breadedEscalope

LOVE ME BENDER @ MILANO DESIGN WEEK

Exhibition:

Raw and delicate - Austrian design at La Pelota

Venue: La Pelota, Via Palermo 10 (Brera), 20121 Milan, Italy

Duration:               April 17 – 22, 2012

Opening hours:     TUE, April 17, 10 am – 9 pm, WED, April 18, 10 am – 7 pm
                                  THU, April 19, 10 am – 12 pm, FRI, April 20, 10 am – midnight
                                  SAT, April 21, 10 am – 9 pm, SUN, April 22, 10 am – 6 pm

Performances:

Venue:                    La Pelota, Via Palermo 10 (Brera), 20121 Milan, Italy

At:                 TUE, April 17, 2 pm – 7 pm,
                                  WED, April 18, 6 pm – 10 pm

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Summary:

At the Milano design week 2012, breadedEscalope will introduce a mobile steam-bending workshop.
The workshop in the flightcase enables Love Me Bender to be shipped to any place in the world and build as many objects as needed at site.

The technology of steam-bending wood is known since centuries but only got to a broader consideration when Michael Thonet patented a refined method for making bentwood furniture in 1856. It was a cornerstone in the ways of furniture processing and logistics. Whilst Thonet visualised the flexibility of his revolutionary system by storing 36 disjointed No.14 chairs for shipping inside a 1m³ box; breadedEscalope developed a 0.72m³ box that embodies an entire steam-bending workshop to be shipped to any place around the world.

Love Me Bender deals with the process of steam-bending different and materials and even objects. The applied technique aims to simplify industrial methods to suit the spirit of a growing DIY – community. Usual household equipment like kettles, cooking plates, or hosepipes turn into production machinery. An industrial process is reduced in its scale and complexity to be emulated in a domestic environment.

BE uses primarily discarded items as starting point / skeleton for refurbishment and explorations. The process revitalises worn out furniture to give it a second life and new purpose. At the same time it visualises the contrast between handcraft and cheap mass produced items.

Love me Bender is an ongoing experiment, partially carried out in live performances in order to involve the public in the discovery of new ways, solutions and objects.

Additional:

Design and Art Gallery
Klaus Engelhorn Depot
Austrian Design Exhibition in Milano