28 series chandelier by Omer Arbe

This is the 28 chandelier by Omer Arbel IT’s basically an  “exploration” of glass-making. Check the video to truly understand the process -his  process involves forcing air into hot glass, removing it, heating and cooling the whole thing and plopping scalding blobs of milk glass on the surface to create that unique interior space. thanks to fastcodesign for the link.

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Vinyl Record

This video walks you through the process of creating one of the most beautiful and qualitative sound support, the vinyl record .Basically a short documentary on how the Vinyl Record is made, from the master,the lacquer disc,  the silver process , the nickel process, to the produce, engraved copy . The second video shows a little bit more automatize process, this french factory closed in 2008 Thanks Ronan.

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Ercol Evergreen chair

The Evergreen chair is the height of the Chairmaker’s art. The back bow is a complex bend, made in three axes from a single piece of straight timber, hand bent by two craftsmen. This is then combined with the skills of windsor chair making to provide a beautiful frame which is then upholstered in supportive and comfortable cushions to provide the ercol Evergreen Easy Chair and Sofa.

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Setu : Herman Miller

Studio 7.5 gives us a behind-the-scenes look on the making of the Setu chair. Design process.development started in 2003, one continuous contour , from 45 prototype to fully functional cinematic  comolded polypropylene evolutive structure, the beauty of this chair is the minimalism in term of material nature , less hinges, not treated aluminum only used in car design so far, less pieces, one main idea. The chinematic spine is one main assembly of easily recycled piece of 2 type of polypropylene to achieve structure and movement .no instructions, no control …genius

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