's high success over the previous years, we are What are tools? How do we use them? Is the function of a tool fixed or theme will follow happy to offer two sessions for the 2008 program. Still in partnership with does it change with different situations and with time? the National Higher School of Arts (ENSA) of Limoges, the participants will The purpose of this workshop is to investigate the term "tools" and align the benefit from classes at Boisbuchet, a field trip on porcelain in the region and discussion with the occasion of being together in Boisbuchet. Since 1966, I've responded to those who call me Fabio Novembre. Since from using the kilns and the workshop at ENSA. Maybe the specific outdoor landscape and occasion will evoke specific 1992, I've responded to those who also call me "architect". I cut out spaces needs that call for specific tools? in the vacuum by blowing air bubbles, and I make gifts of sharpened pins The idea is to retell stories through existing forms: The tools we come up with will be executed during the workshop. so as to insure I never put on airs. My lungs are imbued with the scent of - by moulding pieces with porcelain of different colours (black or green) places that I've breathed, and when I hyperventilate it's only so I can remain - by cutting out forms from existing moulds (plates, teapots, bowls etc.) in apnea for awhile. As though I were pollen, I let myself go with the wind, - by cutting out existing decorations, from kitsch to modern ones, and Norway Says is an office based in Oslo with a broad and international convinced I'm able to seduce everything that surrounds me. I want to adding them together in order to create hybrid objects which express their approach to design. The company is run by the designers: breathe till I choke. I want to love till I die. own design. Torbjörn Andersen, born 1976; trained Furniture Designer and Interior Architect from the National Academy of the Arts in Bergen, department for These three elements will allow to create "poems" by each artist. design, 1997-2002 Andreas Engesvik, born 1970; trained Furniture Re-write a sentence with words found at Boisbuchet. Designer and Interior Architect from the National Academy of the Arts in Bergen , department for design 1995-2000 and BFA from the University of Bergen, 1991-1995 Espen Voll, born 1965; trained Furniture Designer and Sam Baron was born in France in 1976. He studied at the Ecole des Interior Architect from the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo and Rietveld Beaux-Arts in Saint Etienne, and later at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Academy in , 1989-1997 Norway Says started as an exhibition Décoratifs in Paris. His artistic activities include art direction, work as a project with five members in 2000. In autumn 2002 the three members freelance designer, and curating exhibitions for international venues in remaining established a showroom and office in Oslo. While focusing on Paris, Tokyo and at the Design Biennial in Saint Etienne. furniture design, their work also includes textiles, lighting, electronics and In 2003, he received the "Kawai Award" by Casa Brutus Magazine in Japan. interiors. His objects are part of the Cooper Hewitt Museum collection in New York They were granted the prestigious Scandinavian Award - The Bruno and of the MUDAM in Luxembourg. Mathsson Prize in 2004, and the Torsten et Wanja Söderberg Award 2007 Since six years, Sam Baron has been working with brands, including amongst other awards and participated in exhibitions in New York, Tokyo Baccarat, de Beers, Louis Vuitton, Ligne Roset, l'Oréal, Sephora, Artcodif, and Europe. Ardi, Vista Alegre… Their products have been purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum in Furthermore, Sam Baron is today responsible for the design department at , The National Museum of Art in Oslo, The Museum of Decorative Fabrica. Arts in Bergen and the National Folk Museum in Oslo. Their clients include international companies such as: Lucente (Italy), Jean-Charles Prolongeau was born in 1949 in France. ClassiCon (Germany), Offecct, IKEA, David Design, Iform and Swedese He is an artist (sculptor) and has held several exhibitions in Italy, Spain, (), Muuto, Kvadrat and Globe Furniture (Denmark) and in Norway Portugal and . He is often invited to run workshops or to act as a they work with L.K.Hjelle AS, Vestre AS, The Stokke Group, consultant in matters of ceramics, porcelain and glass. Jean-Charles Gudbrandsdalen Uldvarefabrik, Hard Rocx, Lone Tepper, Asono and Prolongeau is also instructor in ceramics at ENSA (National Higher School Porsgrunns Porselensfabrikk. of Arts) in Limoges. 20.07. - 26.07. 27.07. - 02.08. 20.07. - 26.07. Ulrike Brandi (D) Robert Kronenburg (UK) Tomoko Azumi (UK/JP)

www.ulrike-brandi.de www.tnadesignstudio.co.uk

Portable and Flexible Light for Boisbuchet - and it’s architecture Air made visible

As a lighting designer, I would like to develop exemplary designs for several This workshop explores the possibility of a mobile, self-contained How do you capture and share your sensations with others? rooms in Boisbuchet together with the participants. We will study the spaces building/object that is easy to transport, easy to deploy and wonderful to How can a sensory experience be transformed (or transferred) into and we will design luminaires for these rooms. We will then build the use. The ambition is to create a shelter that is environmentally sensitive, something visible and tactile? individual luminaires in the workshop, partly using existing technical flexible, reusable and responsive to change, and that will be able to We believe the power of design makes it possible. components. accommodate the individuality of the occupant but will also foster the creation of a community of like-minded individuals. Each participant will The following words represent the stages of our workshop project: The luminaires consist of a light source, possible lamp fittings, parts for design and build their own personal minimal living unit based on their own mounting the light source on wall, ceiling, or floor, the body and as well as experiences and desires. We will take special care of sustainability and Sense - in the surrounding environment of Boisbuchet, you watch, walk, reflectors, shades, and filters. ecological issues in creating our designs by investigating recycled and listen, touch, run, lie down, jump, smell, dip, roll…… and open up your Before constructing the luminaire body as an “object“, we will study the light recyclable materials. Our objective will be to produce a series of senses to explore what the environment has to offer. it emanates : How much light do we need to be able to see, how much does experimental yet functional full-size portable architectural objects that cross it take to blind us? What happens in a room when it is lit? Is the light warm the boundaries between furniture, sculpture and architecture. Reflect and interpret - consider how you can capture and enhance the or cold? Directional, diffuse, soft or harsh? Which lighting devices are suited sensations you experienced in a visible or tangible form. to which light and what activities? We will discuss these and similar questions. The architect Robert Kronenburg was born in England in 1954. Currently Create and share - design something visual or tactile, a device through I hope that the luminaire bodies we will design and build, will result from our head of the School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool (UK), he which you and other workshop participants can experience the joy that you observations of light phenomena. has also taught in the USA, Europe, Japan and Malaysia. His main work is had through your senses. Every morning of the workshop will start with a beamer lecture to illustrate in the field of flexible and portable architecture as a designer, consultant the various aspects of lighting design, such as the different qualities of light, and researcher. He curated the major exhibition Portable Architecture held Explore and extend the horizons of DESIGN and find something new. the different types of light for different ambiences, the re-evaluation of at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the touring exhibition common usage of light and the technical basics of lighting design, followed Spontaneous Construction and advised on the Vitra exhibition Living in by discussions and questions. We will then go through the brief and work in Motion. His books include Houses in Motion, Portable Architecture and Tomoko Azumi was born in Hiroshima in 1966, studied Environmental groups. Flexible: Architecture that Responds to Change. Design in City University of Art (Japan), then Furniture Design at the Royal As time is limited – and I like the idea of auctioning the finished objects on College of Art in London (UK). After running a partnership AZUMI in London the last day – I will define the light sources in advance. from 1995 to 2004, she opened her studio 't.n.a. Design Studio' in East London in 2005. Specialising in furniture, products and exhibition design, she seeks ways to capture memory of everyday life in material and form, to Ulrike Brandi was born in 1957. After studying Romance languages and give user a comfortable engagement to object. Functionality and long life literature in Hamburg, she began to study design in 1984. Four years later, of an object are other keys for her design, and more and more, Tomoko and she received her degree from the Hamburg College of Fine Arts. In 1987, her studio are keen to talk about sustainable issues and quality of life, in she founded her practice "Ulrike Brandi Licht", which has executed over 300 relation to design activities. projects in Germany and abroad to date. In addition to areas that have long Tomoko Azumi is a project tutor at Royal College of Art, Design Products, relied on light planners, such as in the design of museums or department she has also led a project for YAMAHA. She is a Research Fellow at stores, Ulrike Brandi's repertoire now also covers the light planning of London Metropolitan University, where she explores the possibility of master plans and public spaces. Exemplary projects of hers include the bridging digital techniques and conceptual design. British Museum in London, the Mercedes-Benz Museum in , White Tomoko Azumi has her works in public collections, for instance City Mall in London, the facade of Town Hall in Hamburg, the town centre in 'Table=Chest at Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Bremen, EXPO 2000 or the Pudong 2 Airport in Shanghai. Since 1990, Ulrike Brandi has led workshops and given lectures. She was an instructor at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and taught from 1998-1999 as a guest professor at the Braunschweig School of Art. Her work has been treated in numerous magazines and journals and she has published many articles and books. In 2002, she was responsible for the conception and realisation of the exhibition "Light and Shadow" at the Deutsches Architektur Museum. 27.07. - 02.08. 27.07. - 02.08. 27.07. - 02.08. Matt Sindall (UK/FR) Satyendra Pakhalé (IN/NL)

www.mattsindall.com www.satyendra-pakhale.com

“Penjors’*” Creation is a serious play

*A cult object that is meant to represent the basic needs and the realtionship For me, conception is the core of every single project but making it real is between nature and the humans. a challenge worth taking. In this workshop, we will focus our attention to making things. Imagine a simple, man-made object. Imagine fifty pieces of that object as the starting point for our workshop. We will use this object as our reference, and We will playfully make things we will develop a series of elements which will attempt to vibrate and magnify the nature around us. - by experiencing craftsmanship as a human condition - by exploring the sensorial and physical qualities of different materials There are many different natures on this planet all based upon the elements: - by exploring the natural world and linking it with the man-made world earth, air, fire and water. These elements, from their design and - by merging sculpture with engineering construction, will confront issues as an integral part of the creative process; - by obsessive prototyping with technological rightness - it might be formal, mechanical, aesthetic, social, spiritual, philosophical... - by responding to a range of physical and emotional needs Through their presence and movement these objects will resonate and dance with their associated element. Finally, we will retain our passion for making things, sketching-drawing, sculpting, sketch-model making, prototyping, and above all - Have lots of As the days go by we will discuss many ideas covering design, architecture, fun doing it. simple mechanics, aerodynamics, the environment, Ga?a, dogs, fish, Tweed, the Queen, Modest Mouse, Link Wray, Joy Division, Ricardo Villalobos, Arvo P?rt, Steve Jobs and Stephen Ive, Mantegna, Malevich, Zen Satyendra Pakhale (India, December 1967), International designer based and the art of fly-fishing, friends, sliced bread, socks, rugby, beauty, truth, in Amsterdam, The , describing himself as a 'Cultural Nomad'. Aston Martin DB5, BBC radio 4, Le Palais , nanotechnology, rapid After completing his Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Design in India and prototyping, deja-vu and the Great white shark. (Not necessarily in that Advanced Product Design in Switzerland, he worked at Philips Design - order) creating innovative products, services and scenarios for new business A week is not long so let's get the most out of it! creations, among others in the areas of digital communication and transportation. In 1998 he set up his own design practice in Amsterdam. This workshop is a cross-over approech which wishes to blur the boundaries Since then he has been working on his own projects and on projects for between design, architecture and art. diverse industries in many different countries. Renowned companies such as Alessi, Italy; Bosa, Italy; Cappellini, Italy; Colombo Design, Italy; C-Sam, USA/UK; CorUnum, The Netherlands; Curvet, Italy; De Vecchi, Italy; Erreti, Matt Sindall, born in 1958 in the UK, is based today in Paris. He started out Italy; Offecct, Sweden; Magis, Italy; Moroso, Italy; RSVP, Italy; SCA, as a set designer at the National Theatre in London, and then worked for the Sweden; Tubes, Italy; Väveriet, Sweden; and organizations like CRAFT, BBC as art director for many successful programmes. In 1990 he was called France; Lille3000, France; Material ConneXion, USA rank among his to Paris to the studio of Jean-Michel Wilmotte, with whom he worked for a clients. number of years while continuing to develop his own projects. He has participated in several editions of VIA's (Paris) programme "Les He works in wide range of disciplines, bringing to his design a set of fresh aides ? la creation", has worked for Renault and Michelin, taught at the perspectives, a diversity of strong cultural influence, particularly relevant in Ecole Sup?rieure d'Art et de Design at Reims and collaborated with the today's society. Pakhal?'s design emanates from cultural dialogue, Saint-?tienne Design Biennale. synthesizing new applications of materials and technologies with great ingenuity. He conveys a message that could be defined 'universal' through his designs and ranks him among the most influential designers at work today. Since 2005 he has been advisor on the Board of Directors of the Ambassadors Board, Design & Technology community chain mission, , NL. 03.08. - 09.08. 03.08. - 09.08. 03.08. - 09.08. Jiri Pelcl (CZ) Cul de Sac (ES) Harri Koskinen / Timo Salli (SF) www.pelcl.cz www.culdesac.es

From abstract structures to real function Made by Human Body Theme will follow

We will analyze principles of transparency in natural structures and develop This workshop's goal will be to return to craftwork's most pure and literal our own structures reflecting furniture and tableware functionality. sense in order to develop objects made by human hand. Nowadays, many theme The basic materials will be metal and components from nature. objects are crafted with the help of machines; there is no direct contact between the human body and objects anymore. This workshop wants to breech this distance by declaring the whole human body as the principal Jiri Pelcl is a distinguished designer with a strong international reputation tool with which thousand and one individual objects can be developed. working across a number of media and materials. Professor and former Rector of the Prague Academy of Art, Architecture and Design (AAAD), the We will mould, model, stretch and create volumes with the help of textures, premier institution of its kind in the Czech Republic, established in 1885. plasters, latex, alginate, clays, mud and water. Designer Harri Koskinen (b. 1970) studied at He studied at the Academy of Applied Art in Prague before studying furniture Lahti Institute of Design and at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. In design at the Royal College of Art in London in the early 1980s. In 1987 he Each body transfers its emotions and expressions onto the newly created 1998, he established his own studio called Friends of Industry which offers was a founder member of the postmodernist design group Atika. Three object, thus establishing new bonds between the self and the physical product and concept design as well as exhibition architecture. Koskinen's years later he established his own architecture and design studio, Atelier piece. uncompromising and outstanding design has been internationally Pelcl. In 1997 he was appointed Head of the Department of Architecture and recognized right from the beginning of his career. His clients include Altia, Design at AAAD, becoming Rector there in 2002. Arabia, Artek, Beauty Prestige International, Cassina IXC, Danese, Design Jiri Pelcl was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of the University of Brighton When CuldeSac was founded in August 2002, the aim was to get away House , Finlandia Vodka Worldwide, Finlayson, Genelec, Iittala, in 2006, and gained the same year the National Design Prize of the Czech from the conventional design studio and form a "creative space". Hence Lundia, Magis, Marimekko, Maruni Wood Industry Inc., Issey Miyake Inc., Republic. most of the projects by CuldeSac are multidisciplinary, with specialists Montina, Muji, O luce, Panasonic, Seiko Instruments Inc., Swarovski, Among his better known commissions have been Vaclav Havel?s study in being called in from the various disciplines as needed. The core team Venini, Woodnotes etc. Prague Castle, the interiors of the St Laurence Church in Prague and the consists of Pilar Roger (Industrial Design and Graphics, Universidad Czech Embassies in and Pretoria, Gustav Mahler`s house in Kaliste Cardenal Herrera del CEU San Pablo, Valencia), Alberto Martínez (Master Harri Koskinen's design is characterized by practicality and strict aesthetic His work is widely known internationally and has been included into Royal College of Art, London), Pepe García (Master Royal College of Art, criteria. He is always searching for innovative solutions for both the permanent design collections in many museums in the Czech Republic, London) and Francisco Pons (Escuela de artes y oficios, Valencia). consumer and the producer. Usually, Koskinen relies on existing techniques Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. The name of the Spanish design group can mean "dead end" but can also and materials but tries to take them a step further. He wants to keep his be translated as "bottom of the bag". The bottom of the bag that is designs simple - he brings out the best qualities of a product or a space and CuldeSac covers it all: web design, lighting, furniture, workshops, lets them speak for themselves. multimedia, interior design as well as small ingenious objects. CuldeSac have won numerous prizes. Their work has been featured in such Designer Timo Salli was born in Finland in 1963. He received his BA publications as Wallpaper* and in Dieseño Interior. degree in wood and metal design at the Lahti Polytechnic Institute of Design in 1992 and in 1996 he got his MA in industrial design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He has had his own studio since 1993 and has worked together with, for example, Cappellini, Avarte, Snowcrash, Korhonen, and Design Forum Finland. Salli has taught design courses at both the Lahti Polytechnic Institute of Design and at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and is currently professor at the Department of Product and Strategic Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He has exhibited his work widely, most recently at the Design Museum in Helsinki, the Salon de Meuble in Paris, the Kunstindustrimuseet in Copenhagen and Design Stop in Stockholm. Salli has been awarded a three-year state artist grant in 1999, the Young Design Prize in Hamburg in 1998 and the Klaessons Design Team award in 2002. Timo Salli is one of the four designers behind Snowcrash. This experimental design group established an international reputation for their innovative and idiosyncratic vision of furniture and products designed to equip contemporary lifestyles. ( www.snowcrash.corpsite.tc) 10.08. - 16.08. 10.08. - 16.08. 10.08. - 16.08. Beat Karrer (CH) Jon Otis (USA) Hector Serrano

www.beatkarrer.net www.objectnyc.com www.hectorserrano.com

Natural Elements, Senses Manufactured Nature and Design My lovely walking stick

One of my greatest passions is experimenting with all manner of materials This workshop will explore the way in which we can interact with the natural Apparently a walking stick is a very simple object, it help us to walk through and the materially appropriate realization of the results in product form. The elements and the senses that are integrated into the design process in nature, but if we start to think about it is much more than that. It is the link goal is to grasp the potential, think the impossible, probe the boundaries and order to enhance and better understand the experience. The goal of the between us (humans) and nature when we explore and enjoy the great then execute the possible. And that is precisely what we will be doing during workshop is to not rely solely on the visual references, but to explore all outdoors. A very personal object with a very strong emotional value. the workshop in abbreviated form - quasi as a "crash course": sensorial approaches in creating a design that can be both interactive and Design and make a walking stick that explore this role on its most emotional We will realize various design projects with the focus more on thought, comprehensible. The basic idea will be to try and diverge from the purely and social side. A project to learn about Boisbuchet, about us, about telling development and design processes rather than the finished product. In 'ocularcentric' approach to creating a design. Participants will choose what stories through objects and of course, about walking sticks!!! terms of the content, a few guiding keywords are material research, the exhibition topic is, based on group discussions prior to undertaking the Enjoy!! undogmatic thinking, material development, eagerness to experiment, assignment. Working in teams, workshop participants will create mini- materially appropriate design, direct implementation, presentation - with a exhibitions in various parts of the Boisbuchet property, utilizing the natural P.s. Bring your walking shoes. dash of wit and poetry thrown in for good measure. elements, landscape, and weather conditions to create and install their designs, which may in fact be permanent or temporary. Using digital After the brief launch we will go for a day walking around a nice area of Material: As the object of investigation and material, I have chosen photography and video, process and results will be recorded throughout the Boisbuchet and everyone should identify a specific part, aspect, behaviour, biopolymers, a group of compostable plastics. Biopolymers possess week. story that they find interesting in relation with the walk and the walking stick. interesting properties such as: simple manufacture from renewable raw After this we will come back to base and have a discussion about what materials, ease of processing even when using rudimentary means of everyone found interesting, then we continue with tutorials, group production, worry-free disposal and not least, depending on the composition, discussion and prototyping. The final presentation should be working very high strength values. We will manufacture various biopolymers using Jon Otis studied design at the University of Massachusetts and was prototypes!! the simplest of ingredients and self-created recipes and then investigate, awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Milan, Italy, in 1985. There, he worked test and strengthen the results and refine the formulations accordingly. with the industrial designers DePas D'Urbino Lomazzi. After one year, Otis Objects: Parallel to the explorations of the material, we develop and design joined legendary designer Ettore Sottsass at Sottsass Associati and worked Hector Serrano (Valencia, 1974) objects for the exterior that can be produced from one of the biopolymers we closely on diverse projects such as the Enorme telephone, Vitra Display Founder of the design office Hector Serrano Studio established in London create. Once the proportions, colours, structures and appearance have been Products, Brion Vega televisions, Esprit showrooms and stores, and fashion in 2000. Their projects combine innovation with the communication of determined, we will build the corresponding forms for our favourites and and furniture projects. familiar ideas in unusual and inventive way. The studio's activities are create these objects out of the plastics we have developed. In 1991, Otis formed The Moderns design studio in New York as a partner divided into product, space, communication and laboratory work. In this last Poetry: The assignment also includes placement of the manufactured in charge of interior architecture and product design and won numerous area they undertake research projects that allow them to put new formulas objects on the estate where they will take on quite a different appearance design awards for showroom interiors and exhibition design. His work has into practice, in addition to questioning existing ones. The constant depending on the selected location as they enter into dialogue with the been published extensively in magazines and design journals. Since 1999, exchange between these areas enriches the process, giving rise to environment and assume different uses. Thanks to their particular he has been Principal & Creative Director of Object Inc., an interdisciplinary successful, long-lasting products and projects. The client list includes materialization, the objects will interact with the landscape in more than just design laboratory and creative think tank. This organisation integrates a companies such as Droog Design, Metalarte, La Casa Encendida (Caja a formal sense. They will also slowly decompose over the course of time and holistic approach to design that includes design education and not-for-profit Madrid) and Valencia City Council among others. The Office has received again become part of nature - "manufactured nature" - the title says it all. projects as well as a core design studio focusing on interior architectural different awards such as the Peugeot Design Award and The Premio design, exhibition design, product design, and visual and sensory Nacional de Disegno No Aburridos. communication design to support them. Clients include: Nike Presto, Their Products has been exhibited extensively in Museums such as V&A in Beat Karrer : Where does a product designer get his ideas from? From new Mercedes North America, Artemide US, Calvin Klein Cosmetics, Metro London and Cooper-Hewit National Design Museum in New York and are materials which encourage challenging new application possibilities. From Furniture, Wolf Gordon Inc., Acme Studios, and design consulting with part of different collections at the Central Museum of Amsterdam. H?ctor new production techniques which make the previously unthinkable possible. several museums and exhibition design companies. studied Industrial Design in Valencia before moving to London to study a And by observing everyday life manifesting unsatisfied needs. Besides lecturing throughout the United States at colleges and universities, master's degree in Product Design at The Royal College of Art. It is in this arena Zurich designer Beat Karrer develops new products which Otis is also currently on the Design Faculty at Pratt Institute in New York, resound favourably with his renowned clientele such as Anthologie Quartett where he created a curriculum for a master's program in exhibition design. and Designerslabel (Germany), Boffi (Italy), Offecct (Sweden), Burri, R?thlisberger and Tossa (Switzerland). As well as among the juries at international furniture exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, Spain and Switzerland which awarded Beat Karrer with several prizes for his designs which often are unusual in their approach yet very functional and practical in their daily application. 24.08. - 30.08. 24.08. - 30.08. 24.08. - 30.08. Sevil Peach (UK) Maarten Baas Richard McGuire (US)

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1001 metres Tape & Cardboard Design is Play

For this week's workshop, Kvadrat - the Danish textile Manufacturer - have theme Think of a Hoola Hoop... a YoYo... a Frisbee. Think of how utterly simple generously sponsored us with 1001 metres! of fabric. The aim is to use this and beautiful they all are. Not only are these objects beautiful, they are fun fabric as the design tool/modifier for various mini projects and events to to play with. To have arrived at such design solutions I'm sure it required investigate the wide-ranging characteristics and endless possibilities of this Dutch designer Maarten Baas was born on 19 February 1978 in Arnsberg play time. It's important when designing anything to keep the sense of play. 'tool' to change the nature, and our experience of: spaces, places and (Germany). After graduating from high school, he began his studies at To feel free to take risks and to have fun with what you are doing while people within Boisbuchet - the woods, the chateaux, the mill, the meadow, Design Academy Eindhoven in 1996. Still in school, his first design, the exploring the possibilities. the lake, the individual and the group. "Knuckle" candleholder, was put into production by Pol's Potten. In June The workshop will be a dynamic and evolving experience where we can 2002, he graduated from the Design Academy with two designs: a series of After an introduction to the work by many artists and designers I admire, quickly experiment and test ideas, beginning with our individual response to burnt furniture, "Smoke", and an ingenious sundial. Smoke established who with the simplest of means have created the most elegant solutions, texture and colour by creating our Boisbuchet Nights Kit - personalising and Baas at the forefront of the fashionable expressionist design style. By we will play and invent our own toys. While using recycled materials as expressing ourselves within the context of Boisbuchet and the group. artfully burning existing furniture, Baas questions our perceptions of the much as possible to impose limitations, we will create toys to be played with beauty and value of objects. He has ticked the same boxes with the new alone and in groups. We will then go on to use the fabric… projects he has made since Smoke, such as the surreally naïve Clay furniture, which was a hit of last year's Milan Furniture Fair. The most important ingredients are ingenuity, sculptural beauty, play value, … as an architectural tool - manipulating and influencing our perception of In 2005 he initiated his collaboration with Bas den Herder, who took on and simplicity. space. responsibility for the production of all pieces. The foundation of studio Baas …. as a technical intervention, influencing light and acoustics - letting the & den Herder made it possible to manufacture Maarten's unique pieces on design tool test your senses. a larger scale, but still all made by hand in Holland. Assignments have come Richard McGuire is born in 1957 in New Jersey, he is currently living in … as a signifier, using colour as a beacon - guiding you and locating you from hotels, restaurants, galleries and museums all over the world. New York. He started his professional career by designing record sleeves, within the landscape. Maarten Baas lives and works in Eindhoven. There he produces his posters and videos for his band (Liquid Liquid). He has created award- … as a mask, altering the appearance of somewhere or something - using handmade furniture and develops new designs. winning designs in many different media including book design, product colour and texture to change the nature of things design and web design. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker magazine and the New York Times. His animated logo designs appear We aim to end the week by using fabric to create atmosphere - a visual regularly on (PBS) television. Most recently he designed and directed spectacle, a WOW! animated feature film entitled “Peur(s) du Noir”.

Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1949. Sevil Peach studied Interior Architecture at Brighton University, UK. In 1994, Sevil together with Gary Turnbull, formed their own design and architectural studio. As SPGA they have executed a wide range of retail, healthcare and residential projects. However, it was their interest in the design of new and experimental ways of working which led to their groundbreaking interior for Vitra's offices in the Nicholas Grimshaw building at Weil am Rhein, leading to their continuing relationship as designers for Vitra showrooms, exhibitions and offices in Birsfelden, Los Angeles, , , Amsterdam. Other projects include Mexx Design Centre, Amsterdam; office interiors for the new Novartis Campus, Basel; BBC, Barclays Deloitte and Sony. They are currently completing the new Microsoft Headquarters in Amsterdam. Sevil has participated in a number of international workshops and conferences on new ways of working for, amongst others, the Dessau Bauhaus, Roskilde University, Denmark; Oslo City Conference; SIA Symposium, Basel. 31.08. - 06.09. 31.08. - 06.09. 31.08. - 06.09. Ricardo Salas Sigga Heimis Gala Fernández (ES) IED (IT/ES) www.frontespizio.com.mx www.europeandesignlabs.com

Designing the grid for editorial design Theme Back to Basics

Editorial design means fashioning and defining a space with texts and theme will follow This workshop will revolve around objects that students regard as images. The interplay and arrangement of these texts and images is fundamental and indispensable to their lives. intended to facilitate the process of reading. To achieve this, one makes use of a typographical structure or grid. The grid also constitutes the basic Sigga Heimis was born in Reykjavik, Iceland 1970. She graduated as an The idea is for participants to come up with their own individual classification structure of editorial design, for simple brochures as well as complex art industrial designer from Istituto Europeo di Design, in Milan, Italy in 1994 of items from all areas of daily life. They will be asked to prepare a list sorted books. Grids can be found everywhere, serving as the basis for architecture, and received Compasso D'Oro for her graduation project. Started her by theme: sleep, hygiene, eating, communication, clothing, transportation, music, design, art, theatre and city planning. Since the direction of reading design company H&H in Iceland 1995. Projects done for various different work… This list will be illustrated with a selection of images representing the goes from left to right and from top to bottom, a grid normally consists of a companies worldwide; from furniture to interior design to medical articles utilised by the students. series of horizontal and vertical lines. The vertical lines are set in terms of appliances. Returned to Milan, Italy in 2000 to do her master degree at The next step is to eliminate all "superfluous" objects. We will document the the column width whereas the horizontal lines are determined by the space Domus Academy and continued working for H&H. From 2001 works for Ikea process and present the arguments that influenced our decision, producing taken up by the line of type. The size of these units or fields is defined by the in Sweden and lives there. Designs products in all areas; children furniture a "manifesto" of the ethical basis that guides each designer… From the content and components that make up the whole: type characters and to bread baskets. Has worked on projects with all the biggest design remaining items, one (or more) objects will be selected that we will redesign images. The grid can be adapted and carried on ad infinitum. It can be schools in the world; Eindhoven Design Academy, Royal College of Art in from scratch. reused and transformed again and again. London, Domus in Milan, University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Parsons The result does not have to be definitive (prototype) but can also consist of in New York, University of Shanghai, Marhi in and many many various study models (approximations). What does have to be produced, This workshop will focus on paper. Particular attention will be paid to the others. Her works have been on display in various design museums and however, is a briefing stemming from the process of carrying out the project. characteristics of the paper as well as the qualities of the grid. We will shows like the VIA gallery in Paris, and items made can be found in the Students who have a digital camera should bring it along to the workshop as examine the appropriate use and technical aspects of the paper in order to 2004 Design Yearbook. well as paper, pencils and any other utensils that make up a designer's basic get three-dimensional spaces that respect the golden section. Thus, we will equipment. develop a typographical grid that allows participants to create three- dimensional objects. The latter will communicate through the text themes related to the spaces we inhabit, and to the surroundings of Boisbuchet Gala Fernández was born in Madrid in 1969. She studied art and design at (nature, landscape, architecture, ecology, gastronomy). the Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and industrial design at the Istituto Europeo de Design in Milan, where Gala also Each participant will develop a concept starting from a surface of 1 metre 50 taught while working as a freelance designer. After that, she was employed centimetres that can be folded in a way to create a note book. This notebook by Fabrica, Benetton Group's communication research center, and worked will be used by each participant throughout the workshop week and will be as the 3D design department's coordinator for four years. She was also in exhibited at the end, together with the typographical project. charge of the project "Fabrica Features". She has lectured at the Royal College of Art, London, the Goldsmith College, Individuals are asked to demonstrate creative will, imagination, talent for London, and the Nederland Architectuur Instituut, , among many observation, expressiveness, craftsmanship skills and the ability to present others. Presently, Gala works for her studio GalaFM in Madrid and she runs projects. We will work with paper, cutting tools, ruler and compass. the master course European Design Labs at the IED. Participants will work on their own project independently while comparing their work with that of the others. Over the course of the workshop, we want to explore the diverse possibilities of expression of editorial design products, employing nothing more than paper and a grid. 07.09. - 13.09. 10.09. - 21.09.

David Trubridge (NZ) Paul Haigh / Corning Museum of the Steuben Factory, including the engraving shop. He was introduced to hot glassblowing at Steuben and has spent the last 7 years learning about of Glass the process. Currently, he serves chiefly as an assistant on the Hot Glass www.davidtrubridge.com www.haigharchitects.com Stage and still considers himself as a student, exploring the wonders of www.cmog.org glass with his audience.

Design for survival Liquid Fusion

Design was once an essential tool for survival. In order to prevent global Architect, Designer and Educator Paul HAIGH returns to Boisbuchet to lead warming, maybe it should become that again? Maybe we can wean design a glass design exploration workshop focusing on the ephemeral and off its love affair with product, and turn it to more useful ends? -- to give us, sublime qualities of glass as a rich palette for innovation and intervention. not better things, but better ways of doing things? Our survival does not just Emphasis will be placed on the idea of "...glass as a liquid" in exploring an depend on objects and spaces, but also on the processes, activities, rituals, ancient material that can transform process into poetry. and relationships that we form between each other and our environments. Working immediately with glass forming processes such as pipe blowing, When our familiar support systems are removed, we can appreciate our fusing, hand pressing and glass sheet forming, participants will examine real needs. glass making as an art form with pertinent methodologies for today's design In this workshop students will interact with the landscape and environment disciplines. Daily design challenges will explore and develop ideas to of Boisbuchet, working together to develop social and physical structures of fabricate glass concepts at multiple scales from fashion to furniture, from essential sustainable living. This could be a challenging workshop that artifact to architecture. Each participant will design and fabricate multiple requires a certain resourcefulness and resilience of participants willing to works utilizing the processes offered. take up the challenge. Liquid Fusion has been developed in partnership with the technical David Trubridge will be helped by his son, theatre director Sam Trubridg. expertise, resources and cooperation of the 'glassLAB' at the Corning Museum of Glass USA. The 'glassLAB' is staffed by master glass technicians and features modular glass making equipment that utilizes David Trubridge was born in England in 1951. After graduating with a minimal power requirements and efficient energy consumption. degree in naval architecture (boat design), he began working as a furniture designer and architect. Together with his family, he left Britain and sailed Early booking is recommended, as the number of participants will be around the world in a yacht, eventually landing in New Zealand where he limited. lives today. Trubridge's works unite profound craftsmanship skills with sculptural abstraction and computer design techniques. He is New Zealand's most Paul Haigh was born in Leeds, England, Paul Haigh graduated from Leeds well-known furniture designer. His works have been exhibited worldwide Polytechnic Institute and the Royal College of Art in London. He established and are produced by renowned companies such as Cappellini. his own architecture and design studio, HAIGHArchitects+Designers, in New York in 1980 and was joined by partner Barbara H. Haigh in 1983. Acclaimed architecture projects in USA include the VitraUSA factory, Knoll Design Center NY, Carolines Comedy Theatre and the SteubenGlass store. The studio's furniture, object and lighting designs include projects for Knoll, SteubenGlass, Vitra, Artemide/RezekUS, Rosenthal US, Esprit, Bieffe, BaccaratUSA, RosenthalUSA, and the Corning Museum of Glass NY. Winner of numerous architecture and design awards the studio's projects have been exhibited at both group and one man exhibitions including Parsons School of Design, SoHo Guggenheim Museum and Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design in New York, Dentsu Gallery in Tokyo, RIBA Gallery and Royal College of Art in London and at the Venice Biennali. In recent years, he has taught at Parsons, the New School, for Design in New York in addition to presenting lectures and workshops at architecture and design schools worldwide.

As a child, Steve Gibbs spent Sunday afternoons at the Corning Museum of Glass daydreaming about life as a glass engraver. At 14, he began an apprenticeship with his uncle, a master leaded glass artist with over half century of glassworking experience. Fresh out of college, he was hired by Steuben and worked for 17 years as a manager, supervising different parts Summer workshops 2007 Design & Architecture at Boisbuchet I would like to register for...

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