Gone with the wind

gone with the wind

Gone with the wind

Enter the windy garden, where things and matters such as Black cherries, Sugar cubes and Modest thoughts fall

hopelessly in love with the ways of nature.

The Wind paviliondesigned by Nika Zupanc and dressed in Qbiss by trimo

Big, white, and sweet are the three core tastes of an installation that comments on the rules of sustainability in design and architecture. A structure that emphasizes sincerity poetically questions the reasoning of the modernist fuelled majority: Are there other solutions beyond strictly technical ones to address ecology when designing objects? Is there an aesthetics that can be defined as sustainable?

The entry point to the world of Nika Zupanc – a frame for her gallery and a prism for readings of her work – is also a metaphorical structure. It is a quilted house driven by toy-like veneer windmills on the outside and with a big bang of connotations from the inside. The Wind Pavilion stands as an icon evoking a sense for nature. With it, Nika Zupanc embraces the issue of responsibility by introducing the elegance and poetry of creative expression into predominately technical solutions.

Like so many magic pavilions in the past, this one is also outfitted in one of the latest achievements of the industry – the unique modular façade system Qbiss by trimo. Optically smooth surfaces, unique rounded corner elements, and “shadow joints” allow great freedom of expression and enable an optically enchanting combination of an inclined grid and an attractive landscape of 45 restless windmills.

Materials: Envelope: modular façade system Qbiss by trimo / Windmills: defibrated sliced oak veneer

Trimo is one of Europe’s leading companies offering complete solutions for fireproof roofs and façades. More than on its physical products, the company bases its growth on innovative development and project solutions, customized approaches, and a combination of high aesthetics, design values, and flexible solutions with economically acceptable mass-produced products.

Trimo is a highly innovative company with numerous prestigious international awards. Trimo markets its products under its own brand name in more than 50 coun-tries across the globe and has production capacities in Slovenia, Russia, Serbia, and the United Arab Emirates.

More information about modular façade system Qbiss by trimo:www.qbiss.eu

Black cherry lampsa modular system of materialized desires

Every single cherry in the world was blessed with a shape that is simple and mysterious at the same time. It has curves that flirt and has the nerve to suggest. Ah, cherries! This modular assembly of lamps pays homage to them all. Simple in design and generous in their final effect, they make possible many combinations that derive from very rudimentary moves. In their dimension, their bigness also offers an air of poetically codified freedom.

Material: blown glass, painted metal tubing / Colors: black, yellow, green, white // Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2010 / www.nikazupanc.com

Modesty sofa high-heeled maple

The surfaces have been cut in a restrained fashion but broken sharply, so that the timber would be as it should be – as is its nature. Then black sateen was added as an intended excess. If you can only remember beauties robbed of fortune but filled with elegance, then you know where this is heading. In a world of demanding circumstances, this is a noble move. In

spaces hungry for some identity, a discreet black ribbon comes as a pleasurably stimulating theme.

Material: curved wood covered in pliable, maple defibrated sliced veneer by www.albeflex.com, aluminum legs, silk upholstered seat and backrest / Colors: Natural Canadian maple, black or green satin upholstery // Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2010 / www.nikazupanc.com

Modesty benchMaterial: curved wood covered in pliable, maple defibrated sliced veneer by www.albeflex.com, aluminum legs, silk upholstered seat and backrest / Colors: Natural Canadian maple, black upholstery // Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2010 / www.nikazupanc.com

Sugar cubescontainers that mingle with care

Listen to them. Neatly packed carbohydrates that persistently call to you to be opened, to have their innerness savored. They are prodigies of a sort – passionate lovers of gatherings, of grouping and regrouping, within formations and angles that are not-so standard in a cubical world. They were envisioned as containers for secrets of all kind, but are also suitable for many other tasks. They can play the child away, or they can support a tired body or serve as a coffee table.

Material: molded polyethylene / Colors: white sugar, brown sugar, gold, black // Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2010 / www.nikazupanc.comTooling by www.pensito.com

Konstantin betaan unexpected vehicle to drive you mad

Here comes a charming toy-like rollercoaster for you and your delusions. It is actually the compensation for all the things you simply did not do, polished to perfection. Except that it ceases to be comfortably navigable the moment you answer the instrument’s artificial call. There is no serial equipment to be expected, no gloves and no air bags, so caution is mandatory. Although it is an instrument of

tiny proportions, this is a poisonous item because it efficiently grooms your vanity into an asset of unavoidable dimensions.

Materials: Body shell: fiberglass, colored and lacquered in a high-gloss finish. Aluminum or brass cast parts, polished or lacqueredColor combinations: black, white, green, yellow, red, skin // Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2009 / www.nikazupanc.com

Unfaithfulfeather duster royal

The notorious La femme et la maison collection, first and foremost, turned the last sighs of patriarchy into the cries of the she-almighty. Now comes this shiny noir object, which is ready to offend you with the purity of its ambition. As blunt as a declaration of war and as piercing as beauty can be,

it is an announcement of times to come. While it is the kind of news that will cause many things to be reconsidered, it also leaves a little something to be crazy about.

Materials: ABS lacquered in piano-black finish / real ostrich feathers / luxury card box (laminated with leather texture canvas or black suede), red interior, logo printed in gold hot foil / Color combinations: black, skin / Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2007 / www.nikazupanc.com

Vladimir, Boris, and Alexandera silent brotherhood of slightly arrogant cradles

Imagine the good old cradle, extinct for a while and now coming back again, stylishly reincarnated in the form of a flawless holding device for ultra-young human bodies. Suddenly all gene sets are displayed with all the respect they deserve, and the ever-present issues of love and control are addressed in the most functional way. It will surely rock offspring gently to sleep. But it will also offer an honorable exit to all ladies and gents for whom parenthood brought a rude introduction to the boredom of visually humiliating options.

Materials: Basket: laser-cut acrylic or wood; rockers: laser-cut acrylic, Legs: brass, brass chromed, brass painted, Hearts: laser cut acrylic (solid and transparent)Color combinations: white / gold black, black cherry wood / gold, white / gold // Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2009 / www.nikazupanc.com

Product design & Art direction: Nika Zupanc

Graphic design: Kabinet 01

Words by: Rdeči Oblak

Photography by: Dragan Arrigler

The exhibition was curated by Jurij Krpan and produced by Praksa

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The exhibition was supported by Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments - JAPTI and The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia

Special thanks to:

Maja Lapajne, Jan Jagodič, Igor Medjugorac, Breda Kotar, Tatjana Fink, Miloš Ebner, Tanja Blatnik, Tomaž Popit, Darinka Uhan, Jana Lutovac Lah, Rok Pernuš, Igor Cavion,

Eddy Antonllo, Alberto Martinuzzo, Karin Friebel, Guido Spessotto, Giesella Boriolli, Aleš Zalaznik, Tomo in Franja Oslakovič, Jernej Čopi,

Sandra Sajovic, Jure Sajovic, Tomaž Gregorič, Sandro Črnič, Katarina Gostiša Zupanc , Jernej Zupanc & Boris Krpan

Upper caseall treasons of the heart gathered in a ladder

Your favorite summer of love silently sneaking before your eyes. You know. Things you want to outgrow, kisses you want to steal, fantasies you want to share. The ladder is erected before you as a monument to the simplicity of longing and as such it is real surprise guest. No longer does it stay hidden in the backwaters of the mind, no longer it is a primitive and sub-zero design tool. With some gentle remodeling, it becomes a charming frontrunner, an enjoyable guest and, ah yes, a materialized piece of yesterday. There is a piercing on the top of it, like a final blow to your reservations.

Material: colored aluminium / Colors: black, gold / Design by: Nika Zupanc, 2010 / www.nikazupanc.com