trestle tables by nina tolstrup, 2007 all images courtesy aram gallery all photos © shira klasmer
here are images of the ‘prototypes and experiments’ exhibition currently on display at the aram gallery until april 11th, 2009. the show features the work of designers including roger arquer, shin azumi, georg baldele, carl clerkin, nigel coates, caterina fadda and fran santos, gitta gschwendtner, demelza hill, yaacov kaufman, andré klauser, tomas kral, max lamb, tomek rygalik, rolf sachs, nina tolstrup and ben wilson.
‘between the lines’ coffee table and chest of drawers prototypes by gitta gschwendtner, 2000
from (l to r) bronze poly stool trial by max lamb and bronze; tube stool sketch by ben wilson, 2008
thames gate – scaled 3D sketch model by nigel coates, 2007
‘a group of towers appear like the two hands of a giant emerging from the ground. these structures have a highway passing through them, linking europe via the channel tunnel to the north-east of britain’.
from (l to r) ‘raw’ chair – raw-hide leatherby tomek rygalik, 2005, ‘mosh mosh lounger’ – papier maché and brown craft strip by georg baldele, 2004, ‘yokohama’ light made from DuPont™ Nomex® by georg baldele designed for designboom mart tokyo, 2005
installation view