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Core77 is an online design magazine dedicated to the practice and produce of the field of industrial design. The article deals with the results obtained in the course of Wanted design in the design week in NY.
Results from the Wanted Design Student Workshop 2016!
Core 77 2016
One of the annual highlights of New York's Design Celebration, NYCxDesign, has always been WantedDesign's Design School Workshop—which brings together students and mentors from all over the world to collaborate on intriguing design themes, materials and problem solving. "More a collaboration than a competition,"
Core Jr Writer for Core 77
BULLE BULLE
TEAM: ANDREA ARECHAGA , MAXIME LOUIS, EMILY NYBURG, MARIA REGINA SERPAS CACERES, CHRISTINA VENSON
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Bulle Bulle was one of the more arresting of the workshop results. "The objects explore the interaction of two materials: blown glass and wood," the group observes. "Glass is a volatile material whose formation is fluid and less controlled, while wood is stiff, structured, and fairly easy to control. Their forced interaction creates a dialogue, leaving evidence of their contrasting natures."
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Indeed this was true. The group showed the process video of the Bulle Bulle stool coming together and the audience was mesmerized.
The designers argue that "the resultant forms are whimsical—puns on the materials. The stool seat in particular is unexpected and surprising because it is made from glass. Its creation and form reference childhood activities such as blowing bubbles with gum or inflating pool toys. The charred evidence of their interaction is left on the wood, allowing the user to understand and imagine how Bulle Bulle came to be." Jurors reacted to the shear beauty and unexpected nature of the objects, though none were too quick to run up on the stage and attempt sitting. (The students were pretty eager though!)