British Designers Rock
As the announcement came through that some 28,000 would-be torchbearers for the London 2012 Olympic torch relay have been told by email that they are through to the next selection round – our design antennae refocused us on ‘the torch’ that the final 8,000 people will carry on the journey around the UK to the Olympic Stadium on its 8,000 mile journey.
British designers Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby who created the slim three-sided torch of perforated golden metal (with 8,000 symbolic holes punched on each), light enough for young torchbearers to carry, took the approach we understand so well to such a task with their initial attempts to weather test a flaming torch using a home-made torch of fused plumbers pipe, topped off with an Ikea cutlery drainer, the office fan and a watering can.
As our focus here at Oxbow at the moment is on chairs with an edge – these guys came to mind with their award winning Tip Ton chair. We would love to hear from someone at the Barber Osgerby stable on the early design components for this great chair but in the meantime if you have not seen it – this chair has a movie all of its own set to music that sets it ‘rockin’ – sit back and enjoy.
Source:Tip Ton Chair
Picture from Barber Osgerby
