Recently, the book "DIY Furniture 2" was published, which is an excellent source of inspiration on how to make furniture that looks like the work of an industrial designer from pieces that were sent into the world with another mission. The idea is factual, but the authorship of the creation is yours. Did you know that you can make a chair out of PVC pipe and a stand out of cardboard and a lamp? If you haven't, now you know.
Until now, most of us have been most closely acquainted with assembling furniture, when it came to an Ikea product. Although it appears to be instant the furniture as ordered, put it in the 'microwave' for a bit and it's ready, but there's nothing wrong if you try to do something as well from scratch. But if you don't already have pre-cut parts and other 'spices' (screws, nuts, etc.), it's still good to have some guidelines and an idea of what is being created. And that's why there's a book DIY Furniture 2 industrial designer by Christopher Suart from Indiana at cost 18,90€, that contains 30 products and instructions artisans, designers and other makers from all over the world, which are made from quite unusual materials. We will look at 8 of these together, and the other 22, including all the necessary instructions for making them, can be found in the book.
And that you will not think that these pieces of furniture will be yours apartment turned into something that works like temporary residence. They are not only functional but also sophisticated in design and therefore something that someone could exchange for buying from furniture salon.
The geometry of the Mokka light does not deviate from the classic lamps, which is why it is 'independent' in the material. It is made from a picture frame, copper pipe and electric wire. It creates a feeling of floating.
The basis of the Love Aesthetics dress rack is water pipes and some connectors for them. The design is simple, but the construction is even simpler. 4 prices (two different lengths), 4 links and minimal hand skills.
The Telefonplan coffee table by designer Daniel Franzen is, on the one hand, a tribute to Enzo Mario, an Italian designer who had a DIY (do-it-yourself) philosophy in his blood, and on the other, an admiration for the 'natural' beauty of nature in the form of untreated pine wood.
The Sine cabinet by Dutch designer Dik Scheepers is made of corrugated PVS plastic, similar in shape to asbestos roofs, which are now considered a symbol of landfills. But you can give them a better fate. If you combine it with some wood, you will get a piece worthy of admiration and not a bulky haul.
The PVC pipe chair was designed by Niccolo Spirito and called the Diablo Chair. And it's damn true when he says that by using these pipes only for drains, we're wasting their 'talent', their potential. Once assembled, 'spray' them with any color and you already have a super designer chair.
The Radiola table, the work of Studio MK27, is a wooden table with speakers and an iPod dock.
Stand or David Taylor's Portland candle holder is made from broken concrete posts of various lengths. Each pillar has a different pattern of broken place, which makes each piece unique. Therefore, even the layout from the book is not 'set in stone' as the only correct one, but is merely a guide. Add a silver PVC pipe for the holder and a copper strap to hold the mackerel sticks, and you have a beautiful candle holder.
Although there seems to be a whole science behind this fluorescent light, which looks like a U-lock for a bicycle, designer Sarah Pease only used parts that can be bought from stores such as Merkur, Baumax, Bauhaus and Obi .
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