Azure Magazine's Top 25 Designers

25 young designers who are leading the pack

Who is the future of design? Here are the individuals and teams whose work stands out for its originality, clarity and purpose. Our selection was made more complex by the abundance of youthful ingenuity all over the world. That said, “young” is relative. Ran ging in age from 26 to 40, our picks are at various stages in their careers: in school, just taking off, or on the brink of international acclaim. We’re spotlighting emerging designers who will soon be on everyone’s radar as they reinvent their professions, bring in new tools, re-evaluate old connections, pare down, gear up, and lead the movements that will transform our surroundings

By Ellen Himelfarb, Tim McKeough, David Sokol, Laura Traldi and Mimi Zeiger.
Edited by Elizabeth Pagliacolo

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New directions 2010

From thenational.ae

The most prevalent of the new currents is the shift towards craft in design: taking traditions like knitting, appliqué and embroidery, mouth-blowing and hand-throwing, to different levels. At its simplest, you'll see beautiful hand-embroidered or cut-work textiles, while elsewhere, it's a matter of pushing the boundaries of craft completely. Examples include the work of Ricochet Studios in Vancouver, which toys with our perception of ceramic, or the glass designer-artist Jeff Zimmerman in Brooklyn. The former has created a stir with its porcelain milk cartons (similar can be found at The ...

Read the full article here: New Directions 2010

House Beautiful

  

LaPresse (French Canadian Publication)

 

Azure magazine

Urn

The frame on an 18th Century vase exposes a soft interior.

To be included in the exhibition "Radiant Dark: Elegant Corruptions"

Limited edition.

Torrent

An accumulation of interlaced candleholders.

The formal geometry and pattern of ornamental

arabesques are discarded in favor of random chaos.

There is no front or back, top or bottom

candles support the holder in any direction it is flipped.

(prototype recently shortlisted for Designboom's 'Beyond Silver' competition)

Upcoming Exhibitions

Come Up To My Room (CUTMR) 2009

Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West,
Toronto

Preview: Thursday February 5 from 4 to 8pm
Exhibition: Friday February 6 from 12 to 8pm

                     Saturday February 7 from 12 to 10pm (Reception 7-10pm)

                     Sunday February 8 from 12 to 5pm
Event Cover Charge: $8.00

Radiant Dark 2009: Elegant Corruptions

Presented by MADE

Location TBA,
Toronto
Exhibition will run from February 6-8, 2009.

Criteria

A&D Gallery @ Columbia College – 619 South Wabash Ave. Chicago,
January 15 - February 28 , 2009
Opening reception: 
January 29, 5-8pm

Poppytalk Handmade

December 15 - January 15

Online Display: here

Pottery

Over the next few weeks a selection of one of a kind wheel thrown 

ceramics will be posted in the Ricochet shop...check them out here.

candlestick

Each candle holder is individually hand pinched 

from soft clay and glazed with bright gold luster,  

fetishizing the mark of the maker. 

Accident

it happens...

Press

look here: Now

look here: Mocoloco

look here:  DeTnk

look here: Artseen Chicago

look here: Designlines

look here: Chicago Timeout

look here: designboom

look here: designboom

look here: kitka

look here: designboom
look here: etsy storque

and here: white-files
and here: rarebirdfinds

as well as: poppytalk

and here: apartmenttherapy

and here: roadsidescholar

Sharpener

Satisfy your nostalgic memories of  school days before text messaging

with this classic pencil sharpener cast in pure white bone china.

A tribute to the everyday things in our lives.

Studio Castings

An edition of five bone china teapots that will have surface 

imagery designed by New York sculptor Chadwick Augustine.

Get ready for some color!

Biomimicry Project

  Here is a recently completed set of replicas for the Biomimicry Guild.  They will use these objects to conduct workshops with companies who want to incorporate sustainable design solutions by emulating the results that nature and evolution took millions of years to arrive at.  This kit is bound for the Kohler Factory in Wisconsin, and the next one goes to Boeing...  

To find out more about this inspiring consulting group look here: Biomimicryguild.com

(can you pick out the original from the copy?)

Shelf / Clamp

This shelf looks great on its own or holding your favorite books. 

Cast entirely in bone china, the working  f-clamp can open and close allowing for multiple configurations.  Each shelving unit is individually assembled - stay tuned for variations on the theme... 

SweetTooth Jar

Performance & visual artist/dentist David Khang sculpted this 

anatomically accurate, porcelain candy jar - available in

  gold, silver or white fillings (aka lids).

A limited edition of each color is currently in production 

at Ricochet Studio.

'Best Before' Milk Cartons

Every detail of the original is captured and recast in vitrified porcelain.  The interiors are glazed for functional use.

Architectural Ornament Commission

We are currently designing ornamental panels for the

Interurban building in historic New Westminster, BC.

Check back for updates.

Process

A few shots of work in progress...

David Khang carving plaster prototype of tooth jar.

(training as a dentist put to good use)

Mold making process...

Diyan Achjadi working on her 'Mine' maquette.

See finished piece below.

Teapot

This teapot is the first in a line of functional, modern ceramics to be designed and produced at Ricochet Studio. 

Diyan Achjadi's "Mine"

Printmaker Diyan Achjadi worked in the studio to develop "Mine".   Cast in porcelain,  this object uneasily fuses imagery of war and children's toys.  

Official and Registered

Ricochet Studio Inc. is now a registered company. Initiated by Vancouver artist Jeremy Hatch, Ricochet is dedicated to producing well designed, well crafted objects that span a broad spectrum of purposes: from functional to decorative, architectural to domestic, experimental to traditional. 

This also marks the first step in a project that focuses on creating limited edition ceramic pieces in collaboration with artists from various disciplines.  We are pleased to announce the first artists to join in: Diyan Achjadi and David Khang.