La Chanh Nguyen
Baolam Design — Switzerland, Switzerland
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Highway plate - "Souvenirs from America"
Ceramic plate inspired by the American highways' crossings.
Workshop with Constantin Boym for an exhibition in VITRA New York.
Ceramic plate inspired by the American highways' crossings.
Workshop with Constantin Boym for an exhibition in VITRA New York.
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Ring vase - "Hairy objects"
With its plastic wires, this ceramic vase can be used with different bouquets' sizes.
ALCO Brush company. Vase exhibited at the New York Design Fair.
With its plastic wires, this ceramic vase can be used with different bouquets' sizes.
ALCO Brush company. Vase exhibited at the New York Design Fair.
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Hairy bracelet - "Hairy objects"
Silver armlet, smooth contact with the skin thanks to the hair.
The wire fixing them becomes a graphic element.
For ALCO & Bachmann Brush company. Exhibited in Baselworld, Switzerland.
Silver armlet, smooth contact with the skin thanks to the hair.
The wire fixing them becomes a graphic element.
For ALCO & Bachmann Brush company. Exhibited in Baselworld, Switzerland.
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Easy awakening - "The time".
Your "easy awakening" alarm clock, will calculate for you at what time you should go sleeping to wake up at the right time.
It's a special "countdown" alarm-clock to wake up in a good mood.Knowing that a sleeping cycle lasts in average 1h30, you'll wake up feeling rested as your alarm-clock will ring at the end of one of your cycle.
Your "easy awakening" alarm clock, will calculate for you at what time you should go sleeping to wake up at the right time.
It's a special "countdown" alarm-clock to wake up in a good mood.Knowing that a sleeping cycle lasts in average 1h30, you'll wake up feeling rested as your alarm-clock will ring at the end of one of your cycle.
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MP3 - For the company Powerdata, intern contest / Nominated.
MP3 player and dock.
Brushed aluminium MP3 player with rubber buttons.
MP3 player and dock.
Brushed aluminium MP3 player with rubber buttons.
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Kitchen garden - Have fresh aromatic herblets in your kitchen. Just cut them when you need some.
They can grow vertically.
They can grow vertically.
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Puzzle spatulas - 2006
"Create a family of three spatulas".
Wood spatulas and board for kitchen use.
"Create a family of three spatulas".
Wood spatulas and board for kitchen use.
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Suction cups clothelines - "Innovation work"
This suction cups system allows you to hang your laundry wherever you want. When you don't use it, it doesn't take any place.
This suction cups system allows you to hang your laundry wherever you want. When you don't use it, it doesn't take any place.
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Bathing glasses-cap - "Glasses"
Protection glasses-cap for children.
It prevents them from having soap in their eyes when they are shampooing and can become a bathing toy.
Protection glasses-cap for children.
It prevents them from having soap in their eyes when they are shampooing and can become a bathing toy.
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The chef - Work around a profession. Four objects approached in different ways;
problematic, author design, textile and redesign.
problematic, author design, textile and redesign.
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"Time to roll up your sleeves" // "Gustatory masterpiece" - "Time to roll up your sleeves"
1. Textile-project. Small detail on the sleeve allowing you to rool it up easily and efficiently.
"Gustatory masterpiece"
2. Author design project. This pen filled with alimentary ink, allows the cook chefs to sign their creations.
1. Textile-project. Small detail on the sleeve allowing you to rool it up easily and efficiently.
"Gustatory masterpiece"
2. Author design project. This pen filled with alimentary ink, allows the cook chefs to sign their creations.
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"Spherical lemon squeezer" // "Sloping cutting board" - "Spherical lemon squeezer"
1. Problematic-project. The spherical base allows to hold easily the lemon squezzer in a hand. We can squeeze something while moving.
"Sloping cutting board"
2. Redesign-project. The board has an inclination, it allows the juice to reach easily the cupel by following the drains. Each board has another cupel's shape; apple shape for the fruit board, chicken leg for the meat one and a carrot shape for the vegetable board.
1. Problematic-project. The spherical base allows to hold easily the lemon squezzer in a hand. We can squeeze something while moving.
"Sloping cutting board"
2. Redesign-project. The board has an inclination, it allows the juice to reach easily the cupel by following the drains. Each board has another cupel's shape; apple shape for the fruit board, chicken leg for the meat one and a carrot shape for the vegetable board.
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"Travellers attitude" - This project was inspired by travellers leaving to discover the world with only a big bag on their back. Meet cultures, people and the journey begins.
Each object was born from a reflection concerning "problems" you meet during your trip. The themes developed are: communication, protection; heat, rain, mosquitoes and comfort.
Each object was born from a reflection concerning "problems" you meet during your trip. The themes developed are: communication, protection; heat, rain, mosquitoes and comfort.
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Anti-mosquitoes fan - An injected plastic fan using the "smellplast" technology; polypropylen impregnation (before injection) with 50% essential oils and support molecules. Lemongrass, geranium, cloves and other essential oils discard mosquitoes.
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Tivek tunique - This tunic uses the fabric’s waterproof and thermic properties. It was inspired by a jellaba, kind of crossing between clothes and a blanket. You can use it as a raincoat or to heat you when the air conditioning is too cold in a bus... The hood has an inflatable part which can be used as a pillow during a long journey by bus for example. It also has a long transversal pocket.
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Use pictures to communicate when you don't speak the country's language.These t-shirts have discreet pockets where you can put your bank notes, passeport, coins, a pen etc...
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Vegetalisation - The garden is a place of peace, a meeting with the nature's harmony. It represents the distant paradise and the temptation is high to restitute at home, a tiny corner of nature. People usually have some plants, sometimes an aquarium... The idea was to create a new way of having your plants inside. Not only plants in pots quietly standing in the corner of a living room but alive plants, evolving in the house. The objects and the plants used, stimulate our different senses.
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"Tasty frame" - This 3 parts injected plastic frame can be suspended on your kitchen’s wall or just laid horizontally. You can grow aromatic plants as basil, chive, coriander, mint. Here is a little fresh kitchen garden bringing nice tastes to your dishes.
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"Tasty frame" - This 3 parts injected plastic frame can be suspended on your kitchen’s wall or just laid horizontally. You can grow aromatic plants as basil, chive, coriander, mint. Here is a little fresh kitchen garden bringing nice tastes to your dishes.
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"Moss carpet" - This bathroom carpet is made of imputrescible foam called plastazote. Each cell welcomes a piece of moss (ball moss, Island moss, forest moss). The humidity of the bathroom and the drops flowing from the body, water the mosses. This vegetable carpet procures a great feeling to your feet.
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"Moss carpet" - This bathroom rug is made of recycled latex foam mainly coming from vegetal sources.
Each cell welcomes a piece of moss (forest moss).
The humidity of the bathroom and the drops flowing from the body, water the mosses. This vegetation carpet procures a great feeling to your feet.
Each cell welcomes a piece of moss (forest moss).
The humidity of the bathroom and the drops flowing from the body, water the mosses. This vegetation carpet procures a great feeling to your feet.
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"Fragrant swing" - This interior swing is made of plywood with two tarpaulins pots. The ropes act as props for the creepers.
The pot is thermowelded in one piece and acts as a pot and a pot saucer at the same time.
Jasmine can live inside and has nice white flowers which emanate a very nice perfume.
The pot is thermowelded in one piece and acts as a pot and a pot saucer at the same time.
Jasmine can live inside and has nice white flowers which emanate a very nice perfume.
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"Fragrant swing" - This interior swing is made of plywood with two tarpaulins pots. The ropes act as props for the creepers.
The pot is thermowelded in one piece and acts as a pot and a pot saucer at the same time.
Jasmine can live inside and has nice white flowers which emanate a very nice perfume.
The pot is thermowelded in one piece and acts as a pot and a pot saucer at the same time.
Jasmine can live inside and has nice white flowers which emanate a very nice perfume.
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