‘childhood memories set’

netherlands-based designer nicolas cheng of studioroom906 presents three new projects called ‘the weight of light’, ‘150ml’ and ‘think hard’ with his previous design ‘childhood memories’ at the galleria rossana orlandi during milan design week 09.

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09

the childhood memories, a collection of stationery is designed with a new material made out of eggshell by using a high pressure technique. each set of stationery is made out of 100 wasted eggshell.

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09 ‘childhood memories set’

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09‘150ml’

150ml is a set of five porcelain cylindrical vessels originally cast by five different types of wood; every vessel comes with its own box made out of the same wood used for the original casting. each designed to hold a capacity of 150ml despite their visible variation in scale.

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09 ‘150ml’

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09‘the weight of light’

light is by definition something hard to quantify or experience with human hands. by associating light to weight, nicolas cheng provides the user with a new experience through controlling light in a more haptic way. combinations of simple mechanisms utilize gravity resistance to transfer light to a bulb. for every 100 grams of weight, a corresponding 10 watts of light is produced.

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09‘the weight of light’

nicolas cheng / studioroom906 at milan design week 09‘think hard’ pencil

‘think hard’ is a meditation ring/pencil. it is designed to use with eyes closed.