Design
Marte Johnslien, Norway
>> http://www.martejohnslien.com/
Beatrice K. Newman, UK
Doreen Westphal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Forms+Surfaces, USA
TAKTL, USA
Christine Pohl, Kassel, Germany
PROFORMA, Kassel, Germany
>> http://www.proforma-kassel.de/
Vij5, Netherlands
Caroline Swift, London & Barcelona
GLOBALMIND, Kassel, Germany
Alexa Lixfeld Design, Hamburg, Germany
University of Kassel, Prof. H. Klussmann
NEW PRoducts by DOREEN WESTPHAL
>> the CD shelf and the frame are extremely filigree and stable. The shelf can take about 70 CDs, also available as DVD shelf. (Design G. Zimmermann)
>> The Picture frame and note organizer is a very nice must have. (Design Westphal & Zimmermann)
<< the tablet is made of only 3mm thick QUANTZ. The surface is wrinkled and glossy.
blingCRETE - der RetroReflektierende UHPC
Kassel, 02.03.2011
blingCRETE is a fonded cooperation research project between University of Kassel (Prof. Klussmann, Dept. Fine Arts), Hering Bau and G.tecz.
Basing on Mrs. Klussmann's idea to implement retroreflecting pearls into concrete, the research team and producer developed methods to produce elements of regular concrete or UHPC with different patterns and geometries.
Krejci - Doreen Westphal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Doreen Westphal is a famous Designer, located in Amsterdam. Her label is KRECJI, that is also specialized on designes with cement bonded materials. Doreen Westphal used the by G.tecz developed material Quantz to create outstanding design objects.
(top) The Q-Cup
(middle) The Quantz vase
(below) Detail of the Quantz vase
(top) + (below) The concrete-lace
Outstanding Design
Doreen Westphal's design is outstanding and a magnet at every design-fair. The lates shows had been in Milano and Eindhoven (Dutch Design Week).
Another new milestone is the vase with a thickness of only 4 mm and a natural ornament covering the surface. The vase will be available soon and is distributed by ZUIVER.
Hotel Artemis Amsterdam
PROFORMA Kassel & Manuela Greipel
f-u-r, Frankfurt & London
german firm f-u-r in collaboration with GTECZ created 'barbeton', a bar counter made from ultra high performance concrete (UHPC). the bar was a research project which explored the potential of the new material in combination with novel moulding techniques.
for the project, GTECZ developed two different types of the concrete; a low viscosity concrete called QUANTZ, providing extreme fluidity during manufacture and compressive strength properties comparable to steel and a surface quality like ceramics, as well as
a stiff but ductile and easy to handle UHPC that could be used with a laminating technique.the project aimed to reduce the material thickness.
f-u-r created a mould made from two interlocking shells of milled foam covered with epoxy resin. this proved to be an adequate coating for the foam mould allowing for multiple use of the formwork and providing the desired surface quality. the barbeton surface is extremely glossy without any further treatment or additional coating. the easy handlingof the material in combination with the layering technique allows to produce double curved lightweight UHPC structures in an effective way.
'barbeton' was on display at the recent materialxperience fair in utrecht, netherlands.
Greta Hauer - Kassel, Germany
