thorsten van elten at 100% design london 2003 ..................................................................................................................................................................

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thorsten van elten http://www.thorstenvanelten.com --- thorsten set up his company in january 2002 after several years within the furniture industry. along the way he met several young designers frustrated by the lack of opportunities to have their products manufactured. so he though he should give it a go and start a small collection of products by some young london based designers. the philosophy is easy: he wants to work with people he likes on products he loves. an urban souvenir, the pigeon light is a wall or table light made of vacuum formed 3mm perspex shell an a peg. available in white, pink and light grey with either white or orange flex. designed by ed carpenter. a bottle opener/fridge magnet made of laser cut 2mm stainless steel with a 6mm inset magnet. designed by sam johnson. soft lamps designed by ? LL light base made of laser-cut 10 mm clear acrylic with a linen lampshadedesigned by alex taylor a lamp / cloud of polistyrene balls designed by ? a light that sits in between your books to bring a little light to your bookshelf. made of 3mm black'n white acrylic that changes colour when switched on. engraved on the inside. designed by sam johnson. ----- ----- back to the main page --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------