Ronel Jordaan’s approach to fool the eye

 Seen on the pages of Australian Vogue Living and in showrooms around the world, South African Designer, Ronel Jordaan’s rock and scatter cushions and pebble carpets are whimsical but made out of sustainable felt, also have a warmth to them. Ronel, a textile designer for 28 years is primarily inspired by nature and her preferred medium is felt. Ronel has also trained a group of South African women in the art of felting, who produce the designs with her and have now started creating their own designs with her help.

Yael Mer’s volume

There were some interesting ideas and structures in terms of seating at IMM. Yael Mer’s Volume, which is a paper chair shell that is filled with expanding foam that reveals a unique shaped chair was one that grab our attention. Although there wasn’t a lot information about the chair, it was one of our favorites.

Yael Mer is an exciting and humanitarian designer, who is always keeping function on the forefront of all her designs. For more of her work

Molo design for space

Molo studio captures space with a distinctive flexible honeycomb structure to fan open into stools, benches and lounges. The geometry of the honeycomb structure allows for a modest amount of paper to take on surprisingly impressive strength.

paper soft seating structure is not intended to be disposable, or thought of for short term use – the paper in fact, gets better with age, as the surface texture of the paper edges softens with use over time into a pleasing natural patina. As the paper stools and lounges are used, the edges of the paper gently soften and crush, creating irregular facets that catch the light and form a unique organic pattern within the crisp honeycomb geometry of the structure. Although the surface of the paper softens, the stools and loungers maintain their structural integrity.

lite2go No Packaging Required

Lite2go is an all in one lighting solution where the packaging becomes the product. An energy efficient light bulb and an electric cord are included, allowing you to setup straight from the shelf to light your home.

The design is a components are either biodegradable or recyclable. No adhesives or extra packaging is utilized so the lamp is non toxic. The light bulb included with the package is a compact, fluorescent bulb that uses less energy and lasts longer than a comparable incandescent light bulb.

Life, sustainable comfort

Life is a sustainable chair deign from Knoll, manufactured using clean technology in keeping with the eco design principles of reduce, reuse and recycle green guard certified, Life helps people meet the U.S. green building Council’s leed™ requirements. Uses minimum materials in construction and employs clean manufacturing technology such as integral coloring on plastic components, burnishing on the aluminium structure and VOC-free paints and adhesives Raw materials with a recycled content of 52% (plastic version) and 62 % aluminium version that provides a 100 percent recycled content chair.