NEWS
June
30 2008 / Beachlife featuring Pharaoh furniture
Pharaoh furniture is
featured in Beachlife, the new book by Frame Publishers about the best
designed interiors, architecture and outdoor furniture that fits on beaches
and waterfronts. Quote by Frame: “Clean, light and decorative, mosaic
has been used for centuries to finish walls and floors. Giving the material
an extra dimension, designer Alfred van Elk covered the svelte form of
this Pharaoh chair with Opus Romano glass mosaic tiles from Bisazza. The
low backrest or armrest gently curves like a glistening wave. Several
chairs positioned back to back or side by side merge with one another
to form a visual entity”. Order online at www.framemag.com
February
15 2008 / Introduction Ontario bathroom line
The Ontario bathroom line designed for Tiger has been introduced
at the VSK, the exhibition for sanitary, heating, climate control and
refrigeration technology. The Ontario line, co designed by Alfred van
Elk, is part of Tiger’s new collection 2008.
November
9, 2007 / Exhibition SML at Royal Academy of Art
The exhibition SML takes place because of the 325th anniversary
of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Teachers have been asked to
work together with students and old-students to create united work based
on the theme Small, Medium, Large. Within the course Industrial Design
an installation was made, showing the reach and variation of the profession,
from art design to design for industry and from unique product to mass
production. As
teacher at the Post Graduate Course Industrial Design, Alfred van Elk
shows Inventum's new designed coffee pad machine as an example of a mass
produced design. www.kabk.nl
September
25, 2007 / Introduction Auping bed base support
The Auping AVS line with the new designed bed base support
is recently introduced by Auping at the Woonbeurs, the Amsterdam interior
fair.
September
9, 2007 / Exhibition Symposion Revisited
During the exhibition ‘Symposion Revisited’
at the Affuitloods in Gorinchem, the official assignment of the installation
‘Throne’ was celebrated and the final location announced.
The installation is designed for Symposion Gorinchem 2005, the second
edition of the international art event that took place in 1974 in Gorinchem
with participation of many art disciplines. On August 19th 2005 the Symposion
was officially opened by Queen Beatrix.
August
5, 2007 / I.D. Annual Design Award for Kembo Table
The examination table designed for Kembo wins a spot among
the winners of the Annual Design Review of I.D. Magazine, New York. The
table earned an Honourable Mention Award among the winners. The I.D Annual
Design Awards are one of America's largest and most prestigious juried
design competitions.
