designer rolf sachs portrait © designboom
on the occasion of london design week 2010, rolf sachs opened his studio doors, located on top of an old victorian bus station in south london, to the public.
general view of the studio image © designboom
through his work, the swiss-born designer / artist celebrates everyday, mundane objects, turning them a bit on their heads by taking them out of their usual context. he reinterprets them in an experimental manner which reflects his passion for surrealism, humor and functionalism.
presented at his studio was a selection of limited edition furniture and lighting designs, recent prototypes and one-off pieces from early as 1999.
‘light house’, 2010 floor lamp prototype 150 x 60 x 30 cm wooden stand, mirrored glass dome, straps, flex, electrics image © designboom
‘dirty thoughts’, 2009 armchair carbon fibre, kevlar, bonding resin, paints 80 x 55 x 45 cm edition of 7 image © designboom
sample materials and experimental prototypes image © designboom
image board of ‘dome lights’ series, ‘chemie’ light series and ‘wild emperor’ photographic project image © designboom
image © designboom
‘chemie’ light series, 2010 adjustable table or pendant lights prototypes for edition image © designboom
the series of lights utilize large glass flasks typically used in a chemistry lab, transforming them into light shades.
image © designboom
‘chemie’ light series image © designboom
‘chemie no.2’ 2010 table or pendant light prototype for edition amberised borosilicate glass, cork, flex, electrics 28 x 16 cm image © designboom
‘inseper-able’, 2010 sofa table ash wood, felt cheap 26 x 160 x 50 cm edition 12 image © designboom
chair prototypes and designs image © designboom
one part of ‘ginger & fred’, 2010 pair of armchairs studio piece pine wood, hessian, cotton, metal springs, natural fibres, wadding, fabric paint 80 x 80 x 90 cm image © designboom
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view looking out the studio image © designboom
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‘tales & stores’ wall panels, 2010 studio piece upholstered beech frames with obscure objects and paint marks 80 x 80 x 20 cm image © designboom
more lighting designs image © designboom
studio ‘board room’ image © designboom
inside the ‘board room’ image © designboom
new ‘dome lights’, 2010 image © designboom
earlier this year, gabrielle amman // gallery presented four of sachs’ new limited edition curiosities – ‘dome lights’ at design / miami basel 2010.
one contains an owl while the other has a anatomical model of a heart image © designboom
‘the every day objects which sachs uses for experimenttaion on display image © designboom
‘chip on the shoulder’, 1999 chair granite stone, beech 70 X 36 X 46 edition of 6image © designboom
‘frank’, 2010 armchair studio piece pine wood, hessian, cotton, metal springs, natural fibres & wadding, textile paint 70 x 82 x 90 image © designboom
‘frank’ arm chair (profile) image © designboom
chemistry vessels image © designboom
experimnents with chemical mixing vessels image © designboom
kitchen image © designboom
rolf sachs studio image © designboom
rolf sachs portrait © designboom
outisde the studio image © designboom
