Stuck with a tiny balcony? No place to have breakfast? Looking for a smart way to maximize space? This modular furniture system fits on every balcony wall and adds multi-tasking to a previously useless (or less used) space. It's got modules for seating, tables and plants. They can be easily hooked in and if necessary turned down.

Designer: Christian Lessing Material: steel and compact board; length: 75 / 150 cm Made in Germany

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When looked at it, one is suprised by the 5th and 6th additional legs. Suggesting an animated walking movement, Step chair seems to go 1 step forward and 2 steps backward. Trying to combine the 3 most important factors: the comfort, visual looks and production, this chair transforms the idea of a chair from a simple and usual one into an unusual and playful one. Always have to function right the seat is ergonomically molded and held by a wooden frame which then is laquered. For this reason the best material was fiberglass and production method was vacuum infusion. This thin shell allows for the chair to be really light and rigid at the same time while forming a perfect ergonomic comfort and a suprising visual looks.

Designer: Pınar Yar & Tugrul Govsa Made in Turkey

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kisos is a 3D printed vase. the kisos vase was designed as a request from the israel musium. as part of the "dream makers" exhebition.

Designer: umamy design group Made in Isreal

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„Why this chair?“ was the question that started and fuelled the panel discussions „freitagsforum“ at designtransfer in Berlin where designers of various disciplines – media and graphic designers, publishers, architects, filmmakers, fashion and product designers –talked about the chair they had selected and about their attitude to design. The book gives a lively account of the conversations which are gently edited and accompanied with numerous images and informative marginalia.

The podium discussions took place in 2005 and 2006 between Martin Schmitz and Heinz Emigholz, Ruedi Baur and Günter Zamp Kelp, Ed Annink and Burkhard Schmitz, Kora Kimpel and Bernard Stein, François Burkhardt and Wiel Arets, Achim Heine and Martí Guixé, Adolf Krischanitz and Hansjerg Maier -Aichen, Paul Mijksenaar and Valeska Schmidt -Thomsen, Axel Kufus and Dirk Schönberger. They were hosted by Egon Chemaitis, Annette Geiger and Christin Kempf.

Title: Warum dieser Stuhl? – Gestalter über Gestaltung Editors: Egon Chemaitis and Karen Donndorf for designtransfer, Berlin University of the Arts 272 pages, German, partly English Publisher: Niggli AG, Sulgen, Switzerland, www.niggli.ch ISBN: 978-3-7212-0645-6 Retail price: EUR 30.–/ CHF 48.– Release date: 11/30/2007

Designer: Prof. Egon Chemaitis and Dipl.-Des. Karen Donndorf (Editors), Katrin Erl (design and layout) for designtransfer Made in Germany

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361° is a media and shelf tower for CDs, DVDs, paperbacks, audiobooks and hardcover books, etc. This media storage unit stands on a concrete base, it is provided with shelves on all four sides and rotates freely. The tower is available in all sizes, single- and multi-colour. And its assembly may be customised thanks to four different available shelf heights. Material: Birch with high-pressure laminate. More shelf levels may be added by simply slipping them on – this takes just a few hand movements, and the shelf doesn’t even have to be emptied beforehand. The 361° is climate neutral – the carbon dioxide generated in its production is offset using carbon-offset certificates by MyClimate, Switzerland. The 361° is featured with the iF Design Award 2008.

Designer: Tom Fischer Made in Germany

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You hate stuffed undergrounds, the noise of the people and would love to beam away? Then you need definitely more privacy. Our suggestion, take on our highly new product “use-thing” which is the perfect headdress to absorb every single disturbing sound of the outer world. Soundproofed and well-tested it creates your personal rest area, and that in an appealing design. Use-Thing is to put on easily, its material is eco-friendly and it is comfortable to wear.

Designer: Guido Mamczur Made in Germany

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IKARUS is based on the idea of visualizing electricity. Therefore we decided to give its observer a chance to become aware of its own electricity consumption by the metaphoric materialization of current.

Nowadays nearly everybody is depending on electric current but most of us are not aware of its endlessness. We have taken it as something granted, a ressource that was always available. In the age of globalisation, climate change and the accompanying climate catastrophes some people are starting to change their way of thinking. Electricity is something endless, ordinary, invisible and precious. A construction of stainless steel and steel is casted into the cone-shaped lampshade which consists of pure wax (paraffin) for stabilizing and holding the lampshade.

A light is centrally situated inside the lamp and causes the waxskin to melt as a result of the warmth produced so that over the course of time the lampshade will liquefy from the inside to the outside and will reform itself on the surface below.

In the course of the performative transformation each lamp is developing into an unique by designing its own form. Depending on the power of the lightsource, the surrounding temperatures and conditions “IKARUS” is melting faster or slower. This melting process can take till a month. The lamp is supposed to show its observer the caducity of electricity, time and space in an emotional and poetical way. Ikarus melts away and as a result changes into a critical symbol.

Designer: Aylin Kayser / Christian Metzner Made in Germany Contact: aylinkayser@yahoo.de / chrische.metzner@web.de

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ARGINGTON, The premier modern children’s furniture manufacturer based in Brooklyn New York forms design partnership with (ODA) THE OFFICE FOR DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE a Design firm based in New York. The collaboration between the two New York based firms will debut their Hagia Bassinet and V&A Art Easel at the 2008 New York Fair on February 1st through the 6th at the Jacob Javits Convention Center (655 W 34th St, New York City).

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