'rik' by inon rettig - 'design for all' competition shortlisted revealed

designer's own words:
'I chose to design and produce a series of stools and light fixtures that combine wood and plastic in such a way that
one 'confines' the other with in it, giving it form and structure. I worked with the well-known and old fashioned
plastic industry technology known as vacuum forming (the processing of plastic bolts through heating and stretching
on a tray using vacuum). this is a technology that began with a design orientation but quickly became reduced to a
secondary element that is considered inferior within the industry. as with every technology, vacuum forming has its
unique advantages and disadvantages. one of the primary disadvantages of this technology is the creation of 'bridges'
or 'webbing': in places where the raw material does not reach the tray’ it sticks to itself to create sort of plastic walls
alongside the tray. the idea of this project is to take that same unintentional disadvantage and to turn it into an
intentional advantage. within these limitations, I created an aesthetic that uses the element of chance as a formal
language and, moreover, structurally reinforces the object'

stay tuned. the entire list of shortlisted entries from the 'design for all' competition will be revealed shortly.