------------------ THE PIECES 32 pieces from 28 designers. The exhibition, coinciding with New York's furniture fair, was composed of mostly furniture and objects, some graphic pieces and a couple of interactive applications appeared as well. Read more about the ideas behind the show here. ------------------

		Anon Pairot Nonthaburi, Thailand www.coroflot.com/anon_pairot Loft Lough Chair Loft Lough Chair combines local handicraft culture with modern style, playing rough textures against smooth formal contours. Pairot studied both mechanical engineering and industrial design.
		Anthony F. Yankovic III Columbus, OH -- USA www.coroflot.com/junkdrawer Illustration of Skateboarding in "Sendai Japan" This illustration appeared in Anthem Magazine #7. The statue that appears behind the skaters is the most notable landmark in the town of Sendai. Yankovic is currently working on projects for Nylon, 55dsl, WhiteLabel-Tm, and Black Black clothing.
		Fremdkoerper Cologne, Germany www.coroflot.com/fremdkoerper Europallet This full-size pallet is a playful take on the original, realized in precious wood. Fremdkoerper is Mehlhose and Martin Wellner, who specialize in design and corporate identity. They also work in exhibition design and graphics as well as shop decoration and trade fair booth design.
		Sahar Batsry New York, NY -- USA www.coroflot.com/saharon Thin Air These lamps are on the borderline between industry and craft. Handmade individually out of porcelain, each lamp is slightly different, depending on the levels of distortion and translucidity created in the firing process. When hung, the slight movements of air in the room occasionally create a "sound piece" as the free-floating slabs touch each other. But this fragile object is also informed by an industrial logic, forcing the material to be flat, sharp and accurate in spite of its organic natural will, creating a stackable product that takes zero space when packed.
		Edwin K. Ushiro La Canada, CA -- USA www.coroflot.com/ads Mannequin These illustrations were created for A Darker Side - Kimon Kokeshi Collection, a graphic novella. Ushiro translates his dreams and nightmares into concept designs and storyboards for 20th Century Fox Films, Paramount Pictures, Jim Henson Company, and others. He is co-founder of Dead Tree Books, Inc., a comic book publishing company.
		Edwin K. Ushiro La Canada, CA -- USA www.coroflot.com/ads Soldiers See Above.
		Benjamin Bearsch Endwell, NY -- USA www.coroflot.com/bearsch Emergency Tea Kit This piece comes as a welcome relief from the day-to-day preoccupations of the modern nomad; an urban parallel to the alpine St. Bernard's barrel of whiskey. Packed in a compact leather and bent wood carrying case that doubles as two small stools, the Emergency Tea Kit includes everything needed to prepare a pot of tea for two: porcelain cups and a kettle, a teapot, a canister for dry tea and sugar, a small gas burner, and a waterproof box for matches.
		Benjamin Bearsch Endwell, NY -- USA www.coroflot.com/bearsch Spirit Frame The Spirit Frame is named after the well-known instrument used to measure the equilibrium of a surface, the "Spirit Level." This playful frame pokes fun at the importance that we put on accuracy, and the system of order we impose on our environment.
		modesdemploi -- Cédric Sportes + Antoine Laverdière Montreal, Canada www.coroflot.com/modesdemploi Frame Mirror, Keyhole Mirror, L Mirror For over three years, modesdemploi has been creating mirrors for the ego, tables that swing, magnetic furniture, honey-I'm-home-chairs...objects for interpretation. modesdemploi is Cédric Sportes and Antoine Laverdière.
		Sangmin Bae New York, NY -- USA www.coroflot.com/frame29 RhythmFish RhythmFish is a device that explores the many aspects of biosonic and infrasonic sound. Video capture from outside the tank is combined with the data from flow sensors inside the tank (measuring currents caused by the fish's swimming patterns). These inputs are combined to create audio and video output. Bae suggests that, "even if the fish can't speak and express its feelings in a human way, it has an energy and communication skill in its own way. Vibration is the medium of interaction, and I chose it for its universality in the physical, emotional, and spiritual realms."
		Mike And Maaike San Francisco, CA -- USA www.coroflot.com/flowlab M-301 Mobiles The M-301 mobiles are designed in the tradition of making the most with the least. Model airplane construction, and light, shadow, gravity, balance, and air are combined to create ultralight floating objects that are sensitive to the slightest air movement. Mike And Maaike are Michael Simonian and Maaike Evers.
		Michael Simonian San Francisco, CA -- USA www.coroflot.com/flowlab 24110 24110 is a proposed monument to the shortsightedness of the U.S. energy policy. Recently, Congress voted to force Nevada to provide long-term storage for nuclear waste from around the country in Yucca Mountain, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas-moving this "clean" energy source into "permanent" repositories dangerously close to groundwater supplies. This memorial would be located at the White House, and is designed to accommodate 500 tons of nuclear waste within yards of other important U.S. policy makers, such as the Department of Energy. The length of time that plutonium must be sealed away from our air, land, and water defies the durability of every material and structure conceived by humanity, quickly revealing that what we call a permanent solution is actually an unforgivable gift to future generations. 24,110 is the half-life of plutonium, in years.
		Mark Meerdink Amsterdam, Netherlands www.coroflot.com/winoldi Ice Cream Cone This edible design was created for RoXY, a club in Amsterdam. Meerdink has moved from art school to post-academic institutes to graphic design and art direction and back again.
		Todd Falkowsky Toronto, Canada www.coroflot.com/tfalkowsky Toy Chair Everyone is welcome. This chair is constructed of a matrix of steel rings through which stuffed toys are suspended. Todd Falkowsky is a product designer, writer, and design educator. He teaches at Toronto's OCAD.
		Chad Vermeulen Windsor, Canada www.coroflot.com/chad_vermeulen 1:152 Scale Model of USS Bon Homme Richard, c.1968 This scale representation of the USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31), as she appeared in 1968-69 off the coast of Vietnam, is made so that each LEGO unit (stud) represents 4 feet. Features include 3 pneumatically operated aircraft elevators, 4 mechanically actuated ordinance lifts, 2 mechanically actuated jet blast deflectors and a removeable bow and stern (for storage). The BHR took approximately 110 hours to complete and uses standard LEGO pieces exclusively. Vermeulen has degrees in both aerospace engineering and industrial design.
		Ramón Villamarin Leaño Bogota, Colombia www.coroflot.com/ramon_villamarin Single Flat Panel Folding Table This table gains structure and rigidity from its edge geometry. Comprised of laminated layers of flexible and rigid materials-leather and wood, fabric and wood, or plastic and corrugated board-the table's joints fold to define its shape and create its stability.
		Luca Pilutza Torino, Italy www.coroflot.com/real Finger Sky Surfing The finger sky surfer is a take off on the familiar and irresistible activity of sticking your hand out the window while driving down the highway, undulating your wrist to ride the flow of the wind. This simple game adds a piece of paper, challenging your fingers to sky-surf (there is no attachment between your fingertips and the paper-air pressure and skill are your variables).
		Marcus Walters London, England www.coroflot.com/MarcusWalters Promotional poster Marcus Walters is the core member of New Future People, a graphic design studio. This self-promotional direct mail poster was constructed from new and existing visual material.
		Tobias Wong New York, NY -- USA www.coroflot.com/toby003 I WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD Much of Wong's work plays between concept and beauty, exposing the similarities between art and design rather than blurring their boundaries. Unlike purely conceptual work-which often lacks a real appreciation for beauty, aesthetics, and a desire for consumption-his work often finds expression in real objects.
		Tobias Wong New York, NY -- USA www.coroflot.com/toby003 Walter Wayle III, See Above.
		Guido Ooms Eindhoven, Netherlands www.coroflot.com/oooms LO-RES chair The digital world often forces tradeoffs between two opposing preferences: speed and quality. When working with images, speed often translates to lower resolution, compressing elements to simplified shapes. During this process, it is the computer, compelled by necessity, that makes the decisions about what is taken out and what is left. If we apply this bargain to existing products, we see that certain aspects of the product come to the front, while others recede.
		Guido Ooms & Davy Grosemans Eindhoven, Netherlands www.coroflot.com/oooms Dutch delight This collaboration between Ooms and Grosemans resulted from their participation in the Dutch Souvenir Project, organized by the European Ceramic Work Center (EKWC). 41 Dutch and foreign designers and visual artists were invited to develop a new vision of the Dutch souvenir, suggesting alternatives for the widely known pottery and porcelain windmills, clogs, cows and tulips.
		Henning Brehm Berlin, Germany www.coroflot.com/design-tourist Alexanderplatz & ChangeChangeChange Brehm recorded the daily view from his office in the center of Berlin with a digital camera for the period of one year. The pictures show wind, storms, sunshine and snow on the Alexanderplatz, day and night. 'ChangeChangeChange' shows the variety of signs from little offices in Prague where tourists change their foreign money for Czech Crowns. The signs were part of an article about the end of the Deutsche Mark on New Year's Day, 2002.
		Oberon Kok Groningen, Netherlands www.coroflot.com/Oberon Entertainment is Killing Us! Homemade Games Consisting of the following: -The Perverted Sex Games -The Hostage Game -The Great White Racist Game -The Execution Game -The New Religion Game -The Racist Black Game -Classic Russian Roulette What kind of input do people get by going to the movies, watching TV or playing videogames? How many people do we see each day who get stabbed, blown up, tortured, or who suffer from other physical or mental harm inflicted on them? These are the questions posed in this project. Here, Kok pushes the onslaught of this violence-as-entertainment into the home, wondering what would happen if board game manufacturers supplied the necessary entertainment that is so enjoyed in our society.
		Michael Sans Berlin, Germany www.coroflot.com/sans Last bunch of flowers for my girlfriend (.357 magnum) Born and raised in Germany, Michael Sans was trained as a cabinet maker. He has completed studies at Art Center Europe, Art Center Pasadena, and Royal College of Art. His work has been featured in Elle Decoration, Design Report, Axis, the LA Times, Graphis, and ID.
		Michael Sans Berlin, Germany www.coroflot.com/sans "Untitled" (Smoking Mask) See Above.
		Paul Galli Brooklyn, NY -- USA www.coroflot.com/PaulGalli Watershed Outdoor Furniture Set These two chairs are part of an outdoor furniture set consisting of four chairs and a table. While studying photos of furniture left in their "natural state," Galli noticed that the common act of tilting a chair against a table to protect it from the elements was actually quite charming and beautiful. These pieces highlight what happens when you blow out that last candle, gather up your things, and head in for the night. What happens at that moment and during the time you are away from your furniture?
		Thierry Loa Toronto, Canada www.coroflot.com/chokethefat VektorDebrisInKonfusion This interactive piece explores the notion of order in confusion. Found all around us, confusion can be seen and generated in many ways and forms. And although confusion might seem to be of chaotic nature, it carries a certain pattern and order, a certain controlled chaos.
		Meric Kara Milan, Italy www.coroflot.com/screencaptured The Loft Couch This double couch design addresses our obsession with leisure and television. Born in Turkey, Kara completed her Masters at the Domus Academy.
		Garth Roberts New York, USA www.coroflot.com/groupie003 'Candle'teen This piece is from the series Soldier's Fortune, a design study that takes the objects of war and demilitarizes them. The results are objects and forms that take what is now used for destruction and reinvents their form and purpose for peace and personal enjoyment. Roberts is a member of the design team Group Inc.
		Claire Warnier & Dries Verbruggen Antwerp, Belgium www.coroflot.com/claire Unfold Two elements from the "unfold" project, a collaboration with Dries Verbruggen about body surface. These objects were created by unfolding a 3D scan of the artist's body, and then refolding it with different materials into an exact low-res copy.
		Claire Warnier Antwerp, Belgium www.coroflot.com/claire Inspired by: This photograph is from a series on makeup, inspired by Martin Margiela. Warnier studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven and works as a freelance designer/artist.

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