‘autarchy’ image © designboom
italian-born eindhoven based design duo formafantasma‘s (andrea trimarchi and simone farresin) ‘autarchy’ installation is on show at sotheby’s in london as part of an exhibition curated by ilse crawford, anne mieke eggenkamp and janice blackburn. the show features work from design academy eindhoven graduates, kiki van eijk and joost van bleiswijk.
sotheby’s london 12th-17th May 2010 34-35 new bond street london W1A 2 AA
installation view image © designboom
‘autarchy’ is an installation which pays homage everyday life, proposing an autonomous way of producing goods, outlining a hypothetical scenario where nature is personally cultivated, harvested and processed, to feed and make tools to serve human necessities.
formafantasma have developed a series of functional vessels and lamps made from a low-temperature baked bio-material, composed of 70% flour, 20% agricultural waste, and 10% natural limestone. the differences in color palette are obtained by the selection of natural substances that have boiled or filtered for their natural dyes.
installation view with formafantasma image © designboom
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installation view of tables set with bowls, cups and other vessels image © designboom
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detail image © designboom
flour mill image © designboom
flour mill detail image © designboom
vegetables used for dying the dough image © designboom
natural dyes and spices image © designboom
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ingredients and recipes image © designboom
dough samples image © designboom
‘autarchy’ image © designboom
guests for the project were italian broom maker giuseppe brunello and french baker poilane.
detail of broom produced by giuseppe brunello image © designboom
formafantasma (andrea trimarchi and simone farresin) image © designboom
all images here are views of the ‘autarchy’ presentation at spazio rosana orlandi, during milan design week 2010.
