daniel lorch at DMY berlin design festival 2010

‘split chair’

‘split chair’ by berlin graphic and furniture designer daniel lorch came out of his study of steel tube furniture from the period between 1920 to 1940. his intention was to extend the classic tube bending construction on the basis of today’s 3d laser technology. through the bridging of these contrasting production processes, a new methodology was made feasible.

back view

detail

production process

chair frame

wall lamp from ‘X, Y and Z’ series with a green, hammered metal finish

french metal worker and designer jean prouvé never disguised the production process of his furniture. he worked with weld that was not smoothed off and with constructions that mainly responded to static considerations. drawing from this approach, lorch’s wall lamps from his ‘X,Y and Z’ light series seeks to give an account of the production process through the design rather than obscuring it as it is common in industrial manufacturing.

detail of flexible magnetic joint

both ‘split chair’ and ‘X, Y and Z’ wall lamps will be presented at DMY international design festival berlin 2010.

detail

lampshades

cylindrical lampshade pinched on one end