A dream project, complete remake of a Shoreditch loft in an old industrial building. A true example of the rough&ready aesthetic, striping the place back to its skeleton and adding natural materials in all their honesty and glory. Wood, steel and concrete with simple details. On this project I worked with the super talented Luke Zuber and Ricardo Rodrigues Ferreira of Zuber Dobson architects.
Photos by Kofi Paintsil
Designed and curated the exhibition together with The Cass Head of School of Design and our amazing Projects Assistants.
“As part of the The Aram gallery’s ongoing interest in process, The Cass: Hands On is showing new and experimental design at the roots, using this versatile school and its history as the focus.
Work by a range of students, alumni and staff presents the wide variety of courses on offer, including jewellery, silversmithing, furniture upholstery, and musical-instrument making. Alongside finished products, the exhibition also reflects the Cass’s dedication to making within its teaching philosophy. A display of hand tools and a wall of experimental ceramic studies gives a taste of the school’s workshop atmosphere.”
The Cosmos Installation was a project led by the London Metropolitan Universities Marketing Team, who approached us at The Cass Projects Office to help them with the installation design and production. The installation represents the LdnMet logo and is housing memorabilia objects of 86 of the University employees. I was lucky enough to be able to design the installation and co-ordinate the production with Kemp Signs.
For last year's London Design Festival 2015, as part of our project work for Cass Projects, I took our 'Best in Show 2015' students to Tent London. Together with Roxanne Reynolds our Silversmithing and Jewellery alumna, who was our Projects Assistant at the time, we designed the stand and all its furniture, which we also produced ourselves with the help of our students.
Photos by Stephen Blunt.
Together with alumni and designer Juliano Cordano we designed The Cass Summer Show 2015 General Signage. Signage produced by Kemp London.
Photos 1-6 by Kofi Paintsil
Co-curated with David Grandorge the Making show was on at The Cass Summer Show 2015 in our Bank Gallery. Celebrating 'making' at The Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design.
Photos by David Grandorge.
I was involved with the curation of this Exhibition, together with designing show signage and organising the show setup.
Photos by Stephen Blunt.
The Naive Series is a growing collection of handmade Tableware in clay. The series is inspired by doodles and sketches on walls of urban landscapes where Vanja lives (London, wherehipsters like to leave their marks).
The raw, rough look and feel of the collection is another expression of Vanja's ever-obsessive search for the beauty in texture and the imperfect.
The tableware is created by slab building, which means folding flat clay slabs into 3d objects. Creating functional and quirky tableware for a Modern Mad Hatter Tea Party.
(photography: William To)
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Rough & Ready is an experimental furniture morphology inspired by exploring potentials of the imperfect, human, unpredictable, the unfinished "finish" look aesthetics and Independence in work process Object designs are focused on exploring ambiguous forms, materials out of context and a playful approach to making All material is prepared by hand, making each piece a unique version Tailored cured sheets of wool felt are assembled and tightened into place with rope, forming seating elements The morphology currently consists of Easy Chairs and Sidekick Stools
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Rough & Ready is an experimental furniture morphology inspired by exploring potentials of the imperfect, human, unpredictable, the unfinished "finish" look aesthetics and Independence in work process Object designs are focused on exploring ambiguous forms, materials out of context and a playful approach to making All material is prepared by hand, making each piece a unique version Tailored cured sheets of wool felt are assembled and tightened into place with rope, forming seating elements The morphology currently consists of Easy Chairs and Sidekick Stools
Available per order.
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photos of Mr Easy, Mr Soft and Sidekick by Matjaž Tančič
The Big Wonkys were commissioned by Keith Johnson of Anthropologie New York and are based on the Wonky pots series of 7 small pots. These are however created much larger,
from 80 - 100 cm high.
Continuing the celebration of accidental aesthetics and the beauty of the imperfect Big Wonkys are large scale vessels which can be just looked at or used as storage. Each has his or her own character and vibe.
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Margarita is the newest member of Rough and Ready collection. Rough & Ready is an experimental furniture morphology inspired by exploring potentials of the imperfect, human, unpredictable and the unfinished “finish” look aesthetics. Drawing from techniques of art, it explores the intuitive material application and mixing mediums as natural patina formations. Tailored cured sheets of wool felt are assembled and tightened into place with rope, forming seating elements. The wool is embedded with rubber providing the surface not only with aesthetical patterns but also structural integrity.
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info@vanjabazdulj.comThe series of 3 large scale chandeliers were commissioned by Keith Johnson of Anthropologie, New York.
The chandelier shades are created from felted wool, embedded with resin and rubber as structural reinforcement and aesthetic characteristics. The substructure is cnc cut plywood. The largest one is 200cm in diameter and the 2 smaller ones are roughly 100cm in diameter. They present a playful and fun bunch, designed to inspire smiles and romantic environments.
(Names: Dumbo, The Squid and Ms Octopus)
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The series of Wonky Lampshades was commissioned by Keith Johnson of Anthropologie, New York.
They are inspired by deep sea creatures and underwater ambients. They present a playful and fun bunch, designed to inspire smiles and romantic environments. The shades are created from felted wool, embedded with resin and rubber as structural reinforcement and aesthetic characteristics of each Shade. Their sizes vary from roughly 40-50cm in height.
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Rough & Ready is an experimental furniture morphology inspired by exploring potentials of the imperfect, human, unpredictable, the unfinished "finish" look aesthetics and Independence in work process Object designs are focused on exploring ambiguous forms, materials out of context and a playful approach to making All material is prepared by hand, making each piece a unique version Tailored cured sheets of wool felt are assembled and tightened into place with rope, forming seating elements The morphology currently consists of Easy Chairs and Sidekick Stools
Available per order.
For price list please email:
info@vanjabazdulj.com
