rika.

London based contemporary furniture & product designer

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Watch out for these bad boys this December at the Spitalfields Christmas Market!!

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Watch out for those bad boys at the Christmas Market in Spitalfields this December!!

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And so we're back in the workshops creating some beautiful organic shapes!

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light cage project  -playing with geometric shapes 

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new box: multidimensional mirror light box

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patterns on mirrors

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mirror light box on legs.. 

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more woodwork in Milan during Design Week

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"backstage" snapshots of the CASS's preparation for displaying during Milan Design Week 2013

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some beautiful woodwork shown during Milan Design Week 2013

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Visual stimuli during Milan Design Week  2013- part 2

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Visual stimuli during Milan Design Week this year

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experimenting with materials, made out of paper, to cover my light cage.

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project in progress - prototype for geometric light cages made out of metal rods. 

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metalwork - plans for a new lampshade

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Milan Design Week

Milan Design Week events map by Dezeen! there it is: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/04/05/dezeens-milan-2013-map/

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While recycling is good, upcycling is even better. In the latter the waste material is converted into something more useful than the original product. This was the thinking behind Dan Godlstein’s re-ply chair, the seat of which is made out of used cardboard from old boxes.