saint etienne design biennial : adrien abdoulkhadr sene ....................................................................................................................................................

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adrien abdoulkhadr sene in wolof (his mother tongue) the word 'aare' means 'to maintain'... adrien abdoulkhadr sene is running in rufisque (senegal) a professional training workshop for teenagers. the aim is to introduce them to mechanical construction whilst developing a rational management of resources. 'the heart bar / landing collection' is entirely made of metal rails, in use until 1944, now rusty. in the workshop adrien mostly employes a cold hammering technique. --- see the quicktime clip (1295 kb) --- adrien is manufacturing the heart- bar adrien abdoulkhadr sene heart-bar table and chairs on show in saint-etienne the heart-bar at the design biennial in saint-etienne I took these pictures from his portfolio. the workshop lounge ... in senegal more pics of the portfolio: chaise-longue free-standing shelf portfolio: easy chair portfolio: front view of the chaise-longue --- back to st. etienne main page --- --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------