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Extending the classic style of the brand Veuve Clicquot this premium limited edition showcase, combines beauty with function. Designed by Porche Design and at $70,000 a pop, it may be a little out of us lowly designers range. At least the champagne gives us a taste of this classic style.

Measuring over six feet tall Vertical Limit holds 12 magnums of Clicquot’s most prized vintages and only 15 were made worldwide. Each Vertical Limit is fully handmade and each of the 12 vintages are housed in its own compartment with the temperature set at a constant 12 degrees celsius—ideal for tasting and the same climate as the Veuve Clicquot cellars in Reims, France.

“We wanted to create a product to match the ultra high-end superiority of the Veuve Clicquot brand, so we tried to emphasize the importance of each bottle. We thought that each bottle should have its own stage essentially. This is why we gave each bottle its own door coupled with the classic Veuve Clicquot yellow as a light. We did this so each bottle received the attention it deserves, rather than opening one door to a collection of bottles. In making a superior looking product we also decided to make the Vertical Limit a tall object”.

Roland Heiler

Over the last few weeks I have been involved in bringing to life our new brand. In the process I have found myself looking beyond the creative execution to what the science is behind it as the representation of art and science. For a lot of what I have found intuition plays the greater role, the emotion of the artist, designer or modern day craftsperson being the driver. But a few have sparked my interest to look further and have found perhaps not the modern day Da Vinci’s, but fascianting all the same.

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Bruce Shapiro

Northern California-based artist Bruce Shapiro makes the kind of kinetic sculpture that mesmerizes and dazzles visitors at science museums using computers and simple motors, a practice he terms “The Art of Motion Control.” In episode 94 we visit Bruce at the Maker Fair and at his home to learn more about works like “Pipedream,” effectively a screen that uses bubbles in place of pixels, “Sisyphus, “an intricate zen sand drawing and a kinetic ribbon sculpture modeled on ribbon dancers.

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Tom Gallant

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Living and working in Brussels, Belgium, Tom Gallant creates hand-cut floral prints out of archived pornographic magazines. Using a surgical blade, he cuts into the imagery, layering extremely delicate cut-outs on top of one another to assemble a dramatic visual experience that almost blurs your vision. If you look closely you can see hints of hair, lips, neck and genitalia, but it’s the paper’s flesh tones and curvature that stand out.

Soft spoken and a self-proclaimed compulsive collector, he describes his work as a visual language “dealing with a private matter in a very public way.

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Designed by Pearson Lloyd’s link was developed in response to a commission by ARPRO to investigate potential new uses of expanded polypropylene (EPP) within the contract furniture and interiors market. EPP is a lightweight high-performance material traditionally used in the packaging and automotive industries.

Pearson Lloyd have come up with a modular system, based on a couple of similar elements. They can be used to create room dividers and small containers, for plants for instance.

Stimulated by the MAK in Vienna, Ross Lovegrove designed urban lighting fixtures to brighten up the Austrian neighbourhood. 

 Solar Tree is a solar-powered lighting fixture for Vienna’s urban lighting based on a design by Ross Lovegrove, created on the initiative of Peter Noever. 

Produced by Artemide, the Solar Trees bring nature to the grey-ness of today’s urban environments.

The installation is realized through a collaboration between Sharp Solar, Artemide, Ross Lovegrove and MAK (Austrian Museum of Contemporary Art).

Innovative thinking for Malibu by Damien Fournival, Kheireddine Sidhoum and Martin Roche.

David Carlson was commissioned by Absolut to develop a new series of glassware. Carlson got Konstantin Grcic on board. 

 We asked David how it all came about.

Carlson: ‘I have been working quite a lot with Absolut during the last 10 years with different projects.’ 

’This project started with a research concerning designer and together with my friend Mårten Knutsson we scanned the design community. Quite soon we understood that Konstantin Grcic would be perfect for the assignment. The brief to Konstantin was to develop a glass where the function should define the shape. The glassware should reflect the Absolut core values: clarity, simplicity and perfection.’

’What’s interesting is that there are a lot of factors the glass needed to meet regarding design, durability and production process. Bartenders want the glasses to be stackable, for instance. The branding needed to be subtle for use at the high-end of the market. The series will be produced in more than 1 million glasses a year.’

Simple inspiration from the everyday utilitarian object the paperclip - transformed into a beautiful sculptural masterpiece.