Designed in response to the various positions mothers adopt while feeding their baby, the seat also responds to the wider family concerns. Its intimate form creates an inviting environment for mothers, fathers, babies and siblings. Where children are nourished, read stories to and protected.
Bar stool, guitar stool
Andreas & Moritz was inspired by observing the behaviour of small children who cling to their parents' leg for support. The adult is represented in aged american walnut, while the child's stool made from ash is deliberatly innocent and more childlike visually and materially. The small stool can turn freely around the supporting leg, but can not stray from the parental care of the longer stool.
Intended for use by parents and children, it provides a safe platform for children to stand and experience the world from an elevated perspective, creating a feeling of togetherness.
Nursing chair
This chair was inspired by a nineteenth century nursing chair which I found still being used and appreciated in a local hospital. The chair's aesthetic and construction was influenced by the traditional milking stool to create a sense of recognition and history. Reconciling traditional values with contemporary social needs, to create a design that can be passed on from one generation to the next. The design aims to enhance the connection between parent and child through the use of narrative . The chair's textile covers are based on a cow hide but composed of traditional childrens fairy tales.
Building upon the concept of Andreas & Moritz, Gabriel is a small stool capable of attaching itself to existing domestic furniture.
Gabriel draws its inspiration from the observation that toddlers require support from adults and furniture alike to learn to walk and become independent.
The design assists mother's feeding positions, and also offers a playful climbing structure and seat as the child grows up.
This stacking chair was designed for the National Museum of Scotland. The Museum's round tower and the thistle - the national symbol of Scotland - served as inspiration for the shape of the chair.
The lightweight, stackable chair fits into the plain interior of the Museum without distracting from the exhibition pieces, however picking up on the elegant lines and accents of the Museum.
The aim of this project was to create furniture for people on the move. The designs for the stools and the table were inspired by the use of moving boxes as the basic "nomadic" device for moving in the western world. Both pieces work as containers to move your belongings from house to house, but they are useful furniture at the same time. I wanted to create something that has a warm, welcoming feeling, to make you comfortable as soon as you move in. For this reason I used felt as it is not only very durable and sustainable but also very tactile and warm. The stools function also as side-tables and come with a rug rolled inside.
The table is also part of the nomadic furniture project. The idea is based on the old fashioned travel trunks. The structure is a traditional, veneered coffee table, which has a bottom and sides (covered in felt) attached to it. The sides unfold and function as a rug on which people can sit in true nomadic style, while having a cup of tea. Once you move on, you store cushions and other belongings under the table, close the sides and carry the table on the provided handles to your new home.
The lamp is for people who like to give objects a more personal touch. The lamp on its own is a very neutral object that should inspire to create your own personal style. It consists of two connected glass cylinders which leave some space in-between to slide your own pictures or objects inside. I think it is important to provide mass producible products that leave the possibility to be altered or completed by the customer to prevent a complete standardisation of style.
This was a collaborative project with Rachel Magee, an Interior Designer. The brief was to find a new need for public bathing, excluding ourselves from the audience. Our Spaß Spa (German for fun) offers the possibility to share a communal bathing experience in individual cabins. However if more privacy is wanted, sliding screens make it possible to create a more personal space. The treatments in the cabins are similar to a spa treatment, including steam sauna, massage jets, aroma therapy, soaking, etc. Nature in itself is often found relaxing, but it also stimulates all senses with sounds, smells, and fantastic views. We tried to make the Spaß Spa as accessible as possible for people with disabilities but at the same time refraining from filling the space with technical gadgets so as to keep the natural feeling of the whole setting.
Toy
An educational toy for children to develop a sense of movement and understanding. The marbel should be manouvered through the holes from the highest level to the lowest by moving the toy only at the top.
Kiss(en) Me
A multi purpose present for couples. The cushions are ideal to let out anger and frustration without causing too much harm, however they are meant for the time after arguments.
