Royal College of Art Students Create a Disturbance at The Great Eastern Hotel

6 - 20 May 2006
Great Eastern Hotel
Liverpool Street, London EC2M 7QN
www.platform10.co.uk

DISTURBANCE at the Great Eastern Hotel presents new product concepts by Design Products students from the Royal College of Art, London. The exhibition is presented by Professor Ron Arad, Head of Design Products.

New furniture, lighting and other product ideas will be installed into the heart of the hotel's busiest areas, provoking interaction and offering fresh perspectives for guests and the public. The fourteen participating students are from Platform Ten, one of six teaching units within the Design Products department, led by designers Daniel Charny and Roberto Feo. The exhibition is characterised by the playful-thoughtful ethos of Platform Ten that seeks to challenge product typologies.

Exhibited Works

Jordi Canudas - Behind the Wall
An intriguing two sided piece of furniture that is half wall half sofa lounge.

Tomás Alonso
Clothestree - A modular piece of furniture to substitute the ubiquitous 'semi - clean' clothes chair we each have at home. Free standing or wall mounted.
Stamp Cutlery - Light weight, recyclable disposable cutlery in a unique stamped aluminium design.

Brit Leissler
Punch'n'Cuddle Bag - The ultimate domestic companion for both lovin' and hatin'. Caution: this furniture item will fight back!
Head Light (Soft Pillow Light) - 'A cuddly light helps you make it through the night.'

Eli Gutierrez - Growth
Organic domestic furniture, reminiscent of patterns found in nature, yet brought into the home using processed materials.

Shay Alkaly
Flying Fish Bowl - A giant wall mounted revolving fish bowl allows your dearest pet to travel the world from the comfort of his own home.
Hoover Bag Bear - is a headless yet loveable teddy bear to suit a dark and dusty corner in anyone's home. An exploration in useful waste.

Yael Mer - Rocking Slippers
A hybrid clothing and furniture product creating a personal emotional space. Just like your grandmother's rocking chair that was hers without a doubt.

Raquel Martins - Sweep Swoop Swept
A re-design of the household broom to create active, playful participation between the user and object. One design will even count how many calories you are using whilst you sweep!

Peter Marigold - Make / Shift
An expandable shelving system to fit any size gap.

Simon Husslein - Warp
A rotating timepiece hanging in the impressive six-storey rotunda of the hotel's staircase. The protruding warped forms, built by digital manufacturing, cast numbers on the wall when aligned with the light.

Mathias Hahn - The Unexpected Visitor
A coat stand which dramatises the presence of a guest through the use of directed lighting.

Jorre Van Ast
Clampology - Clamp-a-book, clamp-a-cable, clamp-a-lamp - new types of tiny but handy clamps.
When is a mug not a mug? When it's a jar! - Turning re-usable glass jars into practical vessels by screwing on plastic tops for use as a sugar shaker, salt cellar, chocolate sprinkler or milk jug.

Andrew Haythornthwaite - Sprout
A giant metal plant takes root in your home. Comes complete with removable seed pod bags for storage in and out of the home.

Oscar Narud - "You rang m'lord?"
Butler furniture that explores our day-to-day rituals around the home.

Oscar Diaz - Socket Light
A multi directional light which employs a three-dimensional socket system. Simply push the light into the base at any angle you wish.

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