samare at DMY berlin design festival 09

canadian design collective samare presented objects influenced by their country’s heritage. their works was on display as part of the DMY allstars exhibit at the DMY berlin design festival 09.

lamp by samare in collaboration with nacho carbonell image © designboom

samare in collaboration with kwangho lee created the lamp shade made of thick rubber cables that have been woven.

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samare exhibit at DMY berlin design festival image © designboom ‘paddle’ chair image © designboom

imitating the cross-section of a canoe, ‘paddle’ is a bench made with a steel frame and nylon webbing. its is available in monochrome tones of blue, white, yellow and red.

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detail of ‘surface flechee’image © designboom

the technique of flechee, native to quebec, is the method of braiding pieces of dyed wool in motifs of arrows or bolts of lightning. french colonial men initially used these weavings as a distinctive belt worn around their fur coats. samare appropriated this ancestral technique by adapting it in the form of surfaces.

‘r-mountie’ stool image © designoom

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‘testan’ table image © designboom

‘testan’ is a hexagonal table with a tensioned skin surface. holding together this hand-crafted object, a triangular lacing is woven on its underside. steel frame available in blue, white, yellow and red.

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nicolas b. lecompte of samare image © designboom

samare stands for hand made in canada.