Colours of DEsign 34 2008

Theme: my life. my space. Christmas season is here and with it comes peace, relaxation, and family gathering. Welcome to the Christmas issue of CODE. Take a seat.

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The infiniTe legO game One of the most popular Christmas presents, not only for kids, is the Lego. This famous Scandinavian construction toy inspired Piere Lissoni in designing his new sofa. “My idea was to create a new modular system which you can use to make your own sofa that would perfectly fit your space,” says Piero Lissoni. The Italian architect and designer compares this concept to the alphabet. “Just like the words and sentence are constructed of the letters of the alphabet, so can the Alphabet sofa give you the freedom to create your own world, your own words in the space,” adds Lissoni. The sofa’s four basic elements include seat, backrest, armrest, and cushions. These elements can be put together with different combinations into individual design. Let us add that the new Alphabet sofa has been on the Czech market since September 2008.

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Dune & my life, my sTyleAnother interesting new product of this season is the Dune seating by Carlo Colombo introduced by the Italian company Poliform. This comfortable modular system offers a variety of seating arrangement in living space. Apart from that, Poliform introduced a new section My life, my style on its website. Dynamism, creativity, and new expression characterizes this interactive journey through colours, emotions, and motion. You can watch six videos where Poliform presents six concepts of living space. The projects have different aesthetics, mood, and reflect different individuality. Six stories of urban style, nature, and spirit. This is a world full of emotions called “My life, my style”.

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mOngOlian prairies anD OTher wOrlDsMongolian prairie, yurts, and kumis… the spirit of the Far East transformed into Gran Khan sofa by the Italian Edra. Atypical sofa Gran Khan was designed by the court designer of Edra Francesco Binfaré as a unique reminiscence of bedspreads which you can find in Mongolian yurts. „This is an example of somewhat bourgeois creation which combines the world of Mongolian nomads with contemporary modern technology of seating furniture,“ says Edra. When we add other famous seating designs like Boa (you can test it in our Prague showroom), Damier or Tatlin (introduced in the last CODE), it becomes obvious that the designers of Edra, a company which celebrated twenty years of its existence this year, have reached their absolute top.

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The Japanese designer, Hiromichi Konno has created the RIN™ chair for Fritz Hansen; an elegant and futuristic design. The idea is to create a new type of chair that is in harmony with Japanese and Danish design traditions. The chair is elegant with a very innovative and progressive design. It invites you to sit in it for hours taking the traditional chair design into a new direction.

Hiromichi Konno is a Japanese designer with an international touch. He has studied both in Japan and Sweden and also lived in London for many years. His style is very unique and there is a special energy and something almost teasing about his designs. He now works for large companies and manufacturers around the world, and he is particularly in demand in Scandinavia.

There is a big difference between looking at a chair and sitting in it. I have tried to create a chair that offers more than mere comfort. A pleasant feeling that hopefully remains.

My first idea was to make a beautiful chair that stimulates and awakens emotions. Therefore, I have established something poetical, simple, strong, relaxed and innovative all at the same time. The goal from the beginning was to create the perfect chair.

The Japanese word RIN means an appearance that is stunning, elegant and courageous. It also means a single flower - in a way, the chair looks like a flower standing still. I thought this relates to the image of RIN chair.

My chair should radiate a sophisticated, simple beauty that people will experience when sitting in the chair - a chair is not just a form.

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new puppies arriveWe are introducing two new versions of the popular dog Puppy by the Finnish de-signer Eero Aarnio on the market. The chair Puppy is a dog loved by children, and at the same time, one of the best-selling products of modern design in recent years. Now, 3DH introduces two brand new surface varieties on the Czech market which will help the Puppy icon to get even further. The abstract dog made of polyethylene has been so far produced in three sizes (34.5 / 45.0 / 55.5 cm), and three colours – white, orange, and green. Now, the absolute novelty has arrived on the market: the green fluorescent Puppy and its glossy version available in white, red, and black.

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rin, rin, ring… Scandinavia and Japan have met. The Japanese designer Hiromichi Konno designed a new chair RIN™ for the Danish firm Fritz Hansen. The elegant and futuristic design combines tradition of the Japanese and Scandinavian design. Hiromichi Konno studied in Japan and Sweden, worked in London, and now makes design for several international companies, including Fritz Hansen.

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cOlOurs Of Design 34 winter 2008 Regularly published in Czech and English by 3D H. Interier, s. r. o. | ISSN 1801-5360concept & editors Radek Krčil, Radek Váňa layout Jana Vahalíková, Studio Marvil photo 3DH and companies’ archives showroom 3DH Design with love. Rohanské nábřeží 657/7, 180 00 Prague 8-Karlín | Open: Mon–Fri: 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Sat–Sun: upon appointment T +420 222 719 541| F +420 222 711 387 | E code@3dh.cz | www.3dh.cz visit our design portal www.myCode.cz © 2008 3D H. Interiér, s. r. o. All rights reserved.CODE is a part of Webarchive, the biggest on-line archive in Czech Internet administered by the Czech National Library. www.webarchiv.cz

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We support the exhibition Projektil Architects in Prague Jaroslav Fragner Gallery. Find out more on www.gjf.cz | The Brazilian designers (and brothers) Humberto and Fernando Campana, received the Designer of the Year award in the USA. As award winners, they introduced their own installation at the December show Design Miami. | And other brothers, this time French, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec published their new book called Objects, Designs, Maquettes devoted to their own work. | Half a century has gone since the Jacobsen’s designs for the Copenhagen SAS Royal hotel. Chairs Egg and Swan made history long time ago, now Fritz Hansen presents a limited special edition of Swan™ chair. | We have become partners of the Prague exposition at the real estate fair Expo Real in Munich. We equipped the exhibition stall of the Czech capital with Easy Chairs and Air Tables from the Italian company Magis. | Voido by Ron Arad (Magis) is now also produced in gold. | The interior of the National Technical Library (NTK) was decorated by the Rumanian artist and journalist Dan Perjovschi. / St. Nicholas, the devil and the angel visited 3DH on St. Nicholas Day.

chrisTmas anD new year 2009 in 3Dh At the beginning of CODE we say „sit down, Christmas has arrived.“ We wish you a peaceful Christmas holiday and add that the 3DH showroom will be closed from Monday 22 December 2008. We reopen again on Monday 5 January 2009. Have a peaceful Christmas and a lot of design (with love) in 2009!