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    T table by Studiomama

    Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Mark
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    T table by Studiomama is part of An exhibition of Coffee Tables designed exclusively for Rocket by contemporary designers, architects and artists from Europe and the United States.
    The t-table is produced by Jonathan Stephenson – Rocket Gallery steel with powder-coating, walnut & toughened glass,
    48 x 100 x 100 cm / 19 x 39.5 x 39.5 in £750 + vat from Rocket Gallery

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    Nina Tolstrup at Jaquline Rabun Gallery Through to October 16th

    Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Mark
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    This September will see jewellery
    designer Jacqueline Rabun open
    her exquisite studio and showroom
    in Grosvenor Crescent Mews, Belgravia to the London Design Festival and
    100% Design. The space will exhibit
    designs by Danish designer Nina
    Tolstrup from Studiomama, who
    Jacqueline has long admired. There
    will also be six new collections from
    Jacqueline on show.
    Nina’s collection contains a series
    of original pieces made from
    reclaimed pallets. Pieces include
    furniture, lighting and objects.
    The process of making these pieces
    is what distinguishes Nina’s designs.
    A pallet is a generic thing found
    anywhere in the world. Nina designs each piece of furniture, but the
    assembly guidelines are then sold
    online. Then a final piece of furniture is made anywhere in the world
    using locally sourced and reclaimed pallets. This is a sustainable,
    collaborative and meaningful approach to design that by passes costly and
    unsound supply chains.
    “I admire Nina’s unique approach to
    design, we share a desire to achieve simplicity and purity in our work.
    Her creations come from the soul and she never compromises she does
    exactly what she wants to do.
    I admire this attitude and that is what we have in common,” says Jacqueline.
    A further dimension to Nina is her
    commitment to philanthropy. Studiomama
    has given Cecilia Glik, a photographer and charity worker based in
    Buenos Aires, Argentina the rights to
    manufacture the pallet chair in a
    workshop in Lugano. This is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires.
    Inside the slum there is a collective
    workshop, which are now producing
    the pallet chair. “Nina has given
    the community the right to produce
    and sell her pallet furniture which
    provides an income for them. I respect this idea very much”, adds Jacqueline.
    During 100% Design an auction
    will take place of personalized pallet
    chairs by famous British artists.
    Nina’s furniture will also be made
    to order from Jacqueline Rabun’s
    gallery using pallets from London,
    and there will be a new range of
    do-it-yourself guidelines
    downloadable from Studiomama’s
    website; Studiomama.com
    Jacqueline Rabun first began designing fine jewellery in 1989 in her native
    America; she has been dedicated
    to creating innovative ideas
    that inspire and contribute to the
    international design world.
    Her fluid and sculptural forms
    are recognized by the cognoscenti
    the world over, be it pieces
    designed for Georg Jensen, or under
    her own eponymous brand.
    She extended her poetic approach
    to creating fine jewellery and design objects to the unique Gallery
    she opened in the heart of Belgravia
    in a converted stable.
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    Designer Jacqueline Rabun open her exquisite studio and showroom in Grosvenor Crescent Mews.

    The space will exhibit designs by Danish designer Nina Tolstrup from Studiomama, who Jacqueline has long admired. There will also be six new collections from Jacqueline on show.

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    Branch Out by Studiomama for TENXYZ

    Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Mark
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    London designer Nina Tolstrup of Studio Mama presented a collection of furniture made from digitally-altered branches with TEN XYZ at 100% Design in London last month.

    Called Branch Out, the project involved scanning the branches with a 3D scanner before maniuplating them with software and rapid-prototyping the resulting forms.

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    Pallet Project – Nina Tolstrup on show at 100% Design London

    Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by Marcin
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    The acclaimed Dutch designer Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama has taken her studio’s philosophy – to create ingenious, excellent and sustainable design that acts in a socially positive way – to an impressive new level with the recent Pallet Project, on show at the 100% Design festival.

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