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DESIGNWISE 2.0
DESIGNWISE is a brand that edits original products and objects created by Portuguese designers. DESIGNWISE is not a specialized collection, nor is it dedicated to a specific category of objects. Its products span different scales and universes: of materials, uses and price. What gives unity to these apparently diverse objects is the fact that they all "tell a story", often with unexpected humour.
With the purpose of widening the range of products in its collection, Experimenta promoted a nation-wide call for ideas destined to professionals and students, for the submission of projects to be edited by Designwise.
Following Designwise's utilitarian and playful nature, projects of any kind and typology were called upon characteristics such as simplicity and economy of production - specifically aimed at the Portuguese industry - were highlighted, and considerations towards material features and technologies of production were taken into account, aimed at fomenting recycling and reutilisation.
An overwhelming number of Portuguese students and professional designers, from all over the country but also from abroad, answered this call, in an expressive total of 175 proposals.
The Designwise 2.0 jury, made up by Miguel Vieira Baptista, Fernando BrÍzio, Carla Cardoso and Pedro Franco, and, on a final project evaluation phase, Guta Moura Guedes, president of Experimenta, unanimously selected the projects of the following designers for the forthcoming DW 2.0 exhibition:
In the absence of kitchen appliances, we improvise by finding equally functional alternatives. ROLO DA MASSA is an analogy between two objects. The appliance and the improvisation instrument or either the rolling pin and the wine bottle.
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MISS LAZY is born from the observation of an increasingly more common act - putting a pillow under a tray, while eating an informal meal in front of the television. This pillow presents two sockets destined to placing the plate and the glass.
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Spank me |
Claudia Costa e Tiago da Fonseca |
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Spank me |
Claudia Costa e Tiago da Fonseca |
SPANK ME comes from the use of "punishment" instruments, such as the palmer. After being used it leaves its marks well visible behind. When punishing, this wooden spoon marks the affectionate symbol inscribed in it.
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ALL YOU CAN EAT has arrived to save us all, the good, the bad and the gluttons, from the pressures of family and loved ones, from glossy magazines and impossible bellies. With zero physical and moral calories, ALL YOU CAN EAT is more than a dining set; it's a new way of eating because you also eat with your eyes. Cook something healthy and serve with ALL YOU CAN EAT. Bon appetit!
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CHAVEIRO SECRETO establishes an association with the collective memory. Once the door is closed it's common to keep the keys in a safe place but of easy access to whom, rightly and in good faith, wishes to enter the house. It's like a hiding place, but known to all, easy to find.
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Connected to bottle recycling, this object results from a cut in the glass and a hole in the cap. A cork stopper becomes its new lid. We fill the salt or pepper through it and create a new use.
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1/3 Bottle promotes reuse. The cut bottle tops are glued on tile. Stick the kitchen towels inside the neck.
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SIM |
Joel Moniz, M. Duarte e A. Branco |
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SIM |
Joel Moniz, M. Duarte e A. Branco |
SIM is a lighting system that screws and unscrews to fit the imagination. It's simple as a triple extension an elementary as a socket. The components adapt to different situations and spaces.
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Salero |
Jorge Trindade e João Seco |
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Salero |
Jorge Trindade e João Seco |
SALERO comes from rhythm. The use movement of a salt and pepper shaker arouses a musicality, associated with maracas. SALERO lives from the gesture and immediately connects these two objects with such distinct purposes. For refilling remove the handle.
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The design of this hanger confers flexibility to its material (MDF) in areas necessary to its use. It reveals an enormous simplicity both in its production and use. To use it, just pull the hooks.
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Chovemim |
Nuno Miguel Caniça e Gonçalo Rebelo |
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Chovemim |
Nuno Miguel Caniça e Gonçalo Rebelo |
CHOVEMIM is a micro-ecosystem. In one single piece an umbrella stand and a garden. The water that rains off the umbrella waters the seedbed.
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Pinga |
Rui Miguel Pereira Alves |
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Pinga |
Rui Miguel Pereira Alves |
PINGA follows the observation of the traditional wine bottle and the drop that lonely runs down its surface till it reaches the table. The opening in the shape of a drop makes filling easier.
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T-BAG is a garment that transforms itself. Only by the fastening of its accessories, T-BAG changes from a t-shirt to a container of our goods.
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TIME CONDOM is a rubber ring, adjustable in height, which allows the control of a candle's lighting time. The water placed in it puts out the candle. One centimetre corresponds to 20 minutes of light.
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Two Special Mentions were given by the Jury:
To the Sumo design collective, for the quality of presentation and creativity of their proposals.
To Mariana Costa e Silva, for the "Canapés" project, for the interest and originality of the project.
The Jury's Special Mentions, even though were not selected projects, will also be presented at the exhibition.
The Jury would also like to emphasise, with appraisal, a significant increase in the quality and relevancy of the submitted projects, as a whole, in comparison with the first edition of the competition in 2001.
Experimenta wishes to thank everyone who submitted their projects and ideas.
We are expecting you, and everyone who would like to join us, on July 14th, at 19h30, at the Santa Catarina Palace (near the Adamastor belvedere), in Lisbon, for the opening of the DW 2.0 exhibition. This exhibition will feature not only the 12 selected projects and the 2 special mentions, but also existing objects from other designers that Designwise approached, with the purpose of integrating them in its collection.
The DW 2.0 exhibition will be presented as part of an Iberian Design exhibition promoted by Experimenta and the Spanish Embassy in Lisbon, bringing to Portugal the Diseño INJUVE 2003 Exhibition, a showcase of contemporary Spanish design featuring projects from 10 young designers of our neighbouring country.
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