BLAH -Just Another Furniture Catalog

Just Another Furniture Catalog.

BLAH Designed by Tarun Gupta

gtsgupta@gmail.com

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BLAH Designed by Tarun Gupta

Blah is a collection of furnitures created using non-standard design process & thinking. Sometimes ignoring the comfort of a user.

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INDEX Chapter 3

Chapter 1 ot45

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Tenna

Company profile Resident, NZ

Company profile Nola, Sweden

Designers & Works

Designer & Products

Sketches & Project

Sketches & Project

Renders

Renders

Chapter 2

bornog

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Chapter 4

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Company profile Zachary A, Chicago.

Designer & Products Sketches & Project Renders

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Chapter 1

ot45

ONE TWIST 45

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Resident - Progressive, Innovative, Timeless

“Drawing from the eclectic inspirations of a select group of designers, we uses a range of high quality materials and processes to produce iconic, practical and dependable products”

Established in 2011, Resident is a contemporary design and manufacturing company from New Zealand that authentically combines craft, engineering, and innovation to produce a simple, functional, and elegant range of furniture and lighting. Resident champions New Zealand based manufacturing and aims to explore new materials and processes.

Resident’s aim is to produce iconic products that can stand the test of time; additionally, the majority of the products can be flatpacked, thus lessening the impact on the environment caused by transport.

Resident Head Office 61 Upper Queen Street Newton Auckland New Zealand Ph +64 9 377 5556 Postal P O Box 47700 Ponsonby Auckland New Zealand

Website www.resident.co.nz Sales enquiries sales@resident.co.nz Press enquiries press@resident.co.nz Other enquiries info@resident.co.nz

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Designers & Products

Nat Cheshire

Operates across various fields also running parallel programs of research, writing, lecturing, publishing and university teaching.

Jamie McLellan

Senior Designer, Tom Dixon.

Flynn Talbot

Creates timeless products and a strong point of difference.

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ot450 Desk Lamp

Materials

PLAYFULLY

Inspiration

CLEAN

The inspiration of this desk lamp was the node of a bamboo stem and the various ways that it can be possibly be cut.

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Rotates on a 45° axis

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PLAYFULLY CLEAN

Touch Sensitive switch, that serves as a handle to rotate

Materials The OT45 desk lamp is made up of a hollow metal tube with 4 different coatings. The LED is housed in a clear plastic casing.

Lacquered

Bronze plated

Black Matte

Powder Coated

Carbon Fibre

Red Matte

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Chapter 2

bornog

SORT OF DIVANO

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Produces some of the lightest concrete-like furniture on the market, blurring the lines between outdoor and indoor furniture.

Think that’s cement? Think again. Designed by Zachary A. Uses a fibreglass blend to create furnishings that have the look of heavy stone or concrete without the heft. All products are durable & lightweight enough to be lifted by one or two people.

Zachary A. creates intriguing contemporary furniture for the indoors and out. This collection is designed to appear (and endure) like sculptured concrete at a fraction of the weight.Treated for a modern rustic, weathered look, these earthy yet sophisticated home accents are an elegant juxtaposition of old and new.

REPRESENTATIVES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

NEW MEXICO

Jasper Showroom - Michael S. Smith 8525 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, CA 90069 310.315.3028

Moss Collection 530 S. Guadalupe St Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-989-7300

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Website www.zacharyadesign.com Enquiries z@zachary-a.com

Products

Zachary A. Bitner

“Most of my ideas aren’t really rational, but that’s how you get some of the most innovative designs.”

WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED • • • • • • • • •

Concrete look without the weight Exceptional for interiors Durable in 4 season exteriors THEY MAY BE LEFT OUTSIDE YEAR ROUND Low maintenance, easy to clean Water drainage Custom orders are welcomed Each piece is cast by hand and unique Manufactured in Chicago

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bornog Sort of Divano

Inspiration Bornog was the creation of a necessity. An interior situation where one furniture unit must serve as a seating solution for two needs, a dining table on one side and a sofa on the other.

The design symbolizes the sculptures that are born form a big block of stone or rock. Similar to those that can be found in Zachary’s designs.

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EAT

PLAY

Breaking the streotypical

idea of organic forms in a sculpture.

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The seat of the Bornog is divided into five blocks for easy transportation and assembly.

Three of which are alike hence less production investment.

The design consists of many cylindrical holes running across the blocks for optional addition of support in the form of metal pipes or tubes.

Bornog is designed for both, interior or exterior application.

Materials Bornog is made up primely of the visually heavy fibrous cement.

Leather headrests give it a softer edge and the wooden trims are excellent highlighters

Fibruos Cement

Leather

Wooden trims on either sides of the Bornog allow for peronalization

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Wood

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Chapter 3

tenna

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

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DESIGNS WITH A DIFFERENCE All of Nola’s output is based on three simple rules: ‘always start from scratch, get to the heart of the issue and dare to be different’.

Starting at a time when colour was rarely seen among designs made for public spaces, we dared to introduce a bold palette of paints that made outdoor products stand out. When material innovation made it possible to reduce bulk without compromising strength, we streamlined our products and introduced sleeker styles. And as architects and urban planners placed ergonomics on the agenda, we introduced accessible designs that people of all ages could enjoy.

Head office Nola Industrier AB, Box 17701, Repslagargatan 15b, 118 39 Stockholm, Sweden, T +46 (0) 8-702 1960, F +46 (0) 8-702 1962,

Website www.nola.se Nola was actually founded on the principle of making comfortable, accessible outdoor designs. The company started up in the 1960s, established by Olof Nola, a pioneering man who made playground equipment for disabled chil-

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Contacts headoffice@nola.se Press enquiries lovisa@nola.se

Designers & Products

Broberg & Ridderstråle

Strive to communicate symbolic meanings through their design .

Inspired by everyday life and try to combine a bit of wit and the clash between past and present.

Claesson Koivisto Rune

‘The epitome of the aesthetics of the new millennium’. -Paola Antonelli First Swedish architure office to be invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale of architecture in 2004.

Nina Jobs

Nina Jobs strives for simplicity and a clear-cut relationship to nature.

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tenna The Coat Hanger

Inspiration The antennas that have invaded all rooftops of Firenze, now enter their homes in the form of a coat hanger.

Inspired by the concave antennas that can be seen in the total widespread of the city, Tenna is thought out to be categorised under Transitive Design as it connects the memories of the past with the materials of the present.

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The prime focus of Nola is outdoor furniture. Tenna is the revolution where Nola is accepted also Indoors without compromising their design values and aesthetics of the outdoor furniture designs. This is particularly well thought by the designer and has reintroduced the same materials that are generally found to be heavily weather resistant.

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Easy Assembly Customizeable length

Recyclable Durable Umbrella Holder The design of the base allows the excess rainwater collected in the umbrella to run through to the centre and cement being a natural absorber, keeps the surface dry.

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Materials Tenna is comprised of a concrete base that houses whole metal rods in 2 colourways with a supporing wooden ring.

Cement

Matte Red

Matte Blue

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Beech

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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ot45

Off Position

Front

Side

Top 32

ON Position

Front

Top

Light Cover closeup

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bornog

Back

Top

Side

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Front

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tenna

Side

Front

Top

Section of Base 36