About Parfois
If it was up to us, all the best design in the world would be posted within the Parfois Portfolio. But it's not up to us. Stumbling the web we often bump into things worth sharing. The world wide web is so full off great things that will never end up in our portfolio, but which we want the world to see. For this we created our blog. At this moment there are 4 of us blogging on a regular basis. Work, studies and social life makes that there are weeks with a lot of posts, and weeks without. But we'll do our best in bringing you the nicest shit on a acceptable basis.
04.09.09
Launched 2006 within the framework of the Fashion and Design year, the Design September festival brings together fifty events concerned with design. Furniture, objects, industrial products, graphic design, architecture: the spectrum of applications of this industrial discipline is enormous. And it affects a broad public. For the fourth consecutive year, a crowd of associations, institutions and other independent organisations have tuned up their violins to offer, between 10 September and 2 October 2009, a rich and varied programme: exhibitions, conferences, private showings, film screenings, debates, visits to designers’ studios, flea market, city tours, pecha kucha, and so on.
03.09.09
Conventional wooden slats form the seat and backrest of this undulating bench, but its design is completely unique. Crafted in an expressive, swooping form that balances atop three structural supports, the bench is made with maximum comfort in mind. One of the first park benches to be accompanied by a footstool, the design invites those seated to put their feet up, or just sit back and relax. The laid-back luxury of this bench makes a unique addition to any public space
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31.08.09
Almost everyone knows the Freitag bags, made of the old sail of trucks. The bags are strong and waterproof. And maybe even more important in these days, they are made of recycled material. So there totally eco-friendly. There store in Zürich is a bit of the same. It is made out of 17 old unused containers.
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05.06.09
The Ear-chairs from Studio Jurgen Bey reveal their possibilities immediately: They are comfortable, have small tables integrated into the armrests and are eminently suitable for defining smaller and larger areas. With the Ear-chair you readily create a room in the space available, both visually and acoustically. Variations in upholstery and colour provide moreover the possibility of giving each ‘room’ its own character.
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26.02.09
This could have been a design from Grcic, but this table, completely made out of aluminium is from the young designer, Norayr Khachatrayan. The N7 is strongly inspired by the military. The complexity and structure, cornered shapes and details in volume are the result of a challenging construction off difficult folding technics. The young guy was born in Armenia, but since 1999 he lives and works in Belgium. This work is his first breakthrough, but he has already been part of a lot of other publications and exhibitions. Check!
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Jonas
When I was young, I always liked to make things. Using my hands to create objects or repair things. When I got older I realised that studying wasn't really my thing. So in my 3th year of secondary school I started illustrative and architectural design. Leaning more towards the architectural side, I chose this direction during the 5th and 6th year. My goal was to go and study product development after graduating secondary school, but as you know, studying wasn't my thing. So I chose a slightly easier aproach where I still was able to work creative but with less theory. I started an education called Interior and Design. In the second year we had to chose between Furniture design or Construction, an easy choice. After these three very interesting years I wasn't willing to start working yet, so I started a one year education, called advanced Furniture Design. An amazing year on many levels! Right now I'm settled as independent and working for Costudio, an interior architecture company where I mainly design the furniture and other small projects. Besides this, I still try to design and make furniture on my own and of course, make Parfois world famous!
