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Designer Makers at the V&A: Nicholas Langan's Footprint table
PUBLISHED 15 Sep 2010 - 10:12am
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Nicholas Langan, footprint table
Our V&A hub is going to be full of delicious stuff to see this year. Alongside the headlining the Cappellini exhibit and the Retrouvius entrance hall is another that's well worth a look. It is by four members of www.designermakers.org.uk and it's a great example of what happens when traditional materials meet intelligently used state of the art techniques. Nicholas Langan's Footprint table has contoured footprints in the top surface of the table – and they go right through to the underside.  We asked Nick about the process of making the table. It was the learning process;... More
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Making ripples...
PUBLISHED 12 Aug 2010 - 6:35am
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Ripple Tank Table by Orchard Studio
Nice to see digitally processed work that has a real tactile, human dimension to it. Daniel O'Riordan's Orchard Studio is a first time exhibitor at this year's Tent; his Ripple Table is created by taking a digital simulation of rain, then CNC milling it into hardwood. His Cloth Pendant Lights, below, are eye-catching too.  More
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says:

Thanks Will

Hope to see you all at Tent London

Daniel O'Riordan

says:

Hi Daniel, your table looks fabulous. Awesome use of the router.

Furniture for the modern lifestyle: the paper-shredding table
PUBLISHED 27 Jul 2010 - 4:25pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Design is all about the zeitgeist, and this one is about turning your back on all those final demands. Produced by Pigeontale, a Brooklyn-based design practice, the Papercore Coffee Table solves the problem that every modern house shares; piles of un-anwered letters and fliersthat lie around on every surface. Their own blurb puts it this way: 'The Papervore is hungry for all of your printed leftovers. With a turn of the crank you too can put that gas bill off until next month.' Via Core 77     More
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