Monday 17 October 2011

[05] Product/Furniture. Studio Makkink & Bey; Roos Kuipers.

Critical pieces.

An EarChair is a piece from an office furniture range designed by Makkink & Bey studio. It was developed in order to solve a problem of lack of privacy in crowded, public spaces. By rethinking the accepted concept of a chair, the designers come up with a solution that allows its users to experience absolute privacy within a bussy communal or work place environment.



Prooff, Studio Makkink & Bey, EarChair 2008. Available at: <http://www.prooff.com/designers/studio-makkink-bey> [Accessed on 17 Oct]


Mark the last veil by Roos Kuipers. Critical Design is sometimes referred to as 'more human design'. This piece is a perfect example of this emerging turn in art, architecture and product design. It provokes the funeral industry by challenging and questioning the standardised box-coffin.  It is more lyrical and sensitive response to grieving and mourning process. 






Roos Kuipers, Mark the Last Veil 2009. Available at: <http://www.dezeen.com/2009/10/29/mark-the-last-veil-by-roos-kuipers/> [Accessed on 17 Oct]

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