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Scene show their entire collection of designs together with two new product launches.
The show will feature Scene’s latest products, ‘Time shelves’ and ‘Doris nesting tables’ along with their new look, kid’s height measuring coat hooks, ‘Hook Ups’ which will be available to buy from September. Scene will also be launching their ‘Drop candle holders’ along with a new lighting product.
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Frog Design’s Creative Director Jonas Damon conceptualized an updated version of traditional 1970-80’s television sets by employing the latest Apple technology, the iPad. Considering the iPad is only a half-inch thick, Damon’s concept honors where we’ve come from, and stuns with where we’re headed. Via:[Designmilk]
Website:jonasdamon.blogspot.com/

Feed Me is a new collection of cutlery made from old sheffield plate cutlery by David Clarke.
He has been shortlisted for The National Metalwork Design Award 2010 the winning piece goes into The Sheffield Museum designated metalwork collection, the winner is announced in early October.
Website:misterclarke.wordpress.com/
Website:www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/
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TEEbooks is a new wall system that becomes invisible when books and other items are placed on it.

From the designer:
Tee, in the words of a golfer is the T-shaped support that is stuck into the ground on which the ball is placed to get started on golfing. It is driven into the ground to make it almost invisible. It is of a fundamental importance, but only as a support “to serve the ball.” I designed TEEbooks following the same principle, a shelf meant to enhance books, DVDs or CDs, in a simple and discreet spirit. When books are placed on the shelf, it becomes invisible and attention is only focused on “our friends”, the books, DVDs and CDs. Those latter design the wall. TEEbooks, the discreet and invisible item. To the flashy design, I prefer the quiet, plain, sober and discreet one. To the “sensational” (and often useless) item, I prefer the simple and useful object, dedicated to an action, or as in my case, to another object.

Website:www.teebooks.com/

Italian designer Claudio Bellini has developed an elegant, solid wood table series for Thonet, which was introduced at the Milan furniture fair 2010.

The 1580 series is characterised by a lightweight, elegant appearance, thanks to the softly curved edges of the tabletops, which are set flush to the frame. The delicate, slightly convex legs lend these contemporary tables a unique look.
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Henrik Otto is an Electrolux Design Lab jury panel member and seminar speaker at this year’s 100% Design

Since joining Electrolux in November 2004 Henrik Otto has embarked on a mission to make design one of the forces that powers the evolution of Electrolux into a leading global appliance brand. Henrik Otto’s vision is that Electrolux shall be the industry shaper.

Currently, Henrik Otto heads up one of the most significant appliance design teams in the world – an organization of more than 100 designers in seven countries on four continents. He oversees and directs the design process for more than 30 product lines in the kitchen, floor care and professional categories.

Henrik Otto began his design career at Swedish-based automotive giant Volvo Car Corporation, where he rose to Vice President of Design before joining Electrolux. Over the course of his 20 years in the profession, Otto has been awarded countless design accolades and peer acclaim.

At Electrolux, Henrik Otto has been driving the company’s latest design initiatives to a new level, with involvement in projects as the company’s leading design coach. These include Ergorapido (known as Pronto in North America), a cordless 2-in-1 combination lightweight stick vacuum with a detachable hand-held unit for instant cleaning; War on White, a campaign focused on working actively with the fashion and interior design industry to evaluate the introduction of patterned and coloured appliances, and the company’s new Global Design offering; introducing an entirely new design vision behind all major appliances produced in Europe, and soon, in other geographies.

Henrik Otto believes that good design is opinion making and that bland design is meaningless. No one shall be unmoved by the products and there should be a story behind every product. Products should deliver form, functionality and be customer friendly. As a part of Electrolux global brand strategy, Henrik Otto believes that, design should make consumers all over the world recognize Electrolux products.