http://www.bcxsy.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 13 May 2008 20:09:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BCXSY - FOREVER! BCXSY have launched their new collection - FOREVER! at the Salone Satellite, Milan 16-21 April 2008 BCXSY's Swing Lamp was featured at SEEING THE LIGHT 16-21 April 2008 Bulgari Hotel Via Privata Fratelli Gabba 7/b 20121 Milano http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-news/bcxsy-salone-del-mobile-2008/ How long is an eternity? How does one quantify the unquantifiable? What is the span of one day compared with endless time and space? BCXSY is pleased to present FOREVER! - a collection of uniquely individual and materially rich products that explores how the function, aesthetics, and emotions of design can help to ... http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/about-forever/ Precious Objects The exclusive one-offs that comprise GOLDEN GLORY explore the necessity of cherishing meaningful objects. Through the laborious art of hand-gilding, common plastic novelties and generic trinkets transcend the realm of the mass produced and meaningless and become truly remarkable modern day keepsakes. Materials: mass-produced plastic toys and everyday objects ... http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/golden-glory/ A Vase for Dead Flowers The beauty of a flower does not die when its petals have wilted and its leaves have begun to wither. When water no longer sustains cut flowers, the ghost-like silhouette of DESTILLED NATURE creates a unique centerpiece for faded beauty. Delicately hand-crafted from wire ... http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/destilled-nature/ Never Go Hungry (prototype) A satisfying meal has been captured on the surface of the FOREVER DISH. These ceramic dishes create a visual feeling of fullness, even when ones plate is empty. Material: glazed ceramics. http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/forever-dish/ Time in Contrast (prototype) The immediate pleasure and beauty that a bouquet of cut flowers brings is contrasted by the enduring care and lasting enjoyment of a potted plant. Through an irrigation system that is incorporated into the center vase, the short life of the bouquet helps to nourish and water ... http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/pot-vase/ Trivets in Cycles (prototype) The worm feeds the grasshopper. The grasshopper nourishes the frog, which feeds the snake, which sustains the hawk. The hawk decomposes with help from the worm. A food chain describes the feeding relationship between species. This cyclical relationship is graphically illustrated and brought to ... http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/food-chain/ "Swimming around in circles" The repetitive geometrical shape of INFINITY AQUARIUM creates a visual metaphor to life in the fish bowl. Hand crafted from cut glass, INFINITY AQUARIUM scales down a vast concept of time and space. Material: hand-crafted glass plate aquarium. http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/infinity-aquarium/ Eternal Rest (model: Julia Veldman) (prototype) Fashioned after the Möbius strip with its continuous one-sided surface, FOREVER BLANKET becomes a pillow, mattress and blanket in one. Made from woven textile and a corn fiber filling, FOREVER BLANKET allows one to wrap oneself in continuity. Materials: woven cotton textile (designed by BCXSY), corn-fiber filling. http://www.bcxsy.com/2008/bcxsy-works/forever/forever-blanket/ BCXSY exhibited three projects from the PLAY! collection, together with other 20 invited designers at the Seoul Design Week 2007 20-27/12/2007 India Hall - COEX, World Trade Center Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu Seoul, 135-731, Korea http://www.bcxsy.com/2007/bcxsy-news/bcxsy-at-seoul-design-week-2007/