sábado, 9 de julio de 2011

"FAREWELL" - Glass Cabinet

Workshop in collaboration with the company  Orrefors and the designer Erika Lagerbielke; working with her glass collection “Difference”  from which several cases where developed to keep this prestigious items safe and giving them a proper presentation.



                                                                                          "Difference"
                                                                                                                            Erika Lagerbielke


4 wine glasses and 4 water glass cups where meant to fit in these wood cases, but besides this items there where several stories behind each cabinet that made them very special and unique. In collaboration with the designers Mikael Löfström and Leif Burman, specialists in Wood works, this project was developed in the University of Tec de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara.

                                                  "FAREWELL"
                                                  Kaleb Cárdenas
                                    Photo by: Alejandro Bona
            
“Farewell” it´s a case that involves everything that represents honoring somebody on their last moment with us, giving that last memory to that person that was so important in our lives.
It represents all the good things that a person left and the way that we shall always remember them.

                                   Photo by: Alejandro Bona

The wood used was “Tornillo” or “Cedar Frog”, “Dantelion” was the flower that inspired this hall project, because of its similarity with life and the beauty of such; it contains seeds that can be blown away and the flower dies, just as easy as life does too…in an instant; but all this seeds left rebirth into something new, they represent what was left from a person, all the good deeds, all the memories, all the wisdom, all the love…

                                    Photo by: Alejandro Bona


FAREWELL is a case that contains very precious objects, 4 beautiful wine glasses and a special compartment for memories… a space where you can keep the most valuable things that you love from the person that passed away (a photo, note, letter, etc).
The secret lock that this case contains assures that nobody but you can reach to such important objects.

                                                              Photo by: Alejandro Bona

“What we do in life, echoes in eternity”; this case represents an honor to that.



viernes, 8 de julio de 2011

TIME TOTEM - MILAN 2011

The curse of a Golf ball is able to create reactions that are assembled in a person’s memory; this creates a space in which cultures, ideas and design are bonded.
This year the Tecnologico of Monterrey Campus Guadalajara university in collaboration with the Glasgow Caledonian University participated at the Milan Fairy of Desing 2011 (Salone dil Mobile), the project presented was “TIME TOTEMS” which searched to demonstrate  the bond between two total different cultures; this is the work of 15 Mexicans and 15 Scottish designers which working separately where able to get a way of artistic expression and at the same time with a unique and innovative design, in which it can be appreciated, a new way of telling the color and shape of the way of living in each country.

                                                                 TIME TOTEM                          
                            Photo by: Jacobo Munoz

The idea was to create a TOTEM that was able to make travel a golf ball trough a space of 1m x 30cm x 30cm and during the lapse of one minute, this could create 6 different reactions allusive to México and Scotland.
The students were able to learn and take common characteristics of each country; the creativity expressed in each TOTEM and the such representative design of each country is what makes this Project so interesting, it captures you and is able to get all your attention in such a small space, but at the same time, telling a hall culture in such a small lapse of time.

                                               Kaleb Cárdenas
                                  Photo by: Jacobo Munoz

This is one of the TOTEMS presented at the Fairy it belongs to Kaleb Jemail Cárdenas Zavala and it represented the most important icons of the Scottish culture; Long Ness monster, a medieval war, kilts, the flag and a little bit of the Mexican colors.