Czech Designers Herrmann & Coufal, in cooperation with Czech Center New York, EUNIC New York and ECO Solidarity, will organize a workshop, during which the participants create their own piece of furniture. The workshop will take place in Undercurrent Gallery in Brooklyn. The designers will represent the Czech Republic at WantedDesign Manhattan, at the Javits center (May 15-17).
Come and join us to build a cool minimalist coat-rack in a creative workshop, led by award winning designers from Prague, Eduard Herrmann a Matěj Coufal. They will also present their designer studio during the workshop. Designers Herrmann & Coufal will represent the Czech Republic at WantedDesign Manhattan, at the Javits center (May 15-17).
More at https://www.wanteddesignnyc.com/eco-solidarity-2022/
Registration here.
Estimated duration of the workshop: 2.5 hours
What will be produced: Coat-rack Teepee
Maximum capacity: 10 participants, no skills required
Coat-rack Teepee is an elegant coat-rack, which consists of only six wooden rods and shrink tubes and its production will take just a short while. It is stable but folds well when needed. The coat-rack Teepee as part of the Nomad furniture brand.
Nomad is a brand of furniture and lighting designed so that anyone can make them with their own hands. All it takes is basic tools, determination and a bit of time. The project is based on continuous research on the relationship of design and the “do it yourself” phenomenon and offers an opportunity to reflect on the beauty, utility and meaning of the things that surround us.
It shows that self-production does not have to be perceived only as an alternative, cheap and unaesthetic solution. On the contrary - that it brings a human-centred approach to products and makes the user understand and appreciate otherwise hidden ideas. The process of creation thus becomes an integral part of the resulting object, a common experience.
Emphasis is placed on the activity of creation and forming a relationship with an object. The final product is hence a materialized documentation of this process, a documentation of newly acquired knowledge - completely different from the one we acquire simply by observing and using things. Knowledge acquired through creation.
About the products
All of the individual products are designed on the same basis - self-manufacturability and consistent minimization of the number of necessary building elements and work operations (and thus cost reduction). At the same time, they can all be easily and quickly disassembled, moved and reassembled in another place (hence the name of the entire collection). Each of the objects uses a different mechanical principle, which then visually stands out thanks to simple minimalist aesthetics.
Czech design studio Herrmann & Coufal was founded by two classmates while still studying at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Since then, the portfolio has expanded by a variety of projects, especially in the field of product design. Although the creative work often involves an experimental series of trial and error, the resulting products are characterized by lightness and a casual, almost intuitive aesthetics.
Over the years, they’ve been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Award, Designblok Diploma Selection, Czech Grand Design Award, Elle Decoration International Award and others.
More at https://herrmanncoufal.com/cs/about/
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