francois azambourg: douglas jar

dutch designer maarten baas presented a specially commissioned cabinet at design miami 09, where he received the 'designer of the year' award.

during design miami 09, sculptor graham hudson was in charge of constructing a workspace using leftover lumber, rubber, plastic, furniture - anything the fair and the city (the larger fair) had cast off.

lohmann and grundmann's 'tidal ossuary' investigates the origins of bones and their displacement on the banks of the river thames.

a singular piece of wire mesh is delicately folded and creased to create the chairs origami-like form.

'pack chair' is designed with the intention of selling it via mail order, the chair is fabricated with an internal airtight polyester cloth pouch and a double lining that contains a two-part liquid polyurethane foam

part of VIA's annual design support program is the partnership project:a new renewable composite material was developed by designer designer françois azambourg and the DCS (design composite système) company.